Another reason NOT to breed from those other registeries is thta by doing so and continuing to send them registration money for litters and puppies, you are contributing to the very organizations started by puppymills and ousted AKC breeders who were either unwilling to comply with record keeping requirements or were ousted for bad breeding practices. These miscontents and banned breeders set up their own registeries so they could still call their dogs/puppies registered -- that was the only reason -- not to keep detailed records of breeding history, not to help in refining and improving breeds, not to help educate the public on dog care, breeding, and health -- but just to put $$$ in their filthy pockets. I would NEVER send a dime to those registeries!
I have a wonderful little male who is and always has been my pet first but who has also sired two amazing litters. He has not lost any of his affectionate, sweet ways. Ben is my loving baby boy even if he is daddy to 9 pups! We did have a time of him marking for a while after the second litter. Last puppy that we had was a male. I thought we might even keep him for a while, but the two did not get along and tried to out mark each other. I finally placed him as I had with the other pups and Ben no longer marks in the house. whew!
Yes about keeping males & femals part when the girl is in heat. You do have to physically keep them apart. The males are so relentless during the week of most fertility that NOTHING will stop them put physically separating them. I saw that same sweet little Ben turn into a sex-crazed maniac during the potent week -- I could never leave the house unless someone else was there to guard. I was afraid he would try to break through a door. When I was home with them, I put a doggy diaper on my girl and then covered her with a newborn onesie -- but even that was not good enough during the "week." I had to keep her out of Ben's site. Even so, he would pant and act half-crazy. Not pleasant! Even when you are breeding that cycle, you have to do this for most of the time as you do not want them breeding indescriminately, only when you decide and are there to watch over. They can hurt each other and if they do it too many times, the male will deplete his sperm count and if he happens to hit the most fertile days with a low count, it is not as good of a mating. So, you want to time and guard their encounters. |