[alpayton]

The thing I don't understand is when people decide they're going to breed, why do they think that they should just breed whatever they have at hand? Just because it has a uterus, does not mean it was intended to be bred. Plain and simple. The ONLY reason to breed is to help better the breed. If you can't do that with the pairing you have, then you shouldn't breed them. To better the breed, you must take in consideration what faults your animal has and if those faults are not able to be fixed with a breeding, then either get another animal that can be bred without messing up the genes, or decide not to breed at all. You have to look at your animal as a breeding tool...not as a pet, in order to assess it correctly with an unbiased eye. It's hard to do this, but it's necessary. Cottony coats, ear set, conformation, etc can be corrected for the most part thru selective breeding, however I for one, do not believe that an overbite/underbite is something I want to be messing with when it comes to breeding. Cottony coats, ear set and conformation are not things that will affect the animals ability to survive...the bite is. JMHO!