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Originally Posted by nicol25  I think your dogs are so cute. I have trained my dog Kane to pull a wagon with two kids inside. I will put a picture up here soon to let you see. To answer the grayhound lover's question. There are a lot of things to look for when you breed two dogs together. First, you have to look at the two dogs past pedigree. Lets say that if you want to breed two blue pitbulls together but you see one dog in his past pedigree breed with a red or black dog then chances are you might have a litter with at least one red or one black. Bloodlines are very important when breeding two dogs together. Second, you want to consider the height. You want to try to breed two dogs of same height. Third, structure of the dog. This means body style, too thin or too thick. Health is always important when you breed dogs. If you breed one dog that could have a chance at hip problems and the other dog had a chance at being diabetic. This wouldn't be a very good match. So I hope you know where I am getting at with this. I hope this helps you when you decide to breed your dogs with others.  |
1st you shouldn't be breeding 2 blues together in the first place. The blue x blue breedings have been a severe downfall. Considering the food allergies, skin allergies, demodex, immune deficiencies and other problems.
It is ok to discuss how color will be affected by genetics. However since real breeders don't breed for color nor do they care what color their pups come out to be they don't take the color into consideration. This isn't something they consider when breeding. Of course there are careless breeders who want more blue pups to make more $$ off of. No doubt there.
Pedigree and bloodline is very important but not for studying color. The pedigree shows where the dog came from, what the ancestors have accomplished. Hopefully the breed won't just have a pedigree but in fact have details of the dogs in it.
Breeding a dog with HD or any other health problem shouldn't be done, period. It is genetic so shouldn't reproduce. I wouldn't say that a dog with X problem shouldn't be matched to a dog with X problem. Neither should be bred at all and breeding a dog with X problem to a dog without problem will still produce pups with problems.
Considering color and height?
What should be considered.
Health
Temperament
Conformation (much more then too thick or thin)
Working ability/drive
Pedigree
Do the 2 dogs paired make a good match to each other.
What are their bloodline traits and how will the breeding make a better example of the breed. What traits will you be attempting to preserve of the lines and the dogs.
What is your goal with this breeding. What do you want the outcome to be?
There are also other things to consider.
. Now, I have never really been around pit bulls, so do you think it's wise for me to keep on pressuring my mom into getting a pit bull mix??? *We can't get a purebred because all the insurance companies around us won't insure you if you have a purebred pit bull, which is stupid, but needed due to the personality of most of the pit bull owners in our city.*
It's so true though and I've seen people come in to adopt dogs that already have one and do the same thing. It is much easier and if you tell some one "No, it's a boxer mix" they don't look at you or run from your dog. Although if you actually know the different kinds of breeds of dogs youw ould know. 
