Do you ever want to breed?
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Well I used to have a huge interest in it. After the Bubbles thing, not sure how much I want to do it anymore. In no way would it ever be more than a litter every couple of years, but even that is not seeming like any fun. Maybe when Jari is all grown up and it's not all so fresh in my mind I might try again.
Pen and Bubbles are both worthy of being bred, and Jari is turning out pretty nicely as well.
Pen and Bubbles are both worthy of being bred, and Jari is turning out pretty nicely as well.
Well, yes, but I honestly would hold dogs that I intended to breed to such incredible standards that I probably would never end up doing it, never find an absolutely suitable dog.
I think I would like to dabble more in the breeding side of ACDs, but one of most important traits I would like to work on would be dog aggression. IMO, for a breed that is meant to be ranch dogs, there is an awful lot of DA in there and I feel that is unacceptable where they should be able to coexist with other dogs on a farm.
I think I would like to dabble more in the breeding side of ACDs, but one of most important traits I would like to work on would be dog aggression. IMO, for a breed that is meant to be ranch dogs, there is an awful lot of DA in there and I feel that is unacceptable where they should be able to coexist with other dogs on a farm.
Yes. I feel like there's a split happening in shelties between working (or sport) shelties versus show shelties. Auggie came from a line of dogs who do it all and it's something I want to continue, because it's going away.
P is the only one I consider breed worthy and he still has a few things left to work out before I'm 100% sold. Right now there is no "plan" but there are a few people who are keeping an eye on him for their bitches and a few breeders I could be interested in breeding to one of their bitches.
Honestly I'm hoping we'll get him settled and he'll breed to a bitch this year or maybe next, so they can grow out and we can see what he likes to produce, then in the future breed him again and I'll keep one and pursue the path more with that baby. I already have a list of people who are interested should we breed him, but no definite plans, no contracts or money have exchanged hands since we're just not sure what the future holds yet.
There won't be bitches or litters in my house though. I don't feel like that means I'm not "breeding" though. I'm letting my male hump your bitch and make puppies... that's breeding.
P is the only one I consider breed worthy and he still has a few things left to work out before I'm 100% sold. Right now there is no "plan" but there are a few people who are keeping an eye on him for their bitches and a few breeders I could be interested in breeding to one of their bitches.
Honestly I'm hoping we'll get him settled and he'll breed to a bitch this year or maybe next, so they can grow out and we can see what he likes to produce, then in the future breed him again and I'll keep one and pursue the path more with that baby. I already have a list of people who are interested should we breed him, but no definite plans, no contracts or money have exchanged hands since we're just not sure what the future holds yet.
There won't be bitches or litters in my house though. I don't feel like that means I'm not "breeding" though. I'm letting my male hump your bitch and make puppies... that's breeding.
I'm kicking myself all over the place for not keeping any from Kaia's first litter. They just, ureijoqwavdobghifoj!@!%$.
So, we're doing it again. I swore I wouldn't, but this time it'll be a planned C-section so she won't go through all that awful stuff that happened last time. She rebounds from surgeries super fast, otherwise I wouldn't consider it. We did try a surgical AI last August but the semen was too wimpy.
This will be a live breeding. So I've got crossed fingers. My plan is, if she has a nice big litter with multiple girls, to keep the top two girls until they're about 7 months and evaluate them. Someone wanted a SD from me (one of Kaia's puppies from her first litter went on to be a SD) so that way I can evaluate and do foundation work with both of them. That way I can place a good SD prospect with them, and make sure the girl I decide to keep will be good prospect for continuing the line.
So, we're doing it again. I swore I wouldn't, but this time it'll be a planned C-section so she won't go through all that awful stuff that happened last time. She rebounds from surgeries super fast, otherwise I wouldn't consider it. We did try a surgical AI last August but the semen was too wimpy.
This will be a live breeding. So I've got crossed fingers. My plan is, if she has a nice big litter with multiple girls, to keep the top two girls until they're about 7 months and evaluate them. Someone wanted a SD from me (one of Kaia's puppies from her first litter went on to be a SD) so that way I can evaluate and do foundation work with both of them. That way I can place a good SD prospect with them, and make sure the girl I decide to keep will be good prospect for continuing the line.
Short answer: No, definitely not. Not even a little.
Long answer: Maybe. If I had the absolute perfect female and other respected breeders within the breed believed that she was breed worthy and thought it'd be a shame if she wasn't bred. Then, maybe. But only because I've found it increasingly difficult to find a litter/dog that really checks all of the boxes for me, and if I came across a dog like that from a good breeder and lines worth preserving, and that dog earned the titles and passed the health testing... I'd probably want more dogs like that around.
I wouldn't ever get a dog with breeding in mind, and would only consider it if it's a dog that blew me away. Even then it'd still be a maybe, because it's one thing to find that dog, title, and health test (which is no easy task in itself), but a whole other matter to learn lines, go out and meet potential studs, research their progeny, match pedigrees, look into health history, decide if what I want can even be produced consistently, etc.
Current dog will not be bred, I love him and would take another of him in a heartbeat, but he is not a dog that meets my expectations for the breed. If he were titled, health tested, and I liked what I saw brought out of him by IPO training, and his breeder wanted to use him as a stud... maybe? A friend actually was trying to talk to me more about the idea, which did prompt an interesting discussion. Although more realistically, most likely not. He is a little more "sporty" than I'd like ultimately in a GSD, good in some ways but undesirable in others.
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Long answer: Maybe. If I had the absolute perfect female and other respected breeders within the breed believed that she was breed worthy and thought it'd be a shame if she wasn't bred. Then, maybe. But only because I've found it increasingly difficult to find a litter/dog that really checks all of the boxes for me, and if I came across a dog like that from a good breeder and lines worth preserving, and that dog earned the titles and passed the health testing... I'd probably want more dogs like that around.
I wouldn't ever get a dog with breeding in mind, and would only consider it if it's a dog that blew me away. Even then it'd still be a maybe, because it's one thing to find that dog, title, and health test (which is no easy task in itself), but a whole other matter to learn lines, go out and meet potential studs, research their progeny, match pedigrees, look into health history, decide if what I want can even be produced consistently, etc.
Current dog will not be bred, I love him and would take another of him in a heartbeat, but he is not a dog that meets my expectations for the breed. If he were titled, health tested, and I liked what I saw brought out of him by IPO training, and his breeder wanted to use him as a stud... maybe? A friend actually was trying to talk to me more about the idea, which did prompt an interesting discussion. Although more realistically, most likely not. He is a little more "sporty" than I'd like ultimately in a GSD, good in some ways but undesirable in others.
I would certainly like to! I don't think I'd want to breed on a large scale, but I would definitely love to breed the occasional English Shepherd litter. I just adore the breed
I hope to one day, but have a long time till then. I want them finished in the ring, on the field and have obedience titles first. Then we will do our health testing. Both are lovely balanced pups, so we will see after a few years! If I breed it will be to get a pup or two back for myself, thats the only reason I would do it personally!
No, it's fun to think about but I don't have the knowledge to breed a litter correctly. I know some things and I think I'd be better at it than the average person but still no. I've always wanted to raise a foster litter though.
Are any of my dogs breed worthy? Not really. Pirate is closest but he doesn't have the temperament that I'm looking for in a dog. He can be pretty shy. Conformation wise, I think he is really nice.
Are any of my dogs breed worthy? Not really. Pirate is closest but he doesn't have the temperament that I'm looking for in a dog. He can be pretty shy. Conformation wise, I think he is really nice.
Dogs? Some day, yeah, I'd like to breed. Collies are what I want to breed so far, but there is a chance that some day when I get my Koolie, I will decided I'd rather breed koolies. But any time soon? Uh, no. Logan's breeder is free to use him is she wanted to, but I can't per contract - and I don't have any plans/wouldn't want to, anyway.
I see this happening maybe 15ish years down the road. Possibly sooner, depending on how things pan out, but certainly not in the immediate future and not with any of the dogs I have now.
I would want to breed for what I find to be ideal in my chosen breed. I'm still working out what that might be in collies (I looooove Logan's lines. Like, a lot.), but if I end up with koolies, I don't even have a starting idea yet, other than health tested.
Crested geckos? **** yes. I want to get a nice girlgecko to breed with Jagrafess some day when I can afford one. I got lucky with his structure for a $50 gecko, it's actually really good - not just his head, but overall, he's just nicely put together. I don't know how genetics factors into gecko temperaments, but he has a very nice temperament, too.
I see this happening maybe 15ish years down the road. Possibly sooner, depending on how things pan out, but certainly not in the immediate future and not with any of the dogs I have now.
I would want to breed for what I find to be ideal in my chosen breed. I'm still working out what that might be in collies (I looooove Logan's lines. Like, a lot.), but if I end up with koolies, I don't even have a starting idea yet, other than health tested.
Crested geckos? **** yes. I want to get a nice girlgecko to breed with Jagrafess some day when I can afford one. I got lucky with his structure for a $50 gecko, it's actually really good - not just his head, but overall, he's just nicely put together. I don't know how genetics factors into gecko temperaments, but he has a very nice temperament, too.
Maybe yes, maybe no. Probably not. I will be the person with the male that just does the humping. Ha ha depending on how panzer matures and passes health testing, temp testing and score on his appraisal he probably will be used as stud for my breeder and if other breeder want to use him. There is qualities disappearing in the breed and we are hoping Pan will be a step towards restoring those qualities. If pan is anything like his father he will be a great stepping stone in his breeders program.
^ this. I love ACD's and many of them just don't fit what I like. The breeder Story comes from is fabulous as are a few others but many focus too much on conformation and are tweaking the breed in a way I don't care for and are loosing working ability.
Story and her connections have already caught me up on a lot of what to look for in a nice working bred dog. I hope to get my start in herding as well as a few other sports with her, dabbling in conformation just enough to prove correct dogs. Many GCh ACD's are too bulky for my liking (much like bench line Labs), so conformation showing isn't a huge deal to me.
When Josh and I get our hobby cattle farm up and running and I'm working dogs more consistently I may become more serious, but at this moment I'm good with helping socialize puppies and kind of being mentored in reputable breeding. I'm in no hurry whatsoever to start my own lines or breed on my own. Assuming Story turns out to be breed worthy along with one of her puppies, I plan on getting litter-pick granddaughter. If she were to develop as we hope, I may look at it then. OTOH I've got a long way to go in trialing and learning more about the breed so only time will tell.
Story and her connections have already caught me up on a lot of what to look for in a nice working bred dog. I hope to get my start in herding as well as a few other sports with her, dabbling in conformation just enough to prove correct dogs. Many GCh ACD's are too bulky for my liking (much like bench line Labs), so conformation showing isn't a huge deal to me.
When Josh and I get our hobby cattle farm up and running and I'm working dogs more consistently I may become more serious, but at this moment I'm good with helping socialize puppies and kind of being mentored in reputable breeding. I'm in no hurry whatsoever to start my own lines or breed on my own. Assuming Story turns out to be breed worthy along with one of her puppies, I plan on getting litter-pick granddaughter. If she were to develop as we hope, I may look at it then. OTOH I've got a long way to go in trialing and learning more about the breed so only time will tell.