Meet Dana T. - for Jae, pups owner

Hi, I’m Dana. A sudden loss has Jae in flight. I am helping Vet to find loving pup families *From Jae I had always wanted to pair my two beautiful French Bulldogs together, and have our first litter together. After doing tons of research, and speaking with our Vet, and some Vets in our area, I was in love with the idea, especially, the idea of having little Baby French Strudels running around ;) But I admit, I was a bit scared of the processes. I spoke to some other breeders, and continued the conversation with our Vet, until I felt I had the knowledge, and helpful people in my corner to go ahead and follow my dream to make these little babies, and to do it right. I learned they could breed on their own but most inseminate. I chose to let them try naturally at first, to see if they showed interest in each other. After learning about how the females work and when her best time for breeding is, I let them out a few days before, and each day after, & stayed with them. I heard a small yelp, and they had tied. I had to help with his leg to get it flipped but they did most of the work themselves. In all, they tied 2 times for a total of 38 minutes. We scheduled the C-section for exactly 63 days from their first tie. We did checkups every two weeks until time for her surgery, and I was right there for all of it!! My Vet walked me through everything at every checkup! Then came her ultrasound. I was so excited and a bit worried, but once I saw that baby and her little heartbeat, then another and another….. Every heartbeat I saw was as if I were their mother seeing my babies for the first time!! I had no idea I would get so emotional! I felt a little silly afterwards, apologizing to everyone in the room, but they told me that knowing my dream of pairing my dogs and seeing their creation right in front of me, is an emotional experience and I should be proud! That was so nice to hear. I am very proud. And so excited to get to hold those babies very soon. It’s now August 1st and time to meet our new babies. The surgery went great and Mama’s doing just fine. 5 beautiful babies, all perfect and healthy and all filling their bellies with mama’s milk! I don’t know how all the seasoned breeders do it, and if it gives them such anxiety and such joy at the same time, and I’m not sure if we may want to do this again, but I do know that all of them can’t be this perfect….or can they? Well, so much for perfect. Mama, after just two days, no longer wanted to feed the pups, so I took over. Bottle feeding ever two hours then stimulating. I did miss my sleep, but they needed me. I enjoyed the time with them and watching them grow, but it was harder than I had expected. Once I was able to ween them from the bottle, it was a cake walk!! Eat, play, poop, sleep and repeat!! No problem!! It’s now time to find the their forever families, and it’s a bittersweet time for me. I know I’ll be sad to see them go, but I know that’s part of it. And I hope that the families chosen to take one of my pups will sometimes send me updates and pictures so that I know how they’re doing and how much they are loved. As for me, I’m still not sure that this is something I want to continue doing, I know there’s so much for me to learn, but I am happy with the way things turned out this time, even with the lack of sleep. And I know that sometimes there are harder things to deal with, and I’m not sure I want to experience them. So for now I’ll say, To Be Continued…..