So either this Thursday or Sunday my father and I will be taking a short 40 minute drive to Aspers, PA and visit Rodel's. I am super excited and wanted to share my excitement with everyone. Despite the fact that they only have a really small number of litters hopefully they will have one by the time my father and I are ready and able (between this late winter through late spring). Despite the fact that we would probably have to wait til next litter or whatever the case may be I am positive the wait will be well worth it =). I hope I develop a strong connection with the breeder...I will make my decision based off how well the breeders and I connected, that has to be one of the best ways to choose a breeder right guys?
thanks for the support guys I will be updating for further info. So excited btw does anyone know a good site where I can get japanese names and meanings? i tried google but lets just say its not that effective lol I will most likely stick to the name kitsune since i rarely see anyone name their dog "Kitsune" too many people decide to name a japanese breed Sumo, Maya, Tiki, Yoshi or sushi LOL
That is so awesome that you are only 40 minutes away from Rodel!
As for choosing a breeder based on connection, you definitely want to make sure that you and your breeder get along and are on the same wavelength. However, you also want to be aware of the other things that have been mentioned in previous threads. Rodel is an excellent breeder, so I doubt you have much to worry with on their ability to produce top notch pups. But if you are looking at other breeders, remember the advice you have been given. And while a good connection with your breeder is very important, you should definitely not base your decision solely on that.
But needless to say... Have fun while you are there. They have some gorgeous dogs who I have heard are very well mannered and fun to be around. And before you guys go, make sure to write down a list of all your questions. Trust me, you will get overwhelmed with the cuteness and forget everything you wanted to ask! :)
Casey, with Bella and Nola, hanging out in the mountains of Virginia. I Wander, I Ride
We have three dogs and their names are Kitsune (Fox) female, Kuma (Bear) male and Hoshi (star). If you google "Japanese dog names" you should get several sites to choose from.
LOL at sunyata that did actually happen to me when I visit Lally's I had a whole list of questions regarding health guarantees and everything and I wounded up just winging the questions my dad was just on the sideline playing with one of the puppies lol and their dogs look beautiful in the pictures...I am excited to see the black and tan sire they plan on using to mate with their dahlia he is gorgeous lol and I will do my best to make my decision wisely and for brscrns Hoshi and kitsune are cute names Hoshi is a new name I rarely heard of before
I hope you have a great visit!! I like this site for names...really easy to use.. http://www.20000-names.com/female_japanese_names.htm you can click the link for male names too, hope it is useful :)
There are tons of Japanese name websites out there. I spent a lot of time browsing as many as I could find in my search for a good name. If I see an especially good website I'll give you the link too. Kitsune is a cute name though. Its not as common as others are. Just remember, you want to choose a name you won't mind saying over and over again. :P I try saying the name aloud several times and use it in a sentence before I decide if I really like it.
Alyssa - you will love you visit to Rodel. I just placed a post on your other thread about Rodel's. I own two of their shibas, a cream female and a b/t male. Wait until you meet all of the kids - you will fall in love instantly!!! Have fun.....
omg mrs. P they are beautiful. B/T shibas just make me wanna name them all cookie or cookie dough because of their colors :) LOL you make me even more excited to visit mrs. P thank you for the pics btw everyone I am trying to upload a recent pic of Bella and Nanook but I am having such a hard time doing so. Can anyone help me? only mentioning this because everyone shows off their shiba and i wanna show off mine too but the browser wont let me upload the att.
Alyssa- if you go to photobucket.com, sign up and upload your pics on there, you can then copy the link to the uploaded photo (there are a few different types of links to choose from, but both [img] and "direct link" work on here) and paste it in the message box here. It'll show up from there, after you submit the message. Hope that helps! There's a more detailed description on how to do this somewhere in this forum as well. In the "help" section I think.
Oh, wow! I didn't realize Moe was from Rodel as well...I thought he was from River wind...They are definitely super cute B&Ts!!! Cooper looks a lot like Moe too :)
thanks shibapaw ur description was a whole lot better than the detailed one because the detailed one confused me a bit LOL [IMG]http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/maria_rivera9/Nanook%20and%20Bella/018-1-1.jpg[/IMG] update images of Nanook and Bella thank god Bella looks healthy still and has some of her old spunk http://s1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/maria_rivera9/Nanook%20and%20Bella/?action=view¤t=018-1-1.jpg
Oh I'm sorry Alyssa, I forgot to tell you that you need to click the "html" option before you add your comment. Its right directly underneath the comment box, you'll see "format comments as: Text or Html. Click Html and it should work. Oops ^_^;
lmao o goodness shibapaw now I am definitely going to have to spam even more XD sorry guys I am such a noob at this forum but here is the the most updated pic of Nanook and Bella (hope this works *crosses fingers* Nanook and Bella outside
Nanook at 9 weeks old already taking over my old bed along with my 7 yr old brother whom at the time was 5...yupp ain't nothin like a shiba puppy and your 5 yr. old brother taking over your small twin sized bed XD
First night home in 2009 and already Nanook tried to take over Bellas bed. I shouldve taken more pics of them when I had the chance *camera overload*
annoyed because i told him to get off the couch LOL
Alyssa, both of your dogs are beautiful! I loved seeing Nanook all grown up in the first pic since I saw a couple of other puppy pics in another thread. Very nice looking Shiba!
@ catorlee thank you so much as cute as he was he was a pain in the butt but loved every second of it sorry if iposted up mutiple links it was because I was trying to figure out how to do this thing and @ shiba paw lol yeah I had to copy the html link in photbucket and then click html under the comment box. turned out my pics werent showing was because i didnt make html visible in my profile preferences or something XD thank you shibapaw XD
so this sunday at 8pm we will be trying to visit Rodel because my father umpires in the morning and ref's basketball games (its his weekend thing) before I ask Sandie herself does anyone here who purchased from them or even took a trip to visit them know if they allow people to visit her and her shibas at 8 or a little after?
Moe and cooper are litter mates from riverwind shibas Their breeder had a terrible accident and i actually raised them from 5 weeks until 10 weeks of age. We kept moe and the rest of the litter was placed by rodel shibas for riverwind shibas.
Nanook and Bella outside
