breeding - Page 6

outofmotion,
In response to your question I do not wish to take away from some form of standard, or measuring tool for a dogs breed worthiness.  I wish it was better, however I will always go back to what is the dog producing.  I have had the good pleasure of being around a dog that is about as close to a 10 on a scale of 1-10 as I have seen in a long time.  Great courage, fight drive, civil, good prey, very smart, trainable, social, and has what I call hardness or quick recovery time.  The hard part is finding some type of stimulas that will cause him to back up, but when he does, he is right back there.  He is a strong gorgous dog with big head and good bone and great pigment.  This dog will sit in the middle of a park with kids all around, but when he turns on he is something to behold.  Any LE would love to have this guy.  Bad guys would not be happy.

His sire is titled, his dam is not.  She is a Czech dog that for reasons I do not know was never titled.  She is throwing good dogs that are an example of what a WORKING dog should be.  I am most pleased to see this dog bred.  I wish she would get titled, but that is not for me to decide, but I sure love this boy of hers. 

P.S.  This bitch was not bred because someone thought  she could be titled (although that is true) but because they had the good sense to look at the whole picture.

I truly hate to tell you , but the shelters here have as many purebred gsds from the breeders of German show lines (and to a lesser extent working lines) as from unidentified sources.    The tattoos tend to give it away, and thanks to USA's tattooing scheme, we do know exactly which breeders they are coming from.   Yes, Purebred Rescue contacts those breeders.  Guess what?  The breeders often DO NOT STEP UP and take responsibility for the dogs they bred.   Yes, there are some, like Mary Dygert (TeMar) who moves heaven and Earth to get that dog back into her hands, once she is contacted about a dog from her breeding in a shelter.    That dog can be 'cross country--Mary will get it and rehome it.  Others?   They just say it is not their problem and hang up.  The rescue groups are afraid to publish the names of such kennels, due to fear of litigation.    Do you think it might make a difference, if they did publish those kennel names? 

 I was only quoting statistcal data. It is a statistical FACT the the purchase price of a puppy have a major influence on if the dog is going to end up in a shelter or not. It is a breeders responsibility to educate the purchaser of the dog, make them understand, what type of dog they are buying. I stay in contact with every puppy or adult dog I sell from my Kennel, I also refuse to sell puppies or adult dogs to people that do not understand the consequenses if the do not work thier dog.

The breeders MUST take some responsibility for whats happening. I would like to see every unethical money hungry breeder put in jail for crualty to animals.