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only after 24 hours and do so while   management techniques that have   they leave for new homes and new
          she is outside with a friend or family  served man and his animal friends   adventures. You and she have done
          member. Be sure to leave some       for centuries.                     this right!
          small pieces of her original bedding.  You've done it. You are a proud
            Scientists have spent enough to   dog breeder with a wonderful, well-
          buy a Pedigree Award in trying to   adjusted litter. Enjoy the puppies.   Permission to reprint this article has
          unravel the miracle of mama-bear    Love them and be proud as          been given by theDogPlace.org
          who gives birth and nurtures young
          while in a somnambulistic state. It
          is said that unraveling her medical
          secretes will benefit society. Does
          that mean hospitals will quit telling
          new mothers to immediately "get
          up and walk around" so they can be
          discharged on the second day? Your
          smart brood bitch could teach them
          something about "laying in."
            Successful breeders have already
          made the acquaintance of a
          breeder's best friend, Common
          Sense. Novice fanciers struggling
          with today’s textbooks can avoid
          many problems by learning





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                                                           Champion Canterbury Tails Black Chaucer
                                                           July 2003 – January 2016
                                                           Can. Ch Mi Pao's Macho Cream  x  Ch Man-Di's Milady in Black

                                                           At just a week old, I came home to find you had "scaled the wall,”
                                                           traveled across the dining room and under the gate to join Grandpa
                                                           Lexus in the middle of our living room; I think you scared us both
                                                           half to death.  Fondly dubbed “Fat Boy” from birth, you graced this
                                                           breeder/owner/handler with tremendous fun in the show ring.
                                                           More than anything, though, you were a happy, wagging, loving
                                                           companion in life.  I shall miss your sparkling eyes more than you
                                                           could possibly know.

                                                           Bred, owned, adored and missed by
                                                           Kim & Tim Bowden and Deborah Barrett
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