Where can I stud my lab?

Question

I have a big yellow (almost white) lab in the michigan, U.S. area that I would like to breed. He is almost 4 years old, male, and I have all his paperwork. Any info would be appreciated.

People mention I shouldn't stud him. I have about 20 people that want one of his puppies, so I basically have to find a female in good standing and I'll be all set.

He is AKC registered and certified. Has had all his hip displacia checks, etc. I have his bloodline, etc.

Answer 1

Sorry but if your dog was worthy of breeding it would have been in the show ring since 6 month, you would have hips certi, eyes certi. and a vet certificate. If you dog was breeding material the breeder would not have sold him and kept him for them selves. Please get him fixed and save him from getting cancer and dieing young

By the way you have no choice on where the puppies go!!

Answer 2

Why should he be bred? What championships has he won, what testing have you had done on him, what are his hip scores?

If you don't know where to go to make the connections you need to breed your Lab RESPONSIBLY, then you shouldn't be breeding.

Lab Rescues are full to the gills with Labs needing homes, and thousands more are killed every year because there aren't enough homes for them. Irresponsible breeding only adds to the problem.

Do the dogs a favor and get your Lab neutered.

If there are 20 people who want a puppy, direct them to the aforementioned Lab Rescue groups. Don't make more while others are being killed.

"AKC Registered" doesn't mean much. It means that you have proof of who is parents are - it doesn't mean that he's a good example of the breed, or that he should be passing on his genes. There are "AKC Registered" Labs being sold on street corners and dumped in shelters all the time.

And I'd be a lot more impressed with your claims of his health checks if you knew how to spell "dysplasia" (do you even know what it is, why it's a problem in dogs, and why it's irresponsible to breed a dog with bad hips?).

Answer 3

It doesn't matter how many people want his puppies!! Thats not the point. Just because he is registered and has his papers, that doesn't make your dog a suitable stud dog. First of all, he should meet all of the breed standards. Most dogs, whether registered or not, are not meant to be breeding stock, and they don't always meet all the breed standards. Only show quality dogs that are going to improve the breed should be bred. Then, you need to get your dog tested. Most people looking for stud service won't allow their females to breed to any dog that hasn't had its health clearance.
Before you breed, take a trip to your local humane society, pound, or animal shelter. Then tell the people that wanted the puppies to adopt and get your dog neutered. If they told you that they would take your puppies, then they shouldn't have a problem adopting. If they don't want to adopt, chances are, they won't take your puppies either. Just get your dog neutered. It is healthier for him, and it will make your dog more attentive and not as distracted.
Please reconsider!!!!!!

Answer 4

Well if he's either been shown and/or evalauted by unbiased, breed knowledgable people/judges and he meets breed standard, he has an impeccible pedigree that has been studied closely for at least 5 generations for health, longevity, breed standard and temeprament, he himself has had and passed genetic health tests....OFA/PennHip, CERF/PRA, Thyroid (all extremely important in the Lab breed) and he is registered with a legit registry such as AKC, UKC (United Kennel Club) or CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) then by all means go for it..it shouldn't be a problem owners of quality females taht meet the same criteria should be calling you as should contacts from the shows you attended and the Kennel Clubs you belong to anything less and it will be irresponsible breeding.
You took him in to the vet had x-rays done on his hips/elbows and had it sent to OFA/PennHip for certification and his OFA hips/elbows came back excellent or good? He has had his eyes tested by a canine Optamologist CERF/PRA? He has had a thyroid test done and it came back normal??

You have his pedigree??? So then you've researched it thoroughly back at least 5 generations and checked it for OFA/PennHip certifications, etc and for conformation, obedience or field titles?

I assume that you have gotten a DNA test kit from AKC and sent in for his DNA certificate?

You also have conformation/field or obedience titles?

Answer 5

What are his qualifications? Has he won a lot of titles in Retrieving, Hunt, Agility, Obedience, Conformation, dock jumping????

Have all of his health checks been completed and is he the picture of health?

Did his hips OFA as excellent? (Labs are notorious for dysplasia and nobody can afford to breed a lab who's hips are less than excellent in OFA)

Is his temperament perfect?

Have other lab people admired your lab and expressed interest in having a pup from him?

If you haven't done these things, your lab will only find another back yard breeder's b*tch to mate with. Unless you've done these things, no owner of a truly quality Lab will want to have their b*tch bred by your dog.

You will just be another backyard breeder fullfilling your own ego through your dog and adding to the dog overpopulation problem.

Yes, Labs get dumped all of the time, too.

Answer 6

Dude, YOU don't get to decide where his puppies go. And the reality is...those 20 people who say they want a puppy will fade away when the puppies are a reality. Some might take a puppy, then dump him when they discover puppies are work.

And, a bunch of your friends wanting a puppy is no guarantee your dog is a GREAT dog. It just isn't.

Papers are pretty close to meaningless without work to back it up.

Answer 7

unless he is a grand champion show dog, or fantastic champion hunter do not breed him. Are his eyes, hips, elbows, heart, etc etc all certified? papers mean almost nothing. Labs are one of the most common dog in shelters today. you will have problems homing the dogs. i wonder about your motivation.
oh, and stud dogs do not make that much money, actually dogs don't make that much money. but stud dogs especially so.
get him neutered, or be responsible and keep him away from dogs in heat.

Answer 8

Unless you have a dog of exceptional proven quality meaning champion titles and prove clear in CERF and OFA health testing , you should not be breeding him


His offspring won't be just like him, he carries genes passed down by many generations the pups could end up like a wild and ornery grand sire or they can get the personality from the dam and none of the litter could like him, if any of his family tree had health disorders that could be what is passed to his pups
You need to you need to genetic test plus know the history of several generations back before even thinking of breeding

Are you aware that in labs there are 111 genetic defects????
And it is people like yourself, who think it is okay breeding dog without screening or knowing their dogs history and ensuring they are the best specimens of their breed that has created the extremely high number of defects. If you love the breed don't destroy it further by breeding if you do not have records of health for several generation back and have proven your own dog first
http://www.labradornet.com/geneticdefects.html


For all those people you know that say they want one of his pup send them to petfinder http://content.petfinder.com/breeds/Dog in US and Canada today alone there are 16589 labs without homes 75% percent of them will likely be destroyed because there is someone out there breeding puppies how will get home first and as they grow become a year or 2 old many of them will be on this site and destroyed as well being replaced by more puppies
Currently 8 million dogs are destroyed because of lack of home and yet million more puppies are being breed with 5 years the number may double especially with the currently designer dog fad. How would you feel know that your dogs son and daughters could very well become one off the ones to end up in gas chamber or euthanized by injection simply because and owners got bored, has children, got a divorce, lost their job, sould not find an apt that would accept dog or it did not recieve enough training and exercise so became a destructive pest.

I know you will say, the people you know would never do that.

How much training and experience have you got placing dogs into homes??? Even people who have been doing dog placement for years sometimes makes mistakes or the person who adopts lies to them , even with background checks, homevisits meeting and talking to all family members and surprise home visits after adoption to ensure the very best dog placements some do fail, adoptions groups even have contracts saying all dogs must be returned to them if not wanted and even still they get stuck trying to rescue dogs from killl shelters and pounds and ocassionally they learn too late the dog was there.

My suggestion spend one year volunteering for a lab rescue try to get involved in all areas of the organization you volunteer for like rescuing, placement and fostering and see if at the end of the year you still feel like breeding is a good idea, the year holding off period will not change his ability to sire pups but it gives you the opportunity to see what happen to pups after being bought and you will learn about the frustrations rescue organizations face, Here is one in Michigan http://www.cmlrn.com/

Take a look at all the lab babies in the Michigan pounds or animal control shelters they only hold dogs for as little as 4 days if nobody come in to adopt they will be killed Windsor is thrown in the middle just keep going several more pages of labs and lab mixes in Michigan that follows : (

http://search.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?animal=Dog&breed=Labrador+Retriever&preview=1&exact=1

Answer 9

Most breeders will be looking for studs at the shows (or field trials, if you have a field lab). If you show him and he is successful, and they like what they see, and if he has passed his OFA, CERF and other health tests as recommended by the Labrador Retriever Club
http://www.thelabradorclub.com/ , then they will come to you.

Answer 10

How long have you been showing him? How many times has he won? How were his genetic tests for hereditary illnesses and conditions?
In short, get him neutered please.