Posted by Kenneth Brocious on December 03, 1997 at 19:00:01:
In Reply to: Re: duddly nose posted by Todd Biske on December 03, 1997 at 07:35:24:
> > My daughter just aquired a pure bread pekingese as her boy
> > friend works at a pet store. The owner of the store told
> > them to bread it for pups and he would purchase them.
> First off, please do NOT breed the dog. Breeding requires a
> lot of hard work, especially with pekingese. On top of that,
> there are way too many dogs that are unwanted in this world
> already. There are plenty of pekes available for adoption.
> It sounds like the pet store owner is simply interested in
> making money, not in the welfare of the dog.
> As for dudley nose, it is when the nose has flesh-colored
> patches on it, rather than being solid black. While this
> was a disqualification for show pekes at one time, I think
> the more important thing is that no show breeder is going
> to be purchasing his or her peke from a pet store. The
> dudley nose is not harmful to the peke.
> Please do the right thing and have your new addition
> spayed or neutered.
> Todd thank you very much for your information on duddly nose. I will
> pass it along a.s.a.p.. I agree with your suggestion on breading.