I've been breeding dogs for over 30 years and I still love it! I only have 1 or 2 litters a year, the puppies are raised in my house and are given plenty of love and attention from everyone including my granddaughters, my kids, and sometimes the neighbors kids. I always socialize my puppies with people and other animals. we have horses, goats, ducks and lots of deer and turkeys cruising through our land. Once the pups reach 7 weeks I take them to the beach if the weather permits, we go on car rides, and to the park and let them run loose in my yard (supervised of course) They learn to sleep in a crate and are litter box trained by 8 weeks.
I'm an animal lover and a vet technician so I have a lot of knowledge on puppy health and raising well adjusted socialized puppies. Both parents have been health tested through EMBARK.