breeding!!

[tikeyas_mom]

Have you or someone you knwo ever bred a dog? if so why? jus curious

[GoldenRetrLuver]

I know a few people who breed dogs!:)

[primabella]

The only person I knwo that breeds dogs is Mickey's breeder (and she'sdoing a great job ;))

I really don't think we need too many breeders. This girl on this other messag eboard was talking about breeding her poodle, but asked if anyone knew anything about the subject. What's the point, she doesn't even know what she's getting herself into :rolleyes:

[clara4457]

I do have a friend that breeds labs for service dogs. She does a wonderful job and then ones that are not judged "service dog quality" (not really sure how that is determined), she sells for a minimal amount with the stipulation that they be spayed or neutered. I'm not sure I agree with breeding dogs when there are so many dogs in need of homes - but it is difficult to fault my friend who spends her lunch hours at the animal shelter walking dogs and helping train them. She is also the company adoption coordinator - she is constantly trying to find homes for the dogs that are in the shelter. I guess the advantage of breeding dogs is the ability to breed desirable traits and health, although my experince is that mixed breed dogs seem to have the least amount of health issues and if trained and treated properly seem to get the best traits of all the breeds :) :)

Can you tell - I love my mutt!!!:D :D

[wolf_Q]

I have some backyard breeders for neighbors. One who breeds labs, another who breeds beagles, and another who breeds dachshunds. That poor lab was bred every year of her life except the last few...as she has cancer now. :( And I've seen the beagle male and female and they live outside and look like crap. I think the others do take pretty good care of the dashsunds. I know the beagle/dachshund ones don't breed them every year....I've just seen signs up for puppies a few times.

A friend I had didn't *intentionally* breed her german shepard, but it could have been prevented. She was not spayed and was always getting loose. The father was a german shorthair. The pups were adorable....they loooked like chocolate and black labs with white spots. They ended up keeping the biggest chocolate one because he had a deformed eye.

Another neighbor kept a smaller chocolate brown pup (she looked more shepard then the others) and she didn't live a good life, and ended up getting hit by a car. I've often wondered the fate of the other pups...as I think they just gave them away. :(

And actually the mother and the pup they kept also ended up being killed...they got loose and were pts at a shelter.

[cali]

I have never bred before but if misty turns out really well and fast and passes all health tests and has a good build ect.. we will be getting her inti the flyball breeding program, so she is not being spayed unless she does not pass all the testing:)

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Amy, have you reported the neighbors yet?? Do they still breed them? I hope not!

Actually, my friend is planning on breeding her beautiful tri-color English Springer Spaniel! I mean, how often do you see a tri-color Springer? Never, lol! I can't wait until her pups come! They are not going to breed her for another year, though!

[tikeyas_mom]

ummm.... Once my old dog Sadie got loose and we had gotten her from the spca. so we thought she was spayed. She wasnt. she came home pregnant, with 15 lab pups.

We used to breed malamutes.

[KYS]

43 years ago my Aunt and Uncle bread their GSD to another
GSD.
Today they would be called BYB, back than people
did not know any better. Two of the pups were going
blind before they were 2 years old.
(refund was giving to the owners, but that does not
stop the heartach of having your dog go blind).
Thank goodness their GSD was never bred again.

I have a friend who lives in AK that has bred one
litter of pups, and is co-breeding a litter in the future.
She has been training/showing/handling AKita's for
over 12 years.
She learned the heartach of owning 2 past dogs that
came down with heriditary illnesses from a
breeder who did not care what 2 animals he put together
just so they met the standard.
(back than my friend did not know how to read
and research lines.)
She took the time to learn/study genetics before
deciding to breed her Ch. female.

I do not think I could ever be a breeder.
Takes a lot of time, patience, learning, research and money to
do it the right way.
I would rather just get a dog from a reputable breeder
or adopt from a shelter.
JMHO

[turner]

one of our friends breeds rotties.........

[Dogz]

The only person I knwo that breeds dogs is Mickey's breeder (and she'sdoing a great job )

Same with me... the only breeder I know of was Otis's, but I don't know if she is doing a good job.:(
What I mean is is that Otis wasn't very healthy when we got him. Well, he was, but he had a cloud in his eye that she wasn't sure about. A couple of years later, it led to surgery. I noticed that some of the signs of this "breeder" led me to a PUPPY MILL! I just say that I saved Otis.;)

[wolfsoul]

When my mother was younger, and still lived with my grandma, their dogs were bred all the time. They didn't make alot of money off of them, only about 20 dollars each mostly for cockapoos, and pekingese crosses, which they would have made tons off of nowadays! They had a few litters of larger dogs, mostly dobie, greyhound and dalmatian crosses. (my grandma is pshyco, don't blame my mom)

My dog Leather was going to be bred to another shepherd, but she wouldn't let any dog mount her, even when she was in heat! :eek: The only dog she was able to let mount her was an old shepherd named Kemo, but once he "got started" she would attack him....so...:rolleyes: I was young when this happened and didn't know about the good effects of spaying and neutering :(

Stitch was also supposed to be bred, to my RB white german shepherd Polar. But he had to be put down when he was a puppy (Stitch's puppy pic is in my avatar). Before that, she bore a litter to the samoyed lab cross, Forester, across the street (not intentional) She had 8 puppies, 5 pure white ones and 3 black ones with white markings (stitch is white, the Forester was black, they made really cute puppies)

After Pedro had an affair with Nakita (broke Timber's heart :p) They had puppies. But that wasn't intentional either..

[primabella]

Originally posted by Dogz
Same with me... the only breeder I know of was Otis's, but I don't know if she is doing a good job.:(
What I mean is is that Otis wasn't very healthy when we got him. Well, he was, but he had a cloud in his eye that she wasn't sure about. A couple of years later, it led to surgery. I noticed that some of the signs of this "breeder" led me to a PUPPY MILL! I just say that I saved Otis.;)

Hey why not? It'll make you look good ;) Just kidding. That's sad about Otis' eye but I'm glad that he's doing better now. :)

[cocker_luva]

my neighbor bred her shih tzu for 3 years, before she stopped. i think she did it so her grandkids and friends could have a puppy or two. but i don't know for sure, i'm guessing.:p

[primabella]

My friends' aunt had a Golden who they bred with another Golden. The poor boy died a few months after of cancer. Neuteur your pets!

[iceyshiver21]

I work for a great dog breeder

[aly]

I never have bred dogs and never will.

I have known a few people who have bred before. I know we need some breeders, but blah! I don't see how some people can keep breeding and breeding and breeding when so many dogs are dying every day in shelters.

[wolfsoul]

Yes, I agree. I believe that there should be a liscence for breeding, and only dogs with good bloodlines should be bred.

[micki76]

Originally posted by aly
I don't see how some people can keep breeding and breeding and breeding when so many dogs are dying every day in shelters.

AMEN!!

[fernmoney]

I breed cocker spaniels, only once a year for each female, you don't want to breed them twice a year, the need time to recover. If you didn't have breeders, where would you get your AKC/CKC dogs? We have an acre, no kennels, and more often than not, the dogs are on the couch and we are sitting on the floor..they run the house and they know it. If you love the dogs, it makes all the difference in the world. =)

[tikeyas_mom]

I breed cocker spaniels,

My parent bred cockers befor to, we bred our cocker *Candy Kisses* only once because she had pups all over the house and she killed all of them but 2. She didnt mean to kill them, she tryed to eat the plasenta but ate the pup as well. :eek: She refused to breast feed the two survuving pups as well. She was such an idiot. So my dad and my mom were always up every 20 min feeding the pups, they were on a heat pad and were always needing to be kept warm. we kept the black one. ONLY a black and a golden pup survived out of 14 pups. :(. poor things.

We gave the blond one tot he studs owner and kept the black one. we gave Candy Kisses away because we couldent train her to be near to obedient or house trained. but we kept the black pup for 5 years his name was Pepper. He was a sweety, very cute, but was dum as a door nob, he would always pee and poop in the house and would ALWAYS run away, we tryed EVERYTHING to trein him, even obedience classes. Nothing worked, so we gave him away to. lol.

I am NEVER getting a Cocker, EVER!!!!!! My family has had such bad luck with them

[Labridor Retrevers]

I'm really sorry that he died. Blue :(

[lute]

my friend breed yorkies
a person down the street breeds mix breed dogs(stupid)
a friend of mine breeds birds and dogs and just had a litter
another friend breeds chihuahuas
my best friend breeds dauchshunds

i do know more,but i just cannot remember all of them right now.

so i know quite a few peiple that breed animals.not just dogs.

[Tweety_Pie]

My aunt breeds Great Danes. One of her danes, (her name is August) is having puppies any where form May 5-7! and thats not far away:D

[bnormal]

"If you didn't have breeders, where would you get your AKC/CKC dogs"

just got mine a few months ago from the local Doberman rescue.

Not against all breeders, just the ones that contribute freely to the rescue programs.

Come to think of it though, I got my full blooded Doberman boy from my local Dobe rescue for at least half the cost a breeder would have charged me (tongue in cheek irony)

fernmoney, in no way am I implying that you are that type of breeder...in fact you sound like you love your dogs...we need more breeders like that and none of the other kind!
:)