Hi yes I am more than prepared for breeding and looking after the pups and we are going to keep at least one anyway and we do also have our male who is neutered so obviously cant breed from him. I dont really appreciate the interrogation from only asking for a stud. Thanks for your concern
These are not un-reasonable questions and regardless if others are asking them of you, you should certainly be asking them of yourself. Are you ready to have a c-section done on your female as both the breeds she is a mix of are prone to them. Are you also prepared to potentially lose the female, as that certainly happens more often than you might expect.
I'm going to play Devils Advocate here and say that that chart is nonsense.
If we go by it, only registered dogs should be breed!
I have no problem with BYB as long as they know what they are doing and are only breeding the best males and females.
I personally know about 11 people that purchased puppies from registered reputable breeders that all have issues.
Puppy Mill puppies should be avoided at all cost but non registered breeders are not always bad!
How many times have we in this very forum be very critical about registered breeders and how dishonest they appear to be?
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Why do you think non-registered dogs should be bred? I have a serious problem with BYBers but then again I suspect you talk to most that have worked in rescue, shelters or have fostered and you will find most of us do. BYBers as a general rule do not worry if the dogs conform to any standard or have correct temperament, they do not worry about health of the parents or genetic issues, they do not have contracts to protect their puppies as they do not worry about them once they leave their house.
Are there terrible registered breeders? Absolutely, that is why research is important, you get what you put into it. Check those health checks, meet the dogs, get references, do the due diligence. There are never any guarantees when you are dealing with living animals but there are ways to hopefully minimize those cases.
But why is that the breeders responsibility? If you buy my pup and didn't raise it properly to the point that the dog is psychologically messed up, why should I take it back?
Also why is it expected that the breeder should police the new family on how the dog is raised?
These breeder contracts are not enforceable to begin with.
We should be responsible for how our pups are raised and not point fingers at the breeders.
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Because a breeder makes a choice to breed their animal, and to avoid those dogs ending up in a shelter where someone has no clue what they are doing with a breed, it should be returned to the breeder. Regardless of age or reason the breeder chose to bring that puppy/dog into the world and need to be responsible for it, even if it is so completely F**ked up that the only course of action ends up being euthanize, at least the dog has someone that will care enough to cry over it in those final few moments.
I have a question, what about a shitty owner? The ones that think they know better? The ones that think there is no problem with one litter and yet know nothing about the fantastic breeds they own outside of their dog. That sign something and never don't follow through? I don't sign stuff that I have no intention of following through on yet I hear horror stories of just those types of owners. They don't do the training or do the health checks before breeding (usual against their contract) and then scream their breeders are not honest or supportive or backing them up.
I am not saying there are not shitty breeders out there, we all know there are but I get so tired of hearing that breeders are always the problem and not the fact we live in a disposable society where even other living creatures are considered throw away items.
I think this is norm for a "true" breeder. Every reputable breeder I spoke with had the same things in their contracts. And I spoke with over 50 personally from Canada to Florida.
Most breeders I know have this clause in their contract.
