Backing Off the Breeder Search :(
i've driven myself mad in my search, and have been warned i may get on some "list of annoying applicants to ignore" if i don't thread more carefully.
at this rate it will be well over a year before i can find the strenght to pick a breeder and get on a list. Unless something magically develops. I may try fostering in the new year.
Backing Off the Breeder Search :(
I have contacted many.MANY.
at this point even if i get my act together i may have shot myself in the foot with most. it would be awkward to go to a show now and try to talk to them (plus o froze up when i tried that last summer).
I am not finding myself able to trust a breeder. between clearances being a must and wanting a moderate lab (not crazy field, not very big conformation and some drive) and not being able to meet many it’s impossible to pick/feel comfortable.
there are two local breeders i am trying to meet, one has more «*as per standard*» size (which works for me) but we can’r schedule that til mid feb (so putting me on the wait list that far on, meaning i am that much farther down her line).
the other breeds bigger labs but does more sports (hunt tests and such as well as conformation) but she hasn’t responded to me about maybe meeting her dogs before committing.
then there are two US breeders i would not get to meet first. they may be familiar to some of you.
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