HOW WE ROLL…
Rather than have an impersonal, outdoor, kennel of Bouvs, all our Bouviers have indoor homes and families to retain their health: physically and emotionally.
This European model results in separating breeding males into different homes to avoid alpha conflicts.
Likewise, occasionally, we move breeding girls around when they have spats with their “sister-wives” and to keep a clean, safe, home environment for family and friends.
For example, Ellie is with Trooper Williams to whelp and train. Emma needed a break from the intensity of their friendship. However, we plan for Ellie to return and permanently reside with us.
George sometimes visits the Carter Family Farm in Indiana to run and play with three ladies and visit his favorite people. George enjoys a vacation while we appreciate the “break” to keep him safely away from a girl who is in heat - that needs a breeding break.
Above are two charts: Dams in our lines, who owns them, where they whelp/wean. We get all pups after they wean at The House to socialize, temperament test, vaccinate, vet check and care for them in every way through their Go-Home date.
Sires in our breeding lines, who owns them, where they live. Sometimes, we import semen from “proven” quality, champion and health tested males. It’s a very involved (expensive) process, and the risks of doing it and getting dead sperm are real! However, we are venturing out there in an effort to preserve some of the great traditional qualities and health of the Bouvier.
This is why not all studs will breed to all females, or breed indefinitely, or even live in the USA. We add/remove studs as we watch lines develop and get a history of what we are producing to gain insights in how to focus our goals.
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