We are so proud of you Frankie. This is Frankie with her IPO2 Trophy the week before her breed survey. Congratulations, sweet girl!!
Capri Vom Kaiser Schloss and Faustor Van Noort Breeding
This week Capri and Faustor Van Noort (aka Sam) were bred. Sam was very happy.
Frankie Vom Kaiser Schloss gets her IPO2!!!
This past weekend Frankie won her IPO2, She was high score female. Thank you trainer and co-owner Lora Nix for doing such an awesome job. We are so proud of both of you. What a great team!!
An interesting read for all those dogs on prescription Science Diet
http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/calling-bullhit-prescription-diet-dog-food/
Loved my first class in Veterinary Assistant-Week 1 of 7
Still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up but I think I’m getting closer to finding out. What blast I had yesterday being in this class. I learned so much in the five hours I was there. It went by so quickly. Each week I plan to share some of the more notable things that I learn.
Class Takeaway--We saw a short video on what distemper looks like and it was very heart wrenching. We don’t see a lot of distemper because we vaccinate for it, so the video was taken in another country where is it more prominent. Distemper is part of the puppy vaccinations that come in 3 series (it is the D in DHLPP). Your puppy should have received at least the 1st set by the time he reaches 6-8 weeks during his stay with the breeder. It is very important to continue the series when you take your puppy home. In the video, dogs that had contracted distemper, were in quarantine. None of them could get up to walk. They were all floundering around and twitching uncontrollably. What torture this must be for them. Distemper is caused by a virus. It is spread by body fluids, sneezing, coughing, urinating, etc. It can also be contracted by contaminated water or food. Pretty scary, huh? How many of us walk our dogs in the same place that other dogs have been without any thought of what our pup is walking through. Let’s hope that whatever dogs were there before them were vaccinated. This is the reason it is so important to keep your pup away from other dogs until he is fully immunized.
The symptoms of distemper are vomiting and diarrhea, fever, nose discharge, eye discharge, cough, shivering, inappetence, energy loss, thickening of the foot pad and nose to the point of cracking, and seizures. Puppies who get this only have a 20% chance of living and typically never recover 100%. So please make sure when you take your puppy home from the breeder that you continue with this very important series of vaccines.
So, so bittersweet
All the pups are gone to their new homes. 🙁
Congratulations to the Jacobson family from Perry Hall, Maryland!!! They adopted Sophia Vom Top Gun, Quena and Sam’s long coated female.
Congratulations to the Albrittain Family of Vienna, VA. They adopted Saxon Vom Top Gun, Quena and Sam’s plush coat male.
Both of these pups couldn’t have gone to better homes. I have been so fortunate to have such wonderful families love my pups so much. I look forward to keeping in touch with them and posting pictures of them on the Top Gun website.
Congratulations to Kevin Klimczak and his lovely fiance!
They are the newest owners of a Top Gun Shepherd puppy. Rebel Vom Top Gun is the newest addition to Klimczak family. Rebel is from the Frankie Vom Kaiser Schloss/Wenzel Von Der Edelquelle litter. We hope that he brings much happiest to this lovely couple.
Just a quick FYI
Puppy availability!!!
3 Males and 1 Female from the Frankie/Wenzel Litter. Ready for new homes in two weeks.
1 Male and 1 Female from Quena/Faustor Litter. Ready for new homes in mid July
Quena/Faustor (Sam) litter is here!
Quena had 2 females and a male yesterday. Mom and pups are doing great! A big thanks to Sarah Stoltzfus for all her post-natal care and help.
Quena/Faustor pups are coming!!!
Quena started her labor at 5am this morning. We have a little girl so far. The xray showed three total pups so only two more to go. I’ll post more info later.