Welcome to Babbling Breed Kennel I am Ginger  

I am  the one that has written all the stuff, that you have read on these web pages.

So I will tell you a bit about myself, which will lead into Babbling Brook Kennels Breeding Ethnics.

I was Born in Sunny South Florida. My Mother a 4^th Generation Florida Native. My Father Originally from Ohio.

Both my parents are animals lovers. So they should not have been so shocked producing me. I am one of those over the top animal lovers. Something most parents assume a child will grow out of.
I am 45 and .. Um I still have the bug.

 

My animal loving has gotten me in a lot of trouble through my life. The main mishap happened when I was 22 months old. I approached a dog tied to a tree. This dog also had a bowl of food.

At 22 months old I had not figured out yet the warning signs. I required 5 reconstructive surgeries on my face after the attack. My mother was traumatized. I have absolutely no memory of the attack. I was lucky to get a top grade plastic surgeon. My scars are not disfiguring.

Always ,I get asked. WHY? Are you so close to dogs after such a gruesome attack. I myself do not know. I have seen people fearful of dogs just because of a little nip. I have had some accuse me of being a lycan., because I work so well with canines. Now that would be cool. Will that make me immortal ?{grin}. I would not mind as long as I do not grow hair in odd places and crave raw meat.

 

After the attack my mother was not too keen on a family dog. My father who also liked to hunt with dogs, convinced my mother into having a few hound dogs.

 

Well, that was all the permission I needed. My Father had bought a new Red Bone pup. You know those cool dogs from the book and movie. Where the red fern grows. As soon as my parents went to sleep. I would sneak into my fathers kennel. Get the Red bone pup. So she could sleep in my bed.

 

Oooh this got me into so much trouble. As you can imagine. But, I did not care. I continued to sneak out every night to get my hound pup then named Tabitha.

 

Well as Tabitha grew. It was time for her to do what she was bred for.

Tabitha then met an early end in a hunting accident. I of course was devastated.

My Father bought me everything. Baby chickens, Rabbits, even snakes. I wanted a dog.

My mother finally caved in.

I was allowed a beagle.

I ended up with a beagle I named Charlie. As a pup his head was so big, that he looked like Charlie Brown. He was lucky he grew into his head. He came real close to being named Pumpkin head.

 

Charlie the greatest dog in the world RIP

Charlie and I were like soul mates. I trained him myself. From the many animal books my family bought me, and we won many first place ribbons in agility, and obedience. He was super dog. The best dog a child could ever have.

 

Of course, as all happy stories go. There is always an end.

 

My family felt so sorry for me. I was offered any dog I wanted, but gently steered towards the hounds. I wanted a show dog I could show conformation. Granted I was young and every darn show I went into I got first place. So I assumed obedience and agility was way too easy.

I wanted a real show dog. My father hinted he liked the Bloodhound. I got out my Dog World Magazine. I found immediately a litter of show prospect Bloodhound puppies in my area that would be ready in a few months.

It was meant to be.

My silly parents again allowed me to make the decision to name the poor pup. Which got christened, Sir Boomer of Dufendorf. Yeah and all the other show people laughed too.

Boomer was a wonderful dog. All 120 pounds of him. A Bloodhound may appear lazy, but give them a job and they are ready.

Boomer never became a super show dog, due to the fact of his close line-breeding . He, and his entire litter were discovered to be sterol. This ended his show career, before it even got going.

I by then also had a female Boxer I was showing. She did ok. Except the fact a veterinarian cropped her ears and tail too short. Which in such a high competition ring as the Boxer ring. It made it very hard to finish her.

Dasiy was a most wonderful dog. sadly she died of cancer at a young age. Cancer is more prevalent  in inbred animals.

Pumpkins sire. The Nunmber 2 dog in the USA at that time.

She then was bred to the Number 2 Boxer in the nation.

It took two tries. The second breeding produced one pup.

Pumpkin here never even came close to the greatness of either of her parents which were the products of inbreeding. At 6 months old Pumpkin started to kill other dogs. In Cold Blood. She was rehomed to a gentleman who lived on a sailboat. To prevent her from killing more dogs. She was soon discovered to have epilepsy a common hereditary defect in Boxers.

When you are deep into the conformation show world. You do not question the “ experts”. I could see all my show dogs were inbred. Yet I was told, No, that is not in- breeding, that is line-breeding. Now in my Animal books I was led to assume line-breeding consists of distant cousins of exceptional Animals. Not Father to Daughter and half siblings.

I also saw the obvious, dogs were “ Line-bred” for the looks .Even when test were performed. Show dogs were still producing defected pups.

My second Show Bloodhound I do not talk about much. Being that she had to be put to sleep at 6 months old for horrendous, recessive, hereditary defects.

By this time I was working with Working dogs. At a local Kennel.( My first job.) These dogs gave me a huge window into the potential of the canine. Granted my mother was not thrilled I was working close with dogs trained to attack.

I loved it. I soaked in everything I could.

 

Later I became a Veterinarian technician.

Later then most. I decided to serve my country, and joined the United States Air force. I tried very hard to work with the K9’s. You would assume with my experience I was a shoe in. But affirmative action needed me as an aircraft mechanic.

Spun Gold Return the last baby I bred

I am very lucky I did not insist on being in K9. I would have never made the physical requirements to even reach that higher position of the Air force police unit. I am so not a runner.

When I completed my duty, and it was time to be a civilian again. I went straight to the dogs.

I became a Dog Groomer. This was something that I could combine my artistic ability with my canine smarts. I learned very rapidly, taking to it like a duck to water.

I worked for others, I even competed. I became certified. Then I opened my own business. Being a multi-tasker I did all of this while supporting my Horse habit.

 

Yes I failed to mention. I was also that little girl that every year sat on Santa’s lap begging for a pony that I never got. We all know how obsessed an adult can be about something they were denied as a child.

 

Did I have the horses? Oh I had them. I lived and breathed horses. Like a heroine addict does their next fix. I ended up some how with 4 of them.

 

Horses are very special animals. A horse can teach a receptive person more about humans interacting with animals. Then any other animal humans keep. Maybe it is because if we make a mistake. We can get really hurt. So we must interact with a horse, more on an animals level.

A horse gives you a sixth sense. Called animal sense.

Even after all my experience with dogs. I feel my horse involvement was like an advanced course in animal interaction.

I stayed with horses until my back aged and could no longer take it. A horse needs to be worked . Not live as an ornament in a stall.

Now you remember Charlie? I am doing my best not to write a book here.

I also as a child had a bad habit of bringing home injured wild animals. What does Charlie have to do with this.? Well, it is coming.

Some children found a baby bird. There were no bird parents around. Of course they brought it to me. I named the little guy chomper. I would raise baby birds and release them. Chomper was a good eater. He was just starting to fly.

My father came home one day and said pack your things. We are going on Vacation. I said I can not. I have this baby bird. My father said, well bring him with us.

Well chomper did not enjoy the long car ride. We got to the hotel room. We left Chomper in the room while we went to dinner. As you can guess Chomper, met his maker. I saw him and ran out of the hotel room bawling.

My father found me on the stairwell. He said he was very sorry. I could not stop crying. My father then said “ ok, I will get you any bird you want“. Through my tears I cried. I want a Beretta Bird. (For those too young. This was a TV show and the bird was a Cockatoo.)

I did not get a Beretta bird, but got a beautiful Yellow Nape Amazon. Still a Parrot. I named her after my best friend. Charlie.

Charlie the parrot. Lived a long and wonderful life with me. I can easily get into those stories too, but this is about dogs.

Back in 1999 I did dip my hands into breeding parrots. I wanted to share my love with others. But found out the hard way. A parrot is not a pet for the average family. Charlie lived with me from 1977 to 2005.

I now keep two parrots. A Blue and Gold Macaw that I semi rescued, Joshua.

And, a genius of a bird I raised from an egg. Flipper, a Yellow crown Amazon.

Breeding Parrots I got deep into Genetics. This, another valuable lesson in my never ending education dealing with the animals I breed and keep.

While I had the horses. I fell in love with the Jack Russell . I got conned into rescuing a Jack Russell/ shih Tzu cross. Romper. The coolest little guy. It was obvious to me his peppery personality did not come from the shih Tzu. I kept Romper Groomed like a westie. He was a real cute dog with lots of spit and vinegar. I had many people offer to buy him. My response he is 5 years old, neutered, and a mix? At the fort Lauderdale airport some lady offered to pay me 500 dollars for him. Back then that was a lot even for a purebred. At a horse show in Wellington a princess from another country begged to hold him. I had to admit he was a super neat dog.

I decided I wanted to breed more like him. My friend had a Jack Russell female that I liked. That I watched grow from a Puppy. She had a litter. I purchased a female from that litter. I picked her out at 3 days old, and named her Bimini.

As Bimini Matured I lost my nerve on trying to recreate Romper.  So I decided against forming my own breed.

I did decide to improve on what I had. Bimini was all Jack Russell. What was considered back then the short legged. What is now the true Jack Russell which should be longer then they are tall.

I had my ideas, because what the show people were doing still bothered me. They justified In-breeding…. Ooops Line-breeding by stating that too much out crossing would loose type. I could not understand how in dogs and cats inbreeding is desired over out crossing. Canines are mammals too. I had a hard time understanding what made them so special that inbreeding had to be done to make a better dog.

Ok I forgot to mention my rabbit breeding. My father buying me those rabbits , got me into breeding them. When I was very young. I evolved into breeding registered rabbits for show. At one time I bred and cared for 50 of them. Before I was 12 years old, and before I showed dogs. I followed all that was necessary in the books to breed a better show rabbit. None consisted of inbreeding. What I did and it gave me great results was breed a female to a male that would correct her weaker points by being stronger himself in those areas.

I felt a dog as a mammal was no different. Bimini I had tested for obvious Jack Russell Hereditary defects. From there I bred her to males that were opposite of her. Just like I would my rabbits.

Without inbreeding, and within the first generation. I achieved my goals. Granted I only bred healthy animals. I was trying to improve very minor defects. Basically cosmetic stuff.

Bimini is still with me. She is going on 15 years old. The other day I lost her in a cave. We were in the woods Hunting ( my form of hunting is, I get to see the critter, if I am lucky I can shoot a picture with a camera) I found a cave . Bimini said whoopee and dove into a crevice. It took over an hour before she came out. As I was crying.

Bimini may be 14 but she acts 5. She still hunts. And obviously she still goes to ground. I am very lucky that what ever was down that crevice. Was not home. She may be spry, but I am not sure she can handle hand to hand combat.

So all my experience has led me to my Breeding Ethnics, which as you probably, already, figured out is the ethnics of Babbling Brook Kennel.

At Babbling Brook We strive to breed the ultimate pet dog. In what ever we bred . from a Bulldog to a Teacup Chihuahua. We do not breed firstly for the visual effect. The first important factor for us is Health

Health is achieved through breeding opposites to achieve the most diverse genetics. On Healthy parents that are health and personality tested. Granted type is always considered in this factor by only using breeding dogs that meet standard to an expectable degree. Breeding only on a visual standard, By using strong line breeding tactics. Is destroying many of the known  breeds in the world. Old habits die hard. Inbreeding and its other form line breeding . Are a living form of pandoras box.

I feel in Some breeds. Show Breed standard inhibits the health of the dog. Such as the English Bulldog. And most hideous, the conformation bred German Sheppard. Many conformation bred dogs are bred with such exaggerated gaits ( pretty as it is) that the dog could never perform the task it was originally bred for.

Another serious problem that diminishes pure bred gene pools is Line Hoarding.

Line hoarding is done by never allowing a breed-able dog to leave the breeders Kennel. I never have understood this one. It is a collectors mentality which causes people to assume nobody else can care for their dogs or improve their line like they do. Why breed to improve a breed when the results of your labor never leave your Kennel? Are their lines so riddled with recessive genetic defects that a novice , or even a pro at that might accidentally bring them out?

We at Babbling Brook understand the supposed dog over population. First off we congragulate the shelters for bringing the attention to the public of the blight of unwanted dogs and how they have educated all on the importance of spaying and neutering your pets.

Shelters are riddled with unwanted larger mix breeds. I have personally done work at my local humane society by grooming dogs for free, and with a local rescue also . I am fully aware of what are in shelters and one thing that shelters do not have is enough small breeds to meet the demand. They even tried importing some from other countries.

This caused problems with bringing diseases. A few Cases in California adopted out dogs with rabies. one case a puppy that gave it to the new owner, and another puppy in a puppy training class. The breeds we breed are in high demand. We feel with our experience and passion we will improve not hinder the dog population by breeding only good ambassadors.

Babbling Brook supports people who adopt dogs . What We do not agree with is These organizations using words to slander hard working people to boost their donations. By all means Adopting a dog from a shelter is a noble cause. We feel anyone wanting a dog should consider adopting first. But we understand if they want to buy a puppy. A re homed dog is a huge challenge and not for all families.

In My book Improving a breed improves the line in all aspects. Primarily Health, and clean Genetics.

In-breeding, also called line-breeding. Was a tool used to lock in certain types. When the breeds were being developed. Once the breed is developed, and its prodigy is breeding true. There is no need for inbreeding.

Some Show Breeders try to recreate certain types by using this. Instead of trying over many Generation. They want it now so take the change and use inbreeding.

In-breeding is a faster way of accomplishing their goals.

Any person with Elementary Biology knows Inbreeding causes problems. These breeders also know what inbreeding can do. Why the word Cull exists. Cull means remove from the gene pool. Mostly these pups are put to sleep. But! They are only put to sleep on the obvious. Sometimes it is just because they are a color that is not excepted by a breed standard. Problems that may come up later in life are missed. And these dogs are shown at ages before the recessive genes pop out, or they created hidden recessive genes that when matched with in the same gene pool. A horrid trait can come out. In-breeding is much too dangerous. Farmers breeding live stock. Know that breeding livestock which already have a shortened life due to being utilized (eaten) do not meet thier goals by using the method of in-breeding. Think of it. If Cattle farmers are against it. Why is your pet breeder doing it?

Zoo's know the dangers of in-breeding too, and do thier best to open up gene pools in the wild animals they keep.

Nature can be manipulated, but never changed. In Nature. If a species Gene pool becomes small. The first thing it does is Mutate. The genes are assuming this species is not surviving so may need to change to survive the environment. Sometimes the mutation can be as simple as a color change. If the new color, makes that species better at surviving that particular animal displaying the mutation will produce more young. If this is a good mutation the species will slowly change and become that color. If that color makes it more visible to its predators that genetics may die out fast. If a species continues to loose genetic diversity, and keeps inbreeding. Then it is assumed this species is not made for this planet and deforming mutations start to happen. The species becomes bottle necked and many times may die out.

Folks this is what is happening to our family pets through greed. Not greed of the pet industry, but greed of those who claim to be breeding in your best interest.

When one hears Champion Bloodlines. One is conditioned to assume the animal is worth more money. When I see champion lines. I look at the pedigree. If I see any inbreeding. I pass the dog up immediately. I do not care how good looking the dog is.

I feel a great breeder is one who can accomplish their goals without inbreeding. I have no respect for breeders who feel linebreeding is nessesary to better the breed. If the public was truely aware they would be up in arms. again line-breeding is in-breeding. If you want an eye full google it.

Now some people think mixing can over come genetic inbreeding. This does not always happen. Once a dog is inbred to the point of inbred depression, even if you go outside its breed. It will take many Generations to dilute out the damaged genes.

I am sorry folks inbred depression can follow even to a mix breeding. Signs of inbred depression in dogs are nervousness, fearfulness, which can lead to fear biting and fear aggression, small litters, eating young, birth defects, congenital and hereditary defects, more prone to cancer, Infertility, and low sexual desire, a dog that simply appears beat down. Most people assume these dogs have been abused. The reality of it. Is inbred depression. Some breeds are so inbred getting away from these problems is very difficult.

Popular sires also cause this too. When a famous show male is bred to too many and his genetics is vastly desired. Soon nearly all in the breed, is related basically to one dog. This happened to the Sheltie and is why this breed has a lot of health problems now.

I have chose to work with each breed I have for different reasons.

All is to improve the breed to meet family needs in health and personality, as my main goal.

So we breed for health first.

Second is Personality. Nothing and I mean nothing is more hereditary in every animal, from mammal to bird. Large and small. Then Personality.

I can breed a slight fiddle front off a dog in one generation, but personality sticks.

Bimini, being my foundation Jack Russel bitch. Happened to produce young that turned out very exceptional. Local breeders picked up her pups and even grand pups to breed. I talked with a girl that had a Jack Russell 4 generations off of Bimini, and that darn dog had Biminis same personality.

Flipper. I raised from an egg. He never met his parents. He is 6 years old now. He does some of the same exact things his dad did. And a few habits of his mom.

 

My horses I bred.. Yeah how else do you think I got so many. They never met their sire, but would have some of his quirks.

 

So at Babbling Brook we do not keep or breed a dog that has a difficult or mean spirited personality. Regardless of the breed or price of the dog. We health and personality test our parent dogs.

We breed wanting our pups in a for ever and ever home. Not re-homed or in a shelter. People simply do not re-home or send to the pound an exception pet dog. So our goal is this.

Last we breed for type, or as many people know it. For looks. We breed dogs that will please the eye of its owner, not just a judge.

Being that we breed for health first. The conformation being part of the skeletal structure . This will be sound which meets most breed standards. The only way we will go off a breed standard is cosmetic not anything structurally that can inhibit the health.

We also like pretty colors. So we will breed colors that may be disqualified at a Dog show. We find it silly and a form of prejudice for other breeders to try and degrade those breeding pets with off colors. Yes some color breeding can result in hereditary problems. We are aware of these and do not breed these defects.

But the colors we have,that can be bred without hereditary problems. We will not exclude from our breeding program.

We do promise not to color breed, for selecting to breed for visual color only, goes against our breeding ethnics. We just introduce these colors to our program. If they work in then so be it.

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Tiger and kids in the nursury

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Me and a min pin I bred

Boomer and I are the third in row with judge approaching
The other 2 dogs are his brothers. Both were sterol also. The one in front became Florida state champion before it was found out he could not produce pups

Charlie my baby won a best in show at a local bird show

Lola and I are in the middle. She was put to sleep not long after this picture. She had a most painful condition. shoulder and hip dysplasia of an aged dog no operation would have helped her. amazing a dog like that can win ribbons. Her entire litter showed progressive birth defects. A sister sibling of hers had its nose bone grow sideways from her face. but was a normal looking 8 week old puppy

Right out of basic training picture

Bimini age 15 playing with willow

Bimini just turning 16. A shocker she caught that squirrel. She really thought I was going to take it from her.  

She is one happy dog in this picture.