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Originally Posted by gemy  Actually no, you are incorrect. Let's take the term "show breeder" aside for one moment, and focus on an "excellent" breeder. This breeder will health test all breeding dams/sires, research pedigrees, to facilitate the best match possible. they will breed Ch to Ch, and not to any Tom, Dick or Harry. They will have their breeding stock evaluated, and this is done at shows.
Many breeders will have potential show quality, that they "could" finish, but elect not too. Why? The reasons are many. Maybe this breeder, thinks this dog is a bit high in the leg, or the muzzle and ear set is a bit long, or too wide. Maybe this dog, doesnt' have quite the temperament for the ring, or maybe they think this dog's coat will not mature to the best perfect silk and color. And maybe, this breeder didn't get quite what they hoped for in that particular mating.
Pat Hastings the author of from Best Intentions to Best in Show, states; "bring into the ring what should be finished.....not what can be finished".
Show breeders should strive to present to the world, the best quality progeny around. NOt just "nice or very nice pet quality". Mayhap the bitch will be too small, or the male a tad large, but all pups should come from the best of informed breeder decision making, which includes pedigree analysis, stud/bitch assessment and weighing of attributes and shortcomings, as well as the vertical as well as horizontal pedigree analysis, and all this prior to breeding. |
Gail, I don't understand how it isn't correct.....if a breeder produces 24 dogs and the dogs are not championed, they are normally petted out, right? Regardless of the reason a breeder chooses not to show a specific dog, if the dog isn't shown then the dog becomes a pet. IOW, you have one or the other, either a show dog or a pet dog from the show breeders perspective. And, if a breeder produces 24 puppies to get one Ch. that is still a lot of dogs and that is just one breeder......multiply that 24 number by all of the show breeders and....here ya go Mardelin - more math to do..........you get the picture....it's a bunch of dogs in an already over populated pet market.
The Pat Hastings quote should be telling to/of all show breeders.....how empty would the show ring be if the advice were followed? If the goal is to "improve" the breed....how many show people are actually doing just that?