But if you’re allowed the pick of a special litter then you can have a very good idea that’ll it’ll turn out well
You won’t know for sure until the puppy matures how or if it will complement your chosen bitch. Regardless of how good it’s parents are or how promising it looks at puppyhood.
Its why breeders often use an outside stud.
If it hadn’t worked out then she wouldn’t have been able to use the dog as a stud. Just like the females she has kept that will never have a litter
I get it frosted. You don’t understand and don’t approve
No I don’t think you do get it.
I don’t think you get it at all.
Your breeder sounds no different to any other average joe breeder.
In some ways, they sound worse!
They have lots of dogs by the sounds of it.
Something that for me would set off immediate potential alarm bells to be honest.
Where are all these dogs kept?
House?
Outside kennels?
How does she give all these dogs adequate care and attention?
How do you know these females will never have any litters?
They have their own stud that has only been used once.
Again, that would set off potential alarm bells for me because it firstly sounds like they bought any old dog on the assumption it would probably mature nicely and bred it to her existing bitch presumably to make money.
I question whether it was to primarily to breed another for themselves as a show prospect because in that case you would surely buy an adult dog you had looked over and checked his confirmation would complement your bitches.
Which they obviously didn’t do if they bought a puppy.
And if you aren’t breeding for a new show prospect, or a working dog, you are breeding for a pet and selling for a profit..
I don’t have a problem with that if it is done ethically but you come across having a massive problem with that.
I also question the ethics of having an entire male who is only bred once.
The breed itself is in bad shape.
I question the ethics of anyone who makes more of dogs in very questionable health already.
Her dogs have the most wonderful life
So do the dogs of most hobby breeders breeding family pets!
Yes they go to shows but a few a year. And the rest of the time they are with her at home
Proof?
Maybe that’s true, maybe it’s not.
You said they have females who are never bred, plus the male, plus the breeding female.
How many dogs are we talking about here?
How big is her house?!
They sound to me like classic Kennel club show breeders.
Lots of dogs breeding to confirmation rather than health with lots of emphasis on ‘winning’ lines.
Neither of the breeders I have used would send a dog to a new home because it didn’t turn out how they hoped. Because it isn’t about money or winning first at every show. They love their dogs. That comes first
Right.
But the majority of hobby breeders also love their dogs...