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Dr. Harry and Sandy Reith
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-492-2100
kilomalt@comcast.net
Our puppies are raised
like human babies from birth until they are ready for their new
careers either in the show ring or as a loving pet. The
puppies are born in our home, sleep in a human playpen with soft
bedding and plenty of warmth. They are loved and cared for by
my husband and I. We provide social interaction because it is
such an important factor in raising emotionally healthy Maltese.
The babies are held frequently by the immediate family.
Because of bacterial infections and viruses, we don’t allow people
to visit the babies until they have had their puppy shots.
The mother (and babies)
go to:
Veterinarian Dr. Robert Honegger of Ossian, Indiana (260)622-4186
for prenatal and newborn exams. The mom is fed a nutritious diet
NOT only during the pregnancy, but for her entire life. If this is
the mother’s first litter of puppies, she will be X-Rayed one week
before whelping to determine the size of the puppies. If there is
any question about the female being able to free whelp, we discuss
the pros of performing a cesarean section.
Our puppies go to their new homes at a minimum
of twelve weeks. We prefer to place them at 16 weeks of age.
Between 12 and 16 weeks, the pups are eating well and drinking a
sufficient amount of water, and getting “the hang” of potty
training. However, they are still babies and like human children
they will forget their manners! Don’t expect them to be potty
trained at this tender age. Plus going to a new home is confusing
to a dog of any age! Have patience!
All pups are vet checked prior to going to
their new home. They will have had at least one series of shots. I
do not start vaccinations at 8 weeks.
I do not sell “breeding stock!”.
Puppies will only be placed with a spay/neuter
agreement, AKC Limited Registration, and cannot be resold. Puppies
are sold with a contract, health certificate, and shot records. The
goal here is to scientifically improve the Maltese Breed. Much
thought and research is done before our dogs are bred.
Therefore, we have very few puppies.
It is
important to me that the puppies go to wonderful homes. If you
contact me, I will want to know how much time you have for a
puppy; do you have small children in your family, where will the
puppy live?
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>>Dr. Jean
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I have
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informative article links are listed below. |
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>>Dr.
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GOING TO THE
PET STORE?
(Author Unknown)
You're in the Mall, and you have to stop and look at those cute
little doggies playing in the window of the pet shop. You go in,
almost in spite of yourself, and before you know it, you have one of
those cute little darlings in your arms, or you are sitting on the
floor in a puppy room with a little one to cuddle. "How much?" you
ask, finding the licks and tail wags impossible to resist.
"Only $600.00," the salesperson says. "Special this week. He was
$1000.00." And the next thing you know, you're walking out of the
pet shop with a puppy all your own!
You probably have no idea that you are helping to finance one of the
biggest torture machines in the animal world! PUPPY MILLS, where the
majority of shop puppies come from, are cesspits of filth and
disease, where, dogs are kept confined in cages all their
lives---till their feet are deformed and their fur falls away from
their bodies in mats.
The mother of the puppy you hold in your arms is probably exhausted,
starving, and sick, has never run on the grass in a yard, or felt
loving arms cuddle her. She has never known kind voices, or a full
meal, or a warm clean bed to sleep in.
She has never been brushed. She sleeps on wire. Her toenails will
grow around until they cut into her pads. She will pace back and
forth compulsively, if her cage is big enough for her to move. Feces
and urine may drop down on her from the other little dogs in cages
stacked above her. She shivers in winter and pants in summer, with
no shelter to protect her from freezing winds or blazing sun.
She may die this month, from any number of ailments. If not, she
might wish she did---if she could wish. She will die young---whether
from neglect and abuse or from being shot when she no longer
produces puppies for sale. She will not be "adopted." She will not
be loved. She will die alone.
Your new puppy's litter mates may have died in the cage with him in
the truck on the way to the store. They were only five or six weeks
old, after all-too young to eat dog food, too sick to care, too
lonesome for their mother.
Your puppy is one of the "lucky ones." But another puppy you saw in
there just last week was not so lucky. He was sick. He died because
it would have cost the pet shop too much money to call a Vet to have
him treated. So the let him die.
Yours may die too, if he has a congenital defect-something puppy
mill breeders do not care about. Kidney failure, blindness, hip
dysplasia, deafness, behavioral problems... the list goes on and on!
Will you be attached enough to your puppy to get it to a doctor? Or
will it die too? If it is sick or does die, will the pet shop refund
your money or give you another puppy?
To irresponsible pet shops and to puppy mills, puppies are not
lives, they are livestock and inventory. Something to be thrown away
if defective. They either don't believe or care that dogs suffer
pain, hunger, loneliness, and fear. It doesn't fit into the bottom
line. And all they care about is their profit margin! |
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