Chimera Kennels

I found some photos of Tate and just uploaded them to his page. Check them out... http://www.chimerakennels.com/tate.htm

How's my buddy Tate doing? He looks awesome...

He is doing very well. Although we "sold him" (we have a deposit), he will be here until mid-March and we plan on collecting semen from him to use in our program. He is a very nice dog IMO.

chimerakennels at 08:15PM on Feb 25, 2010

He is doing very well. Although we "sold him" (we have a deposit), he will be here until mid-March and we plan on collecting semen from him to use in our program. He is a very nice dog IMO.

hmy: 

Jesse at 07:16AM on Feb 26, 2010

chimerakennels at 08:15PM on Feb 25, 2010

He is doing very well. Although we "sold him" (we have a deposit), he will be here until mid-March and we plan on collecting semen from him to use in our program. He is a very nice dog IMO.

hmy: 

Tate is in shape! why did you decide to sell him if you dont mind me asking? you have any new pics of lineghbaugh? how big is he now?

Tate is a great dog. He is very explosive, loaded with drive, and has excellent hips...but, I sold him basically for one reason. Finances. Sounds lame, but we spend a LOT of money on dogs...about 600 per month JUST ON DOG FOOD...as we feed quality food and supplement with meats as well. Vet bills, kennel/dog supplies, training equipment, etc. are expenses on top of this. So, since we didn't have many dogs or pups for sale this year, our "dog account" was getting low. Fortunately, I make my living as a teacher, and not from just a dog business. If I have to, I can use my personal finances to help our program when needed, but I do like the kennel to pay for itself if it can. I like Tate a lot, and he is great in the house, is great with kids, and loves time with the family...and he is trained far enough in PP to be in service as a PP dog...and I am taking him to have semen collected so we could breed to him in the future should we wish. Transferring him to a new handler will take a little patience, but once it is done, he will fit right in a good home.

Linebaugh is doing great, and we have been using him as a stud in our program lately. If I had to guess, I would say he is about 110#, but I haven't weighed him in a long time. I have gotten to a point that it doesn't matter to me how much a dog weighs. Instead, I judge them on power rather than weight. Turns out I will be keeping 3 of the Linebaugh x Lucile pups for evaluating for our own program. Maybe we will sell another one later, but for now they will be remaining here. If I was a rich man, Tate wouldn't be leaving at all...but at this stage of the game I know he is worthy and I will "keep" him around for my breeding program by having him "on tap."

chimerakennels at 06:54PM on Feb 28, 2010

Tate is a great dog. He is very explosive, loaded with drive, and has excellent hips...but, I sold him basically for one reason. Finances. Sounds lame, but we spend a LOT of money on dogs...about 600 per month JUST ON DOG FOOD...as we feed quality food and supplement with meats as well. Vet bills, kennel/dog supplies, training equipment, etc. are expenses on top of this. So, since we didn't have many dogs or pups for sale this year, our "dog account" was getting low. Fortunately, I make my living as a teacher, and not from just a dog business. If I have to, I can use my personal finances to help our program when needed, but I do like the kennel to pay for itself if it can. I like Tate a lot, and he is great in the house, is great with kids, and loves time with the family...and he is trained far enough in PP to be in service as a PP dog...and I am taking him to have semen collected so we could breed to him in the future should we wish. Transferring him to a new handler will take a little patience, but once it is done, he will fit right in a good home.

 

Linebaugh is doing great, and we have been using him as a stud in our program lately. If I had to guess, I would say he is about 110#, but I haven't weighed him in a long time. I have gotten to a point that it doesn't matter to me how much a dog weighs. Instead, I judge them on power rather than weight. Turns out I will be keeping 3 of the Linebaugh x Lucile pups for evaluating for our own program. Maybe we will sell another one later, but for now they will be remaining here. If I was a rich man, Tate wouldn't be leaving at all...but at this stage of the game I know he is worthy and I will "keep" him around for my breeding program by having him "on tap."

right on, i know this isnt the thread for this, but i was reading on a diffrent message board that you plan on creating two diffrent line of swinfords out of your program? can you elborate on this??? maybe i read it wrong...

A "Sorrells CS/Eclipse" based line and a "Bullette" line.