Ideally, there would be NO dogs in shelters and all dog pregnancies would be planned. But of course, it isn't a perfect world. I try to get strays, but I understand what you are saying. My childhood dog Christy was such a perfect dog. She was spayed when we got her, but I would give a million bucks to have a pup of hers. She was the most gorgeous and perfect dog in the world. Papers or not, she would have had awesome offspring and it would have been such a great experience. I am starting to feel that way about Roxy too. She's spayed, and I have had her since Feb. She is turning out to be such an amazing and special dog that it almost seems like a crime that she won't have offspring. But everytime I visit the pound, my temptation goes away on breeding.

I think that there are alot of pluses about RESPONSIBLE breeding. I think we should be trying to keep bloodlines clean. But one thing that irks the hell out of me about AKC is how close the bloodlines are though. It disgusts me how alot of the dogs share grandparents and whatnot. They are often way to closely related! I guess to others that is normal, but it doesn't seem right to me.