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Originally Posted by Urika Thanks for the explanation, Spidey. I am seriously trying to learn:) |
Learning is good! This is an issue that some people have problems with, since it's obvious (as diddybopper pointed out) that a CH does not a breeding-quality dog make, but as I said, it's one bit of evidence toward proving that a dog is worth breeding. Especially in a breed like the Rottweiler, where there are many dogs out there and many unscrupulous breeders, it's in every breed fancier's best interest to only support ethical breeding, and part of ethical breeding is breeding to improve the breed, not to sell puppies, and part of breeding to improve the breed is only breeding dogs of independently proven worth. The vast majority of puppies will go to pet homes, and many people feel this is a reason to breed
for pet-quality dogs by breeding pets to pets, I disagree.
A dog of proven parents is not only just as likely to be a good pet as a dog of unproven parents, but the dog's health is likely to be better, since good breeders do extensive health testing and also dogs with correct conformation are less likely to suffer from certain structure-related health problems.