Pregnant mini dachshund belly!

you have been a member of this community for long enough to know how we respond to irresponsible breeders. you have posted previous threads in this community and received a threadful of comments expressing concern over your own breeding practices. i'm not sure why you're surprised by the responses you got here.

the people in this community care very much about dogs. a lot of us are involved in rescue. a number have breeding programs that they have worked extremely hard and invested a tremendous amount into. it's funny, when they post about their breeding or their puppies, they aren't subjected to a "witch hunt". they're often asked questions and held accountable, but somehow they have answers and are willing to discuss what they're doing, why, and what they hope to gain from it. and their answers are *good* ones, though as with everything, not everybody agrees.

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Great post!

Well honey! I find your breeding practices DISGUSTING, PATHETIC and I think you should be DARN ASHAMED!!!!!!

Many of the posts are also directed towards lurkers .....I'll bet that Chaz has changed many minds as to when and why to breed .

I remember one guy, he lived in the Phillipines and was cross-breeding ABPT's. He came on Chaz, was subjected to the same questions you were and it got kind of ugly for a while, because we were also working with cultural differences, not just ignorance of proper methods. Like you, he had been doing things "his way" for awhile. But after awhile, he realized that he did want to be known as a good breeder, both on here and in the ring, revamped his program according to what he learned from the information presented to him and the last time he checked in, his dogs were starting to make a name for themselves in the UKC ring over there.

THat would require being honest with yourself. Taking responsibility for what you are doing. Breeding dogs that young is wrong. If for no other reason that is why I refrain from posting on your threads. THere is great pride in being a reputable breeder. YOu can look yourself in the mirror and know you caused no harm to what you profess to love most. IF your having that many litters a year it's all about profit with you and that I have no respect for and will not endorse in any way.

Amen !!!

It is due to the lurkers and those looking into mmorlino's puppies that I post. Chaz is pulled up often with google. If someone googles her name they will find chazhound posts. I would like people thinking of getting a puppy to hear what other people think are good breeding practices and why.

I don't think the OP has any desire to better her breeding practices, but I would love to be shown to be wrong.

I looked up Morlino Dachshunds on Google, and this was like the 4th link from the top

I really do hope you look past all the negative stuff and just take the good advice that was offered. It really seems that you do love your dogs, there are just certain things with Hill country dachshunds that in my opinion need great improvement. the age of females being bred and health testing being a large part of that.

I am a real person with real feelings sitting behind a computer, and when I look at your breeding practices I feel very sad.

I love dachshunds. Mini dachshunds are one of the few breeds my family has had for generations. In Czech they are called the jezevcik. This was, and in a few cases is a working breed. They have been twisted by condormation breeding into a caricature of their proper selves. Those teats have no business being on the ground like that. The current dachshund genome is rife with back problems and dogs that could no more go to ground than I could.

Anyone breeding dachshunds has to show me what they are doing to fix the mistakes of others to earn my respect. I have a deep desire to own a wire haired mini one day. It is part of a pact I have with my favorite cousin. We have not been able to find a safisfactory breeder to date.

She has the last of my families line of untitled but very sturdy smooth doxies now. He is fifteen and going strong with not a health problem in sight. He is cute moderately long and low and has a great disposition, but his mother's belly wasn't dragging on the ground, since her legs were long enough and her back straight and strong enough for that to not be a possibility.

One day I want a mini sh dapple blk/tan or chocolate doxie, but its very hard finding a good dachshund breeder. I'm thinking of going the rescue/shelter route in that case.

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I agree with a lot of things people are posting, however this. . .

I don't.

It shouldn't matter how many litters a year, or even if your making a profit, a breeder has so long as they are breeding ethically and responsibly and contributing to the welfare and future of the breed (which the OP isn't, but that's because a whole slew of other things). Just thought I'd mention that - in case a lurker is lurking

Actually, it matters greatly.

Any bitch, assuming she has healthy litters, should only have a maximum of three litters in her lifetime. To have several litters a year, a breeder should have many bitches - which means that you're looking at a kennel operation, not dogs who are raised in the home. Dogs do not receive near as much individual attention, because it is simply impossible.

The alternative is that each bitch is having many litters, which is arguably worse. There is really no way to have many litters a year and maintain "reputable breeder" status.

Most reputable breeders will have one litter every year, IF that. Many only have a litter every two or three years, when the pairing that would be best for the breed, health testing and titles included, present themselves.

Many people breed for different reasons . If it is for profit and not to better the breed by placing their pups in the right homes , then I fault them . None of my females had more than 2 litters .

I don't think there's a set rule on amount of litters a year. I know a lot of breeders that have 2-3 a year (but in paps that's only a few pups). I personally want my dogs from breeders that have smaller practices and put a lot of time and effort into each litter. Summer and Beau though were from two litters that were 3 months apart, which is the only time they've had two litters a year that I know of. However, those two litters combined were smaller than most large breed litters.

That said, I just want some answers with the OP, but I've given up on getting them. It really really bothers me that she has no problem with breeding a bitch under two not once, but twice. Why would it matter to wait until she's two for her well-being? I don't understand the reasoning at all.

Ummm, no, not always a kennel operation. Some breeders co-own numerous bitches (which doesn't necessarily mean they live with them at all times).

Sorry, but I also don't think it's all that horrible for some dogs to live in a kennel environment (most set ups aren't what people think when they here "kennel." A common setup I have seen are those who are crated inside the home, and brought outside to runs during the day). Personally, so long as attention IS given, they receive plenty of exercise and mental stimulation, and most importantly the dog is happy, healthy and thriving, I won't get my panties in a bunch.

I guess we will just agree to disagree then

But why can't that be achieved even on a larger scale (more than one litter every year)?

We do have to agree to disagree, because I disagree with raising litters that way. I'm sure some actual breeders will chime in on this too, as I am very much not a breeder.

And some breeders do have two litters a year sometimes, there's room for exceptions here and there. But, when you're working on improving your breed, you won't produce for quantity, but for quality.

Why should one try to have multiple litters a year, as opposed to waiting for the right pairings?