Would you breed YOUR dog?

[Rerun]

No. I love all my dogs. they have GREAT qualities and traits that I love, or I wouldn't have them.

But with that said:

Dante has horrifically weak nerves

Micah is from an unknown background/breeder, somewhat weak nerves to what he perceives as the occasional scary object and whether or not this could've been altered if he'd been raised properly for the first two years (he's adopted) I don't know, but he has absolutely zero ball/tug drive. As in NONE. He's semi treat motivated and works for praise.

Akira has mild hip dysplasia, EPI, and allergies. So...a big NO there. Ironically, she came from a long established and careful breeding program.

[JeffM]

Nope, neither of them. Way to many health issues and makes me think they are from a 'weak' line; more than likely Mother side because Father has longer record of lineage and is a show dog. Mother is questionable.

[CassandGunnar]

I don't think so, for any of my dogs. I don't know anything about Cassie's background except for her being GSD/Belgian Mal cross.
I have the AKC information for Gunnar, but we never did anything with it. He is the results of two neighbors who owned "dogs with papers" and decided to make some money and have a litter. They made it just over 5 weeks before they turned the whole litter into a shelter.
He has excellent temperment and has been a dream to work with, but he still has his allergy problem and I don't know anything else about his lines.

Now, having said that, would I like another dog like Gunnar.........in a second!!!! I suppose I could try cloning?

[GSD_Xander]

Nope.

I love Xander but I know he is not the best the breed has to offer so, even though he's my great family pet (what I wanted him for), I would not breed him...ever.

[Pattycakes]

No, I would not breed Uschi.

I just don't feel I'm qualified to be a breeder and since she is primarily a "companion/pet" she isn't qualifed to be bred either.

[Gilly1331]

In a magical dream world I would love to have a litter from each of my two dogs bc their disposition, agility, conformation etc are wonderful and I would love to see it passed down in pups. But in the real world I would never breed either of them. I don't have any knowledge of breeding and what goes into it. I wouldn't want to chance my female coming up with some medical problem that could kill her, harm her or her litter. I would love to see what she would produce as she is an amazing dog all around but I just don't know enough plus shes spayed already. As far as my male I'd love him to sire something but again don't know enough about breeding, lines etc to know if that would be a good choice to put pups on the ground. He is intact and if a breeder just absolutly had to have pups from him I would want to make sure 100% everything would be ok on his end and the females end I wouldn't want anything to happen to the female he would breed either.

Plus there are already so many amazing pups out there who need homes.

[warpwr]

We signed an agreement that if our breeder wants to have a litter with Miss Molly they can do that and we will get the pick of that litter. Covy-Tucker Hill Kennels Homepage So we would get another show GSD or there is some value there.
We agreed to keep her intact until they make their decision. I think by 18 months old or so. I assume this breeding would be done at the breeders kennel with a male of their choice and the litter born and cared for by them.
Ordinarily Diane and I would not do any dog breeding.
We thought what we asked for was pet quality but we wound up with show quality, it's a medium length story.
And Miss Molly is a showoff. Why she just aced puppy school, doing everything perfect for her finals, haha.
But to us she will just be a pet, although Diane wants to see about maybe getting therapy dog status for her.

[shilohsmom]

Never! Like I tell people I leave the breeding up to the experts. My dogs have wonderful pedigrees, hips, temperment, etc. but I'm not a breeder. My dogs are spayed/neutered because I don't want to risk their health to cancers that can affect those areas. Additionally, I would never risk the life of my female in giving birth.

Besides if I ever did have puppies I'd never be able to adopt them out. I wouldn't be able to seperate myself from them and no one would meet my qualifications to adopt them so its much better this way. Some people might remember that I'm the one that reduces my work hours to part time for the first six months when I get a new 'baby'.....

[bianca]

I have to at the thought of ever breeding Molly if she was still intact! Soft ears, eye issues (ongoing opthalmology care), tiny, fear issues which have just cropped up....she would be a disaster waiting to happen. Bettering the breed....making it worse! Aside from that, if she was near perfect in every way I would not consider it for a second - I know NOTHING about breeding and have no desire to

[cshepherd9]

Never in a million years. Willow has many issues- fear, anxious, reactive, etc. I have no idea about her background (rescue) so I couldn't say what kind of pedigree she has.
Dallas is a mixed breed so no reason to breed her. Breeding is too much work and I am kinda lazy