WANTING TO GO INTO BREEDING - Page 3

I firmly believe Browser,that you MUST do your homework first,jumping in with both feet as Daryllehret suggested MAY end up with you getting your fingers burnt.I,ve been in the breed(show)since 1986 n yes i bought without doing any research n i was lucky n got a gsd female who was sound in both mind n body n was correct to standard.I now consider myself very lucky.Yes ,you most probably wont get a top winner but that doesnt mean you cant purchase a well bred female from health tested parents with pass results.When i came into the breed,only the german fraternity were hip scoring.My bitches sire was scored but not the dam(sire full german lines/dam 1 line english the other a mixtureof more german/english)You may be able to purchase pick of females if your lucky from a smaller breeder who might not have the space,indeed if not 1st then 2nd as (in my litters anyway)there was usually 2 i couldnt make my mind up about.Anyway my advice is as above in my previous post n good luck n i hope you get wot you want in the near future.Always here to help if you need it.Carole Spelman RHEINMEISTER GSDS.

I just can't see anyone wanting to put much effort into it without starting "somewhere", being unafraid to make mistakes.  I've know LOTS of people that spend TWO years contemplating where and what kind of dog they want to get, and I just wouldn't have the patience for that, initially.  Just know the first dog you pick isn't going to be the one you REALLY want.  I can spend 1 or 2 years looking for the "right" dog to breed with, but if you want to learn anything about training dogs before you're a grizzly old hunchback, don't just sit on the bench at the local training club for the next two years with your thumb up your butt.  Get a dog, and don't tiptoe around these self righteous A holes.

 Browser:

               JMHO 3 questions to ask your self before you want to breed. #1, Do you know what the foundation of the breed was ? #2 Do you know what the breed is ? #3 Do you know where it is to go?.


 There is 1 answer to these 3 questions.


 

Read and study the breed standard, do it again, repeat. The standard is a very good blue print for our breed. Shows and trials in theory display the individual dog's adherence to the standard. Fads come and go but the breed standard remains.  Work with many mentors. A wise man learns from everyone and a fool from no one. [ you might learn what not to do] Get involved and then evolve! We should make puppys for  the betterment of the breed. Profit taking may never happen. Enrichment of your life should happen. Budget your time on the internet with time on the training field. Network with successful people. Most successful trainers/breeders do not type well.

I agree with daryle.

What i thought I wanted in a GSD 5 years ago, is not what I have right now. I never would have truly understood the breed, what theyve turned into, and what they are supposed to be, until I dipped into both sides of the GSD world. Experienced the different lines and termperaments..drives..physical soundness...was hands on at training..with different helpers and different clubs...It took me this long, after having a few dogs to learn from, to be excited to go to training...to be excited to get out to the kennel in the morning...to finally have the GSD that I've been searching for, the temperament..the drive..the structure..everything. She is not a dog I would have ever seen myself with 5 years ago.

You dont know what works for you, and what you truly want in a GSD, until you experience them in all that they are..the lines...the temperament..the drive..everything. It can look good and the way you want on paper, but you have no idea how truly compatible you will be with that line..or if that is the line for you..until you have your hands on the dog itself.

Do you have a large pile of money you would like to convert to a small ple of money? :D

Thanks guys and gals
All advice was helpful and anymore advice will be taken with a great deal thanks
Am still looking into the "type" of dog i want.

One other bit of council..as part of your indoctrination into becoming a future breeder, I respectfully recommend you volunteer with a GSD rescue organization for a year, or better yet, at the animal control shelter. 

Give you a rough idea of the sheer amount of our unwanted best friends that are out there, as well as the ratio of those best friends that find homes versus ones that don't.

If you are not shamed by the 'rated R' experience, maybe rethink the great idea.  

I hate to be a pooper here but how can you become a breeder when you don't honestly know the breed or what you are doing? While everyone can offer their expertise, it's because they have all been in the breed for YEARS. The school of hard knocks taught many of us.

Yes we all had to start somewhere but I would like to know how many of you posted.....became a breeder FIRST then a competitor. I think people see on here the money that can be obtained by breeding and think "hey I can do that"

I guess if you have enough money and luck...............

There's LOTS of money in breeding, money going out...