Yes, I've felt that with all that I have spent over the years in researching I shouldn't waste it! I know I could do better for a breed, and I plan to someday.
If so, do you plan on breeding any of your current dogs?
Have you ever bred before?
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That is up in the air. Yes, I have an intact bitch, she is also currently in season and it's bugging the daylights out of everyone! She likes to stuff herself in front of the boys every chance she gets and they just have no interest (Jinj did last time, a LOT of it, but after the first day this time, I don't think he's doing good right now with all his health problems and just wants her to bug off). She's only just 2, so I have a lot of plans still left before we get to even thinking about breeding at all. At this point, I can't say no, as a for sure, because we don't know. Next up, is health testing! I also have a fun year planned out with hopefully Rally, and starting in some real Agility training. I'm also hoping to find someone with ducks we can train with (since the sheep didn't work out...no they are not your friends!).
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Nope. I've still got a few or several years to go. Someday I want to, but for now there are to many other things I've involved myself with. I also personally, for my first love, would like to try and work in rescue with Corgi's, before I dive into breeding with them. I actually at this point have stopped looking at breeders altogether, as I've always told myself, I'd rather wait till I'm A(in the right situation, and B(can find just the right, exacts lines with looks and temperament I'm looking for (as well, I've also now had to add to my list of Pems, NO C-SEC BREEDERS! They are a recent rampant problem, and danger to the breed, I refuse to support or perpetuate them). I would like to in the future, get more serious in Pems, but until then, it just hurts me more that with all the puppymills and BYB's, and I'd rather help put them out of business, or at least as much as I can, before I dive into my perfect breeding program to help salvage the aspects of the breed I find important.
And yes, that is another topic in itself, those puppy buyers. That is for me, the biggest reason not to breed. Trying to find the right buyers for my puppies (you'll probably never find perfect, but getting as close as you can), it's a tough issue. I don't know as I'd feel as bad, being forced into placing an other wise near perfect dog in a neutering pet home (although it will be tough!), as it would be to find out a near perfectly conformed puppy with excellent temperament and a lot of promise wound up going to some backyard breeder! It has happened to breeders before, no matter how hard you screen, and I really can't take the thought of it happening to a poor puppy I brought into this world.