How many of you know and/or have kept in contact with your dogs' littermates or other relatives?
Lauren and I were talking about this today as we drove around and I'm such a nerd that I want to collect Buzz's siblings. A dog I swear was his littermate brother showed up on the local ESRA rescue page and I tried to get him but the owners never emailed me back.
I've kept in contact with two of Bailey's half sisters but no full siblings, and I don't talk to her breeder anymore. Bailey's oldest half sister we kept in contact with died just a couple months ago. She was 16 years old! Her other half sister is younger and still doing competitive obedience and agility!
I do know that none of their littermates were ever shown in AKC events, because I geek out on things like that and can figure it out...
Lauren and I were talking about this today as we drove around and I'm such a nerd that I want to collect Buzz's siblings. A dog I swear was his littermate brother showed up on the local ESRA rescue page and I tried to get him but the owners never emailed me back.
I've kept in contact with two of Bailey's half sisters but no full siblings, and I don't talk to her breeder anymore. Bailey's oldest half sister we kept in contact with died just a couple months ago. She was 16 years old! Her other half sister is younger and still doing competitive obedience and agility!
I do know that none of their littermates were ever shown in AKC events, because I geek out on things like that and can figure it out...