Showing and breeding

[Aurie]

To me having a confirmation title is one way to 'know' that the dog fits the breed standard. Yes, people can cheat, but we have to hope that most people are into dogs to better their favorite breed.

Do I personally think a dog, cat, horse, etc must have a title to be bred? No. If the breeding is being done for the better of the breed or to produce a better animal, that is when a breeding should take place.

That horse that just broke its leg running in one of those derbys, Barbaro. I think it was in the Preakness (sp?). His sire had won only 650k over 30 races. He was ugly and built bulky. But he had high endurance and stamina. He was bred to other thoroughbreds who had grace and sped. That sire, Dynaformer, is one of the top producing sires of winners in the nation with over $10 million in earnings from his offspring. Was he an ideal example of the breed, apparently even with not the best performances.