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Many many years from now, I may be a dane breeder. ONLY if I could do it correctly, and only to improve upon the breed. I still have far too much to learn, far too much experience to gain, and far too much other stuff going on in my life right now to do it properly.
I would never breed a dog just for the sake of breeding it. I would never breed a mediocre specimen, and I'd **** sure never breed dogs that I didn't know the pedigree of back and forth, up and down.
What danes need right now is folks breeding them to improve them. There are far too many health and temperament issues in my breed right now to justify 90% of the breedings that take place. I would never want to contribute to the demise of my breed.
I would never breed a dog just for the sake of breeding it. I would never breed a mediocre specimen, and I'd **** sure never breed dogs that I didn't know the pedigree of back and forth, up and down.
What danes need right now is folks breeding them to improve them. There are far too many health and temperament issues in my breed right now to justify 90% of the breedings that take place. I would never want to contribute to the demise of my breed.
I would love to breed and raise spaniels in the classic way for the British gamekeepers/kennel operators did it (as I understand it).
The litter is kept together much longer than 8 weeks (6mo+ since its intended that most of the dogs will stay at the hunter's kennel) and they go everywhere. Mom and pups wander throughout the fields behind the owner/trainer learning how it all works, eventually moving up to flushing birds and such.
Maybe Clumbers, they have small litters so with decent grounds, I could do it. (vs having 10 Dalmatians if they were kept in a similar manner
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The litter is kept together much longer than 8 weeks (6mo+ since its intended that most of the dogs will stay at the hunter's kennel) and they go everywhere. Mom and pups wander throughout the fields behind the owner/trainer learning how it all works, eventually moving up to flushing birds and such.
Maybe Clumbers, they have small litters so with decent grounds, I could do it. (vs having 10 Dalmatians if they were kept in a similar manner
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none because I would never dream to be a breeder at all because I am very into animal rescue.. I don't care how responsible of a breeder you are, I will not buy from you or any breeder for that matter. I will ALWAYS adopt, always. there's too many dogs needing homes as it is, I have no desire to be a breeder ever.
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I think its great that people rescue. More people need to! I just want to say that buying from responsible breeders is just as important as rescuing, in a way. Buying from good breeders keeps dogs out of shelter, because a breeder should ALWAYS take back a puppy who the buyer no longer wants or can take care of. Bybs are the reason why so many dogs are in shelters.
Breed preservation is another important reason why there needs to be responsible breeders out there. Bybs are only producing a mirror image of what the breed is supposed to be, and sometimes not even that. They are destroying breeds.
Breed preservation is another important reason why there needs to be responsible breeders out there. Bybs are only producing a mirror image of what the breed is supposed to be, and sometimes not even that. They are destroying breeds.
