If you are currently interested in owning a Dogue de Bordeaux, but cannot afford the price of a puppy, maybe adopting a retired adult breeding dogue might be for you?
As a show kennel, in order to keep our line going, continually having dogues of prime age available to exhibit is a must for us, and this often means that we must place some of our retirees.
It is a hard thing for us to do... to place a dog that we have had for several years, but this is part of the dilemma for those who are active in continually working to improve the breed through producing generation after generation of dogues.
Our dogues are placed free of charge. However, the new owner must cover the cost of the dogue to be spayed or neutered at our vet clinic prior to the dogue leaving us. All dogues must be sexually altered before they leave us. Spay or neuter costs are around $250.00.
This is about $100 less than what even Dogue de Bordeaux rescue charges to adopt a rescue dogue. Although we advocate adoption through rescue, and do alot every year to help support rescue, we realize that some folks are not prepared to take on the burden of behavioral problems or health problems that some rescue dogues can often come with.
One benefit to adopting a retired breeding dogue such as the ones we have available, is that these dogues have grown up in our home, they were raised with our children, they are house trained, crate trained and are well adjusted. They do not have behavioral problems, and any dogue that we have ever used for breeding has been health screened, so the health problem issue is also not a worry.
If you may be interested in possibly owning one of our future retirees, please contact us by email to let us know you would like to be placed on our list for adoption consideration.
We do not place our retirees with just anyone. We take all interest into account, then we determine who can offer the best home for the dogue, according to what the personality is of the dogue, and what the lifestyle of the potential new owner consists of.
Therefore, if you contact us regarding adoption, we will not be able to give you an answer right away. We will however, ask for your phone number so we may call you & discuss the adoption process and determine if this is indeed the breed for you and your family and if the dogue available is a good fit for you and for the dog.
We imported Chopper from Eastern Europe in 2011. He was born Jan 25, 2011.
Sadly, he did not turn out to meet our strict breeding criteria, so he is being offered as a pet to the right home.
He is wonderfully loving & devoted to people. He is however, food aggressive, and can be male dog aggressive, so he needs to be fed by himself and not around other pets, and he needs to go to a home without other male dogs. He is dominant to other animals, so if other dogs are present in the home, they need to be passive & allow him to rank supreme. *He's never been around cats*
He is very smart & a terrific watch dog. He loves to lay on the couch with you & be petted.
He does have both inhaled and food allergies. He is on a lamb & rice dog food without corn, wheat or soy in it, and is doing well.
However, due to the inhaled allergies, he is on 20 mg of prednisone daily, and this must continue for his lifetime. This medication is inexpensive.
WE WILL NOT SHIP CHOPPER.
Anyone approved for adoption MUST drive personally to us to receive him.
Feel free to contact us in regard to possible adoption. We will then send a questionaire to see if you are a good fit for Chopper.
Contact us at 269-758-4206 or at reddogridge@yahoo.com
