Why does wveryone have a problem with breeding dogs?

Question

I asked if anyone wanted to breed dogs and the 2 that answered said asking for a stud fee and breeding dogs was wrong any input? I am not just doing this for money i love my dog and want ot better his breed and keep him another puppy 2 play with is that wrong?

My mom says i can only keep 1 of his puppies if i wan't another dog I volunteer at an animal shelter each summer have refered hundreds of people to www.petfinder.com got a dog there for myself two years ago it got stolen my dogs name is Burrito he is a mini Chihuahua

Guy who said i don't care GET A LIFE!! I love my dog very much my uncle has a breeding facility and i will be at the facility all through the process have 15 homes already lined up so get your facts straight before you go saying i don't care when the truth is you don't!!

Yea KitKat whatever ur name is like i said my uncle is the one breeding them not me! He has a very nice facility he has been breeding since he was 28 okay so read the details before u answer next time! I'm not trying to be rude or ne thing

2 all of u who understand trying to improve the breed and have been being nice thank you for your help i will have pictures of his first litter of pups in a few months www.myspace.com/Kay2Figures

Answer 1

there is nothing wrong with wanting to breed your dog.

it is a big responsibility to take on a pregnant dog with her puppies. just have a good plan for the whole process. check out the other dog before agreeing on a stud fee(bloodlines etc). you will have to care for the dog and then the puppies for at least 8 weeks before you can consider selling them. they will need their first puppy shots, deworming, all of these things cost a lot of money. also you will have to clean up after poopy puppies.

responsible breeding is the key.

i don't know your question before but do you have a male or female? i answered if you have a female.

if you have a male dog there is no reason why you shouldn't charge for a stud fee. after all the puppies will go for much more then the stud fee.

what kind of dog do you have? just curious

i volunteer at a shelter and i am a BIG fan of adopting shelter dogs, but i also understand that people want purebreds(which you can get at a shelter but not always). if you want to be a breeder again do a lot of research and be responsible.

Answer 2

There is nothing wrong with breeding a dog if you are doing it for the correct purpose and you have knowledge about breeding as well as the breed you are breeding.

If you are simply breeding without having knowledge about breeding (what to expect, emergency sitautinos, when your b*tch is whelping,etc) then you shouldn't breed.

If you are breeding because you are trying to produce show dogs or trying to improve the breed (which can take generations to do) and you know what you are doing, then breeding is okay.

Many reputable breeders do not profit from breeding they have a loss. The cost it takes to take care of the b*tch, the cost of the puppies, the indirect cost, etc.

A reputable breeder also knows what they are doing, has been trained, and has a close relationship with their vet as well as other breeders. A litter from a reputable breeder is one that can be traced back generations by the AKC in the United States.

You are a 14 year old kid (according to your myspace) and to me that's pretty young to want to be breeding dogs or knowing really how breeding itself works. You seem to also be breeding for the wrong reason.

You are breeding because you like your dog and want to play with puppy. You are not improving the breed nor are you producing show dogs. You don't really seem to know how much cost, experience, time, and patience goes into breeding.

As for the puppies yes they can go to homes and then the owners there would want to beed for the same reason. Then it goes from there, indirectly you are creating dogs that might end up on the street and in shelters in the feature.

Is your dog reigiestered with the AKC? Can you trace back your dog's generations? Is the sire that you planning to mate your dog with registered with the AKC? Can you trace your sires generations? If not, then I honestly wouldn't purchase from you.

If I'm going to be spending a couple of hundred or thosand on a purebred dog from a breeder you bet your butt I have to trace the generations back a bit. The dog better be registered by the AKC. The breeder has to have extensive knowledge about the dog's breed.

Look @ this site:
http://www.akc.org/breeders/resp_breeding/index.cfm

http://www.akc.org/dna/index.cfm

https://www.akc.org/litters/index.cfm

http://www.akc.org/reg/registeralitter.cfm

Not as easy as it looks. If you really want a puppy to play with then why not adopt. At 14 you shouldn't be looking for a new puppy anyways because the responsibility in 4 years will be going to someone else because you will be attending college. Oh and at 16 years old you will be wanting to go out and have a life with your friends when you get your license.

So if you are 14 now you should be willing to care and provide for your dog until you are 26 or 29 years old. Do you even know where you will be at those ages?

Answer 3

Quite a few breeders (puppy mills) have a nice set up but do they use the Pedigree Papered Dogs?

The ones that are not breeding for show quality dogs usually just say that the dog is AKC registered but that is just a registry. And has nothing to do with the quality of the dog.

Most competant breeders cull their litters so that the pet quality pups are destroyed at birth. Now that is a good breeder. He doesn't want pet quality pups to be associated with their kennels. He is reaching for a specific genetic code that will produce the best quality pups that he can possibly come up with.

I have seen dogs that are susposed to be pure breed but it is obvious that the genes that come together to make that dog were already messed up. You see dogs with over bites/under bites, problems with the skin/coat, eye color, conformation problems, sick all the time & on & on & on.

I have groomed poodles that have straight hair, yet they are registered through AKC. When BYBer's breed they do not take into consideration any of the things that a competant breeder thinks about, they think long and hard on picking to two perfect dogs that will produce the best of the breed.

Does your uncle breed show dogs? Does he show them? If not your uncle is a BYBer.

Answer 4

Buy a dog that's already out there. I'm sure you can find his breed. Do not breed more when you could save one who doen't yet have a home. It IS WRONG AND SELFISH to breed yoru dog when you can get a perfectly good puppy from another breeder and give it a home. By not doing this you are sentencing another of that breed to a life without a home. It is not wrong to want another puppy to play with. If you want to experience the miracle of birth, ask a breeder if you can help them while they're breeding their dogs, and maybe you can be present through all stages of pregnancy and then at the end finally pick a puppy.

Answer 5

How exactly are you bettering the breed. I'm sure that if you provided information about the betterment of the breed you're offering, a reply would not be so strongly negative.
There are dogs out there that are dying every day. We use this nice little euphamism - put to sleep - to spare us from the pain in thinking about the fact that they are being killed. But that's the truth. They are being killed at a fantastic rate all because there aren't enough homes to go around. Go to petfinder.com and take a look at all the pets that don't have homes. Go take a walk in your local shelter, go visit a pure bred rescue and see just how many dogs need homes and find out how many realistically will actually get one. We have a problem in this country of too many dogs and cats and not enough homes. That's a fact. So don't be surprised if you post that you plan to breed your dog and don't have even the most basic facts about the dog or breeding requirements that you get jumped on. it's going to happen!

Remember, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem!

Answer 6

The amount of puppies/dogs needing homes is the biggest concern when it comes to breeding dogs. I foster dogs waiting to be adopted, and can tell you 100% that there are plenty of wonderful dogs out there. It is not wrong to breed your dog for a playmate, the trouble is most likly you will end up with more then one puppy, and then what will you do with the rest? I just hate to see more puppies in shelters. The choice is yours, but I suggest a visit to your local humane society to see all the dogs waiting for homes. Sometimes, you come across the most loving dogs you have ever laid eyes on. I think you would feel a great sense of worth for adopting an animal who needs a home. Just my input!

Answer 7

Have you done any health screens on your dog to see if he has any genetic problems that he will be passing on to his puppies?
Have you spent time learning about the breed to determine if he is a good representative of the breed?
How will he better his breed?
There are SO many other questions that you need to answer.
This world has too many puppies as it is.
Why can't you adopt a puppy from an animal shelter & save a life instead of bringing more unwanted dogs into the world?
That would be the best thing you could do for your dog.
Take care!

Answer 8

With millions of dogs killed every year in shelters already because there aren't enough homes for them, breeding "because I love my dog" and to "keep him another puppy to play with" is IMHO not only wrong, it's incredibly selfish.

Go to your local municipal shelter (the ones that don't have the option of turning away strays). Walk the kennels. Look into the eyes of the dogs. And realize that half of the dogs you see there will be dead in a week.

That is why people who work in Rescue are so against backyard and hobby breeders. For every dog or two that I manage to pull into rescue because there's a spot in foster care, I have to leave behind dozens to die.

That's why I get cheesed when people talk about making more puppies. They talk about "the miracle of life" but I'll bet not even a tenth of them have been to the shelter to see "the reality of death" that they are contributing to.

If you're looking to improve the breed, are you showing your dog? Do you know what needs to be done in order to better the breed in the next generation?

Answer 9

We don't have a problem with breeders, our problem is with people that breed while not knowing how to do it properly. Like coming on here for breeding advice. Replicating Fluffy isn't a good enough reason to breed. Do you have any idea how hard it is on the dogs? What will happen to the other pups after you picked A playmate? Rarely do dogs have just one pup. It sounds like you just want to get your dog laid and then pick a puppy while leaving the responsibilities up to the owner of the dam. So I guess the answer is you really don't care.......

Answer 10

Well, some people are snobby and think that only their dogs are good enough to breed. Only they should be allowed the privileges of breeding. Of course, if only a select few people are breeding purebred dogs, then the price can truly inflate, and only the elite can own purebred dogs. Snobbery at it's finest. I would say that these people are in the minority!

Some people have an honest concern for the integrity of the breed. Professional breeders want to maintain good, solid bloodlines-rightly so, and I commend them! They keep boxers looking and acting like boxers, corgi's looking and acting like corgi's, etc. I think their concern over "backyard breeders" is honorable and honest.

I have no problem with some one breeding if they are knowledgeable and responsible. And I believe it depends on motives and the breed of dog, as well! I am thankful that there are "backyard breeders" so that those of us who can't afford to spend $3000.00 on a dog are still able to own a purebred dog. The trepidation comes in when some one breeds sub-standard dogs. Many people assume that an AKC registration is like a birth certificate welcoming their dog into some royal upper crust society-not so! That AKC registration merely certifies your dog's bloodline-doesn't make your dog a perfect specimen of the breed!

So I say breed if you wish-I think there is very little harm in it. Just screen your puppies' potential families to weed out people who might mistreat or "dump" the dog. Offer a "no questions asked" guarentee on all your puppies. Offer the refund $50.00 of the purchase price of the puppy is spayed or neutered within the first year. (Population control)