Another mutt breeder in s.dakota

[Shannerson]

http://dakotawinds.homestead.com/

I've kept an eye on this breeder over the years; they started out small but I was apalled at the number of breeds/mutts and breedings they now have. She has a whole statement about the humane society like it is a bad place to go for a dog so people should come to her instead. Uhh.

http://www.dakotaeranch.com/puppies/ and another breeder....

 

[skyeboxer]

'strewth! Not only puggles but pocket puggles! I didn't see the link to the shelter statement. Would you mind to give the direct url?

 

[Zoom]

That first one just boggles the mind...and she's crossing English Shepherds?? WTF...all of her breeding stock looks like junk and you can tell she has absolutely no idea how genentic traits get passed on.

 

[krisykris]

Those mixes look so sad A COCANESE?! I realize all my dogs are mixed and all purchased rather than adopted... but seriously... where does it end?

 

[showpug]

So unfortunate!

 

[Cassiepeia]

Makes me sick.

Cass.

 

[~Jessie~]

That is so sad. When will it end?

 

[AnimalLoverCatRescuer]

"If breeds are bred to another breed that does not have simular health problems, then them health problems are eliminated."

Is there any truth or even possibility of that? I admit, I don't know alot about breeding, but this just sounds ridiculous that a statement can be made that simple.

 

[AnimalLoverCatRescuer]

So a Hush Bassett is a Bassett cross but they don't say with what...

And a Comfort Retreiver?? Oh I am getting angrier and angrier as I read this! And they breed horse crosses too!

"We are breeding Flash to our smaller Draft cross mares. We offer the foals for sale, mostly to people who love Gypsy horses, but either cannot, or do not want to, pay the high price for a purebred Gypsy. Most of our foals look very much like Gypsy Horses, and have the same great temperment."

 

[Shannerson]

skye...here is the direct link at bottom: http://dakotawinds.homestead.com/MaleDogs.html

 

[Red_ACD_for_me]

Though the pups she produces are in doubt very cute...this vicious cycle of "hybrids" or MUTTS as I like to call them will never end unless they toughen up breeding laws which will never happen.....VERY SAD!

 

[Purdue#1]

Ok, some of their "comfort retrievers" look like field splaniels. The lab/poodle and lab/golden crosses look like a breed i have seen before. :yikes:

they said that they don't like purbreds because of what they were bred for, well in the doodle section they say some of their dogs would be good for search and rescue, hunting,etc. They contradict what they say. They really need to remember what they type.

also, they think breeding a cocker with a lab or golden will erase what they have been doing for generations(retrieving game,etc)? They were bred to dog the same thing.DUH! I'm no expert, but they need to read up breed history and the genetics of dogs.

 

[~Jessie~]

They breed for "mini" cats as well =/

 

[Boemy]

"If breeds are bred to another breed that does not have simular health problems, then them health problems are eliminated."

Is there any truth or even possibility of that? I admit, I don't know alot about breeding, but this just sounds ridiculous that a statement can be made that simple.

It's possible, but by no means guaranteed. I'm sure she's just using it as a selling point, not actually trying to actively eradicate health problems, which would require a lot of work tracking the relatives of her dogs to determine which had bad recessive genes and so on.

 

[chinchow]

http://dakotawinds.homestead.com/tp.gif

Hmm, those dogs above...
look just like this dog below:

I can't even stand it anymore.

 

[boxerbaby]

Some one needs to get these people some help! The name "Dakota winds ranch" is just a fancy way of saying PUPPY MILL!!!! If that isn't bad enough, they are raising the next generation of back yard breeders. I am completely shocked by these people, and they think they are doing good, and raising family dogs? I really don't get these people! They need to take a trip to a large shelter facility and see how many euthanized dogs are there that look just like their "designer dogs" I can't even believe the are charging people $500 to $1800 and up for mutts (but 350 for cocker spaniels ) Are people really stupid enough to pay this much for mutts?
(I know people have some designer dogs and love them, ei goldendoodles ect. But over a $ 1000 for a MUTT!:yikes:

 

[Brandyb]

Oh man! I think I may barf! Why is it that people keep doing this sort of thing. It saddens me when I see websites like this ... and yet, obviously some of the public buy into this.

 

[Vivien]

umm they only have about 50 breeding dogs....what is wrong with that??? some people....anyone want a comfort retriver??? poor babies

 

[mamasobuco]

As someone who fosters puppies this really does concern me. The HUGE majority of our pups are cross breeds. Or what those who turn them in call cross breeds. I wonder what they do with the pups that they don't sell. :-/

Every time I see something about a cross I can't help but remember when I was a kid cockapoos were the dogs that people got who couldn't afford a pure bred. WT? has gone wrong????

 

[Gempress]

"If breeds are bred to another breed that does not have simular health problems, then them health problems are eliminated."

Is there any truth or even possibility of that?

No.

It can be extremely diluted. But such a program takes years to develop, and a lot of screening to find healthy puppies. Take hip dysplasia, for example. Even puppies who come from several generations of health-screened parents can end up with it. It decreases the probability of that happening, but it doesn't eliminate it.

But I believe this woman is referring to a first-generation cross, in which case that "logic" is just unbelieveable. Genetic problems are hereditary, just like any other trait that can be passed on. If you start out with unhealthy parents, the result will most likely be unhealthy puppies.

That breeder's above statement is just like saying "This dog has a black coat. This dog has a white coat. Since they don't have similar coats, if we breed them together, then the pups will have neither black nor white coats."

What sense does that make?