[Lizzie07]

I can't tell you how many times people with puppies, puppies, baby dogs are wanting to know when they can breed their dogs! What is with that? It's like "I've got a male, with papers (any kind of papers usually do), and I've want to breed him, how soon can I put him on a female and start making the big bucks?"

Rarely, as in NEVER, does the poster say a word about wanting to be careful, wanting to make sure the male doesn't get hurt or catch a disease. What about the females you are going to breed your dog to? Do they matter, because a lot of the people with dogs they want to breed don't sound as though they give a flip about the female dogs. AND I haven't seen one of those posts that even mentions breeding healthy puppies with good conformation and good temperaments.

Maybe that's why people get sarcastic.

Can you give us a comparison of your dog with the breed standard and tell what about him makes you think he is a good representative of the breed? How many dog shows have you been to in order to see real, live, walking, moving representatives of the breed? Or have you seen mostly pictures? NOT the same, I assure you. How long have you been studying the breed? How many books have you read about genetics and breeding dogs?

Tone is hard to read in many posts, maybe in some of the posts from people who want to know how soon they can breed their puppy, their caring tone doesn't come through and they really do care about the breed, the health of the male, the health of the female, and the health of any puppies that are bred. It can be hard to tell.