Ok as per your original question.
I personally do stud my male out. However, I did a HUGE amount of research in the process before even purchasing my lil man. I searched long and hard to find the perfect pup for a stud. He had to have excellent lines, good temperment, perfect genetic, etc.. I found my little guy which I payed an arm and a leg for and waited 1 year and 1/2 before his first breed. Studding is not a simple process. You have to be willing to assist the male if he is too short or if he is having problems tieing. This can be a gut wrenching performance if you dont have a strong stomach. It is a 72 hr a week job when that female is at your house, which by the way you would have to board the female at your house because typically the male does not breed out of his element. Besides the actual act of helping your dog you have to be willing to deal with him "marking" your entire house for the rest of his days. There is no house training tactic you could possibly use to stop him from it. Be prepared to deal with yellow spots on your rug becuase it stains so easily after they breed naturally. Another thing to consider is the fact that you would have to advertise and not everyone who calls you from the advertisements are well educated on breeding so therefore you will have to weed them out as well. Stud dogs will sometimes become agressive as well toward other animals or certain people, especially when they smell a heat! Alot of things changed about my little man when he became a stud. I personally find the rewards of those little faces and perfect pups to be enough to be willing to continue doing this. Being a stud owner may not be all its cracked up to be but it is a good way of being part of the breeding community without owning a female and having the whelping nerves. I persoanlly would not own a female for breed only because I get too nervous when it is all going on. However being a responsible stud owner you have to be willing to assist the other owner in anything that may happen during the whelping or after the pups are born, it is our duty. I hope this helps coming from someone who owns a stud and has seen both sides of this controversal issue. |