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Originally Posted by dawn27  1. No they did not meet her during a heat.
2. The temperment of the other two in my opinion is due to lack of training and most certainly age.
3. Gizmo is reg./ needs to be dual reg with AKC in order for me to reg the litter.
Colbys: the breeder has not sent in the litter reg yet (after a year) |
IMHO none. CKC registered one may not be eligible to be AKC registered. AKC does not recognize Continental Kennel Club.
The one that is not yet registered, how do you know for sure he can be? Also if it is over a year, if registerable, it gets pretty expensive from what US breeders have told me, AKC has changed their way of charging.
When chosing a stud, I look at the WHOLE pedigree, parents grandparents etc. You are not just bringing the sire and dam into the genetic pattern of progeny, it is also going to based on what is behind the sire and dam. Genetic testing can be useless as in sire and/or dam could be a carrier for liver shunt or Legge Calves Perthes. Either won't have it but has the potential to throw it in a puppy if the right combination between sire and dam comes together genetically. That's why it is so important to consider your pedigree and to actually know the dogs and kennels behind that pedigree. And then things can still go wrong and you must be prepared to deal with that.
Are both parents WORTHY of passing on their genes, conformation coat etc?
It is not just a matter of lets have puppies because both sire and dam still the the equipment to do so.