breeding questions?

Question

I have 1 poms and yes I did travel to get her,I drovehours away to go see this breeder that wanted me to spend time with there mother and father before I took the dog home so that I could see how they acted before I brougth one of there pups home with me. I have the papers for this dog because there father and mother were in the pedigree breed. The pomeranian that i want to breed it with does come from a backyard breeder and has no papers. I have no way of telling what there parents had but I brought it to the vet to get checked out and the vet said that they would be fine. So why is it so bad to breed these two poms together? I know I can call my vet anytime if somehting happens, and I am off of work for the next few months anyways so she would not be alone. I am not even selling my baby poms for money, or to make a profit I just want to give some of these poms to my friends because they are very well tempered and good around kids is that so bad? Why not give me advice on breeding

Answer 1

If you need help getting started you need to research. Your lack of knowledge is part of what makes a BYB. If you need help I can help you but only because you want to learn right. My email is [e-mail]. The first thing you have to do is purchase a book called Canine Reproduction because it has all the informaiton you need. You can email me with any questions.

Answer 2

The reason to breed is to add something to the breed....something GOOD. Not to make a buck. Dogs that are used for breeding should have something to offer. The one dog does not even have papers, and could very well be a mix. You could breed to it and get a SUPRISE when the puppies come out with some interesting traits.

ALSO, only HEALTHY dogs should be bred. Do you know what health clearances you should get for the breed???? Do you want to spend a couple hundred per dog to get them?????

I am sure the other dog, the girl, probably comes froma BYB also. Unless her parents had health clearances and were shown, you didn't get her from a reputable breeder, and if you had, they would not condone your breeding her to crap.

What you want to do is called "breeding for bucks"..."mutts for money"..."puppies for profit". There is nothing else to call it. It IS BYB. There is no shortage of Poms in the world, so it is not because they are in short supply!!!!!!!!

Why don't you go here and see what luxating patellas are.

http://www.offa.org/patluxstatbreed.html

Poms are at the TOP of the list with almost 50% being affected and should NOT be used for breeding!!!! If your vet cannot tell you what health clearances to get for Poms, they don't know much!!!! Vets are not a good source of what a good dog is. They know ZIPPO about breed standards!!!!!!

If you are not willing to spend the time and money to make sure the dog are at least healthy...then you are the worst kind of BYB. You must also be willing to scrap breeding for a dog that HAS problems!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

The reason it's so bad is because only the very, very best examples of any breed, both conformation and temperament, should ever be used for breeding. And then only after they've had all their health checks done and been cleared. Poms have a problem with their knees - have both of these dogs been checked and cleared? Are they the best possible examples of the breed? The male is from a back yard breeder meaning his quality is definitely not good, could have a myriad of health problems.

If your friends want a pomeranian that badly there are plenty of them out there in the shelters being put to sleep - and they likely all came from back yard breeders or puppy mills, too.

Any puppies you get would be considered mutts since the male is not registered. What's the point? For your female's health, get her spayed.

Answer 4

As far as producing puppies, the match should be just fine as long as the sire doesn't have any congenital health problems.

The reason why people look down on the breeding is there is no way for a person to prove purity of the breed without having special tests conducted. You wouldn't be able to show the animals without registration paperwork. Also, in a lot of cases inexperienced breeders is how puppy mills get their start, and mixed breeding or diluting of the breed occurs and can result in puppies with congenital problems (hip displaysia in labs for instance).

For profit, you can't get the price for those pups as you can for registered pups.

My dog came from a registered mother and an unregistered (but purebred from registered parents) father, and he's fantastic.

Answer 5

Well it's so bad because you are taking this show quality dog and breeding it with a pet quality dog. Show quality dogs, as believed by the breeders, shouldn't be bred to a low quality dog or a dog of a different breed.

If you are just giving them to your friends than it really doesn't matter. But if you want show dogs you may want to invest in a show quality mate for your dog.

You may actually upset the dogs breeders by breeding your dog with a pet quality pom.

Answer 6

Because YOU are contributing to the pet over population problem.
You have not had anyone but your vet look at the dog to determine the health of the dogs. There is more needed than a vet to look at them to tell if they are healthy enough to breed.
Anyway you want to call it you are going to be a back yard breeder and anyone with any ethics is going to tell you just that.

Answer 7

Since you are only trying to produce pet quality, I don't have a problem with breeding to a dog that is not registered. What I do have a problem with however is that with over fifty years of breeding dogs I am still to see my first unregistered dog that has been OFA or PennHip tested for hip problems or CERF tested for eye problems.
Mater of fact I don't even remember seeing an unregistered dog tested for Brucellosis before being bred.