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Originally Posted by Mardelin

I love my boys too.

But, coming to a conclusion on whether to buy a stud or to pay for stud services is a bit more complicated than that.
If you're planning to breed, one must look at the female without those rose colored glasses. You must assess her with a critical eye ( her assets as well as her faults) and know every aspect of her background. Find a stud that will complement her or has assets that can fix her faults. One must know what it takes to be able to know how to fix or change things. In other words, canine genetic classes.

Owning your own stud comes with a lot of responsibility of knowing how to manage a dog after he has been used for breeding.....It can be done with a minimal amount of issues, but you need to know learn how to manage those issues before they get out of hand. My biggest problem is that my boys go off food whenever there is a girl in Season. I've had to resort to hand feeding them at times. Nothing more pathetic that watching a love sick boy that won't eat.