[Moofins07]

Originally Posted by marsha=whitie

What? why would you breed a mutt?

Just because he's a mutt doesn't mean he can't produce some nice looking pups.

[MonicaBH]

Originally Posted by Moofins07

Just because he's a mutt doesn't mean he can't produce some nice looking pups.

Any dog can produce nice looking puppies. It doesn't mean the dog should be bred. There is SO much more to breeding dogs than looks and the right parts.

[Moofins07]

Originally Posted by MonicaBH

Any dog can produce nice looking puppies. It doesn't mean the dog should be bred. There is SO much more to breeding dogs than looks and the right parts.

I haven't decided to breed him just based on his looks, if that's what you think. I love dogs, and it's something I've always thought about doing.

I just feel Brutus has a lot to offer.

[BrittanyG]

Get ready for a possible flame fest. What you're doing is technically BYB. Breeding without certs, healthlines, ect. It can be a hit or miss, you never really know what you're getting, unless you know the exact ancestry of the dog.

[MonicaBH]

Originally Posted by Moofins07

I haven't decided to breed him just based on his looks, if that's what you think. I love dogs, and it's something I've always thought about doing.

I just feel Brutus has a lot to offer.

Brutus may have a lot to offer, and that's fine. Let him offer up in other ways, though. Make him an ambassador for "bully breeds"; get him a CGC and make him a therapy dog. There are far too many mutts in the world already for someone to breed theirs just because he's a nice looking dog.

If you want to breed dogs, find your heart breed and research, research, research. Find an ethical, reputable breeder and get yourself a puppy. Mentor with an experienced, COE breeder. Research, research, research some more. Show your dog in conformation, obedience and whatever it was bred to do (i.e., herding, carting, Earth dog trials, lure coursing, etc); get some titles. Then decide what your dog has to offer, and find a mate that makes up for what your dog lacks in temperament, conformation & working ability. Then, after dedicating several YEARS to research, showing/titling, and picking a good partner for your dog, then consider breeding.

[Cheetah]

I personally think my dog, Shippo, is gorgeous and could have produced gorgeous puppies. He's purebred even, which champion, health-tested parents, and when bred to a regular corgi, could have produced plenty of normal pups. But he's a fluff, so I couldn't show him and find out his full potential in that area, because basically, his long, flowing coat is a fault, function-wise, and appearance-wise.

Heck, I could have bred him anyway, because he's stunning, and everyone loves fluffs! But there are so many perfectly wonderful dogs dying in shelters right now, so it seemed very selfish of me, and unfair to them, for me to bring more dogs into the world to potentially take homes away from them, who need to be saved more than ever now. So, although Shippo has amazing potential, he's going to show it in other ways, such as agility, flyball, and therapy work, because I had him neutered.

And since these things never get back on track after going off on the "OMGYou'reGoingToBreed" tangent, I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. We don't need another flame war. Feel free to start another thread.