We received the word recently that the puppies will be starting a rotation. Every puppy will be taken away from the raiser and introduced to a foreign location and new raiser. This may sound difficult for the Buddy, but it will probably be more difficult for us.
It will be good for the puppies to be exposed to different situations and different handlers. I think it will allow the raisers to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of their charge. It will also remind the puppy raiser that the puppy is not their dog.
Buddy was supposed to start his rotation tomorrow, however he has come down with a very minor case of "kennel cough" - a doggie cold. We took him to our new veterinarian this afternoon and confirmed that it was a virus, which is untreatable, vs a bacterial infection. Either way we don't want to expose any other dogs to the illness, so until his symptoms disappear he has been quarantined.
“We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.” - George Eliot
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