When I got up this morning and check my computer the last email to come in said “Fw: 48W2 – Banta” in the subject line. I got so excited, finally some news on Banta! Here is what the email said:
DOG: 48W2 – Banta F\LAB\Yellow – BRD\BRD DOB:7/26/2009
LOCATION: SR
DISPOSITION: Breeder – No Keeper
NEW CURRENT STATUS: BRD
NOTES: Breeding clearances in – status change to BRD
For those not familiar with all the Guide Dogs for the Blind terminology I’ll translate it.
DOG: 48W2 – Banta F\LAB\Yellow – BRD\BRD DOB:7/26/2009
48W2 is Banta’s tatoo # and/or unique identification #
F stands for female
LAB for Labrador Retriever
Yellow is her color
BRD/BRD is Breeder/Breeder (not sure what all that mean) my guess is that the second BRD would change to retired or something when she is no longer a breeder
DOB: is date of birth
LOCATION: SR = San Rafael, California
DISPOSITION: Breeder – No Keeper
This means she is a breeder but does not yet have a home within 50 miles of San Rafael where she will live while she is a breeder other then when she comes back to campus for actual breeding and to have her puppies.
NEW CURRENT STATUS: BRD
This means she has just been changed to officially be a breeder.
NOTES: Breeding clearances in – status change to BRD
This means that whatever they were waiting for to confirm Banta as a breeder is all taken care of.
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We should be hearing from the actual breeding department in the near future. Can’t wait to talk to someone who has actually been around Banta is the last 14 weeks since we put her on the truck. Also can’t wait to go to San Rafael for graduation and see Banta and meet her new family, whoever they will be.
Our Community Field Rep was in town tonight so we turned in our application for our “D” puppy. In a perfect world they will name Banta’s first litter with “D” names and we can raise a grandpuppy next.
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