I've talked about my plans to start a breeding program in the future, and no one's jumped down my throat either.
I'll be the last person on Earth to jump all over someone who is making an attempt at responsible breeding. But this is so *obviously* not the case. It's clear that she just wants one puppy (she said so herself), and in that case, why not save the money, the time, the effort, and the potential (and very likely heartache), and just buy a dog from a *responsible* breeder, a rescue, or a shelter?
It makes next to no sense to breed an entire litter because you want just one pup. Why risk the safety of the dam? (Who won't be that nice, because any breeder of merit will be running in the opposite direction of the stud- who is quite cute, but by no means a fabulous example of the breed).
What happens if only one puppy is born or survives? It's the owners of the dam's prerogative as to where the puppies go. In most cases like this, the owners of the stud would get a stud fee, but they wouldn't get the pup. These are things you need to think about in detail before you decide that breeding dogs is all fun and games.
Puppies are fun- no doubt about that. But the truth of the matter is that raising a litter is *not* fun. ESPECIALLY if something goes wrong. Is she prepared to put down puppies with horrible birth defects? One of my mentors has had to do this once (BTW, this was in a litter in which both parents were fully health-tested champions- so it happens even to the BEST breeders), and she said it was heartbreaking. Don't look at this as us talking down to her, or being "mean." Look at it as a group of concerned people who have some real experience in this area, and are trying to shield her from a situation that is more than likely going to be a lot less rosey than she pictured it.
Once again- if this is really just about the fact that Robin wants a puppy, then *buying* one makes a WHOLE lot more sense. It's *far* less expensive, and she can get *exactly* what she wants. Why take all these risks when they're COMPLETELY unecessary to achieve the goal she's trying to meet? IMHO, that's pretty selfish.