Do you ever plan on breeding?

The only time I've ever thought about breeding is when I can't find breeders that raise puppies the way I like. I've only thought about breeding a litter for myself, so that I get a pup that's raised exactly how I want with the exact lines I want.

However, most likely, I will never do it. Not enough patience during the pregnancy, whelping and first 3 weeks of puppyhood.

Edit: But since so many Chazzers want to breed, I may be able to find a pup raised the way I like on this forum lol. I want a Traveler baby....

Maybe some day when I'm older and have more experience in the breed. I told my bf last week that I could see myself with English Shepherds for the forseeable future, and maybe at some point I'd like to breed my own dogs. I definitely can't see myself running some big operation, LOL, but the occasional litter from working, health tested dogs sounds possible.

I'd be lying if I said a small part of me didn't want a Quinn puppy. We've been asked a few times by ES breeders if we plan on breeding her. She is my perfect dog in every way, shape and form and I'm having a hard time finding a breeder who breeds dogs like her, for my next puppy. I would love to just go back to Quinn's breeder next time around and just say "I want another one!!!" but likely won't, which leaves me with one other breeder I'm very interested in but she doesn't have any concrete breeding plans and IDK if the timing will be right when she does decide to breed.

Nope, I would never breed a dog. It's not just that I don't believe there are more puppies needed, its that I don't do mess, smell, or puppies.

Nope, I have no interest in breeding dogs, or any animals. Too much work proving the dog, planning the breeding, finding a match. I might foster some pregnant dogs in the future, but I'm not breeding any animals myself.

I can give you another Cricket.

This. Lol.

Wantttt seriously, Cricket is honestly the perfect dog. You would have been SO proud of her last night. She won the down stay contest in our CGC/Advanced Manners class. The instructor danced around and called her and everything and she stayed put and won against 15 other dogs. She also kept a down stay and didn't whine at all when I had to leave her to go get some stuff from our other building at work. I know that seems so little, but I'm so proud of her. The instructor doesn't think we will have any issues with the CGC test.

If that ever happens I will have to sign on to get one of those babies

I will certainly keep everywhere here posted on when/if I do decide to breed him!

I never have, but I am currently showing a crestie boy and in the works to get a female from THE BEST (IMO) breeder of chinese cresteds in the United States at least, if not the entire earth.

It will be a few years yet, but we're putting in the work now to start off on the right foot.

This is why I couldn't breed a girl of mine. I just couldn't take a chance that something would go wrong, I don't think.

The only way I could see myself breeding would be if I ended with with a boy who was a great example of his breed. I like Future Puppy's breeder quite a bit, and I wouldn't mind at all giving back to her outstanding program. But (immediate) FP will be a girl, so it'll be a long time, if at all, before that would happen.

There's almost no chance I'd be a "real" breeder. Soo many hard decisions!

I change my answer! If I had an awesome breeder who sold me a puppy as a pet or performance prospect, and then later on after the dog just turned out frikin awesome and proved themselves in some venue, brought up breeding him/her.. I would consider it.

But it would have to be with great breeder support and great sire/dam.
I certainly wouldn't take the lead and do it on my own but with help and with my dog as technically part of somebody else's breeding program.. then I would certainly consider it.

And this is the situation in which I find myself lol. Plus she's a co-own so it's not exactly a topic out of the blue.

I think this also depends on the breed in question. I would think that in a breed like say Papillons where you have 1-3 pups, finding the right homes for them all would be less of a task than if you have say 12 Great Dane pups, or something like that.

It's a good thing everyone doesn't consider breeding to gross, risky or worrisome to pursue

The flip side of that though is all the puppies who do well, who's owners adore them and who are just what their owners wanted them to be. And I would say more placements than not tend to work out, if you are screening properly. Of course you can never be 100% sure about anyone. The dogs I've placed that didn't stay with their original people or where there was some major issue have been with people who seemed pretty "safe" all around. And a couple people who I took more of a chance on are doing great with their dogs. It's really hard to predict how things will go for anyone over the course of a dog's life time. You screen, screen, screen then try to match the right puppy and owner, support them and hope for the best.

When it really comes down to it though, there's no magic questions you can ask that will tell you "this person will keep this dog forever and love them". Plenty of people who don't fit the "perfect owner" mold can do extremely well with their dog and people who have experience, knowledge and sound great can turn around and give the dog up because they got in an argument with someone. It all comes down to the person's dedication to the dog. And that is something that is kind of hard to screen for.

I think it isn't quite as hard with a less common breed, as I get far fewer inquiries about puppies from average pet homes than people I know who breed GSDs. Most people who contact me have at least done some research on the breed and have some reason for wanting one based on that research. I do get some weird ones though. I was accused of being a puppy mill when I was placing my friend's accidental litter. Why? Because I didn't have the parents. I asked her "wouldn't a puppy mill have the parents"? She wasn't getting a puppy anyway, as she told me her last Belgian was 125lb and died at 9 years old of diabetes...

yes. no. no, but i have been mentored by some good hunting breeders & a fair game dog breeders & have a good grasp on the unpleasantries involved.

Most definitely not.

I can't even see myself adopting/buying a puppy, let alone CREATING A WHOLE LITTER OF THEM. Puppies are wonderful when they belong to someone else (unlike children, who are not wonderful in any way), but I don't want to deal with them myself.

No - I have enough friends in the "breeding world" to know the frustrations and heartbreak involved, and cannot foresee myself actively pursuing the path to becoming a breeder. If I had a fantastic bitch or dog I would no be opposed to producing a litter, but I don't feel like I would ever have enough knowledge of breeding and lines to be completely comfortable in making such decisions. So no, I don't plan on breeding, but I am not adamantly opposed to the prospect, either. But should I ever breed, it would not be because I wished to be a breeder, but because I had a fantastic dog in my hands and a great match that could be made, and did not wish to pass by the opportunity to produce excellent, working German Shepherd Dogs.

As far as my current dog goes, Trent is 3 years old and intact but he will never be bred. He is not worked in any venue and while his temperament is excellent, I have no reason or desire to breed him.

Someday, maybe. Right now... absolutely not.

I have no intentions of breeding.