Taking the value out of a dog

[blackshep]

I think there should be a goal in mind. Sorry folks, that I've derailed this thread somewhat, and this is my last post here, because I think I've said what I wanted to say.

But I think if you're breeding a working line dog (and I've been using Schutz. as an example because that is the direction it seemed to have taken as far as the "value" of the dog decreasing if it's altered)

If you're breeding a working line dog, I still think you have goals in mind. Sound of body and mind. The dogs should be biddable etc.

Of course some dogs in the litter will be harder and some will be softer, but none should be quitters, weak nerved, nervous etc.

This is all I mean by breeding the best to the best. And showline people probably hate the WL conformation and vice versa. So to a certain degree, the dogs are already split into different "discliplines" where people are looking for different qualities in the animals they breed.

A person who wants a couch potato, would not want a GSD. That would not be a good trait in working lines. That is the type of thing I'm talking about.

I'm sorry I'm using horses as my examples, because that is what I know best, but I think we can all agree tat if you take lesser quality, ill tempered animals and breed them, the odds are not in our favour to get the next world champion.

So if you own one of those, even if you love them more than life, I think you're doing the breed a favour by removing them from there gene pool, because they are not good examples of the breed.