The most important testing to be done is genetic testing of your dogs DNA. It will show possible defects in its linkage as to what your dog may throw out, irregardless if your dog seems perfectly healthy. Just because your little guy is healthy does not mean he does not carry a defect in his bloodline. Also make sure to get a pedigree on both dogs that are to mate going back many generations, showing their qualities and accomplishments as well as health, it should look like a family tree with all the info listed on each dog in the tree, and it should all be able to be confirmed. I did this with both my male chow as well as my female. When I had to get rid of my male ( it was during the recession in the 90's) I had him fixed and gave him to a loving friend of mine with no papers that Gave I'm a forever home, as I was moving 300 miles away. I did not want to take a risk of him being bred and ruining his champion pedigree. Also the fact that both mother and father of your pup are not akc is a big red flag right there. Any dog worth breeding and improving should be not only health checked, free of any defects it can throw out from generations back, but should also be of show quality standards of the akc registry to even insider improving the bloodlines and breeding him. The most likely reason the one parent is not akc of your male was probably because it did not meet the standard akc requires. Just my 2 cents. I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but just letting you know how the process of a good breeder would go about it. I would also have all this same information on the dam the sire is being bred to.
On the question of charge, usually it's the value of a pup, or pick of the litter. |