[TrinaJ]

People only criticisize because they have seen what happens to these dogs. The people who criticize do a LOT of work with resuce's and the number of dogs that get pts is just horrific. They are just making you aware that its not just a bed of roses.

I have a 6 month of bitch. Will i be breeding her? I dont know, she is too young for me to even consider it. Only after she is 2 years old and has had her xrays and eye test will i even know if she meets the criteria 'medically' for me to go the next step. Finding a mate for her that has also passed all of his tests and that will compliment her attributes and will make up for the things that she may be lacking (I wont know this until she is at least 18 months old). Then it will depend on if i have her titled, front and end, same with the dog. After all those things have been taken into consideration then I will take her back to my breeder and she will make the final decision on who she is mated with and she will be the one to do all of this. I will only EVER breed with my dog to better the breed.

In all honesty I probably wont breed with her, i am not a breeder and breeding dogs is not a game, nor is it a business in which to make money. The reason COE breeders breed is to better the breed.

Now you tell me....what attributes do YOUR dogs have that will better this breed? But i forgot, you cant answer that question, your dogs are too young so its way too early to tell. Once you have gotten their clearences, had their scores registered with the OFA, fingured out what attributes your male has that will enhance the female or visa versa, had them judged by someone who is qualified to say that they they conform to the standard THEN come back and tell us you will be breeding them and WHY.

I may sound bitchy and harsh but that's life. I am currently dealing with a relative who thinks breeding his dog would be good for his hip pocket so i may be a little cynical.

Trina