Granny's gone and done it again

[chickentrains]

So basically I spay and neuter bc I'm an incompetent boob.

Haha, I hope that maybe if I get a good dog I can get on a breeding contract... I'd be honored to be a dog breeder

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Yuppers, theres enough inbreds running around. LOL

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's how Peach's litter was. There was her and another one with the short german coat and that coloring, couple with rottie coats, couple with retriever coats....I never realized that puppy litters could have different sires in the same litter!

Yeah, bc the female drops eggs over several days. My sister worked for a vet at the time and explained that to me.

 

[chickentrains]

my sister is gone (at her cousins), and her cat is going crazy. She refuses attention from everybody but my sister, but she WANTS attention... so she just walks around sitting in your lap, rubbing on you, etc, but if you even LOOK at her, she'll swipe at you... jerk cat

 

[prostar]

Haha, I hope that maybe if I get a good dog I can get on a breeding contract... I'd be honored to be a dog breeder

Lot of work, lot of science behind the genetics, etc etc. My neighbor is saddened I won't let her breed her yet-unacquired lab to Goose...my breeder knows her crap, but I don't want to have a breeding that could have issues down the line. And I would feel horrible if anything happened to the mom-dog.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

well good thing she did get a spay abort. Imagine those sibling puppies running around. They'd be stupid

Yup, and in a year there'd be 20 puppies where you might have just had five. I'm not saying YOU (Granny) would have had 20 puppies, I'm saying each of those puppies would probably have been making puppies.

 

[chickentrains]

Lot of work, lot of science behind the genetics, etc etc. My neighbor is saddened I won't let her breed her yet-unacquired lab to Goose...my breeder knows her crap, but I don't want to have a breeding that could have issues down the line. And I would feel horrible if anything happened to the mom-dog.

Yeah, I know. My dog will have all its health testing, and I'll have somebody mentor me through the process.

 

[prostar]

I'm in the Land of Spare Oom sorting out my time cards and goose is just spinnin around and having crazy time with his Wubba. lol. Silly boy.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's why I'm not a breeder. The cost alone of getting GOOD breeding stock! And the time and effort of becoming knowledgeable about genetics, yikes! And to just breed casually without doing the homework? Nuh-uh. Not when 3 million or so dogs are put down every year bc there aren't enough homes for them, and a good percent of those are purebred, many of them AKC registerable? No. Just, no.

 

[prostar]

And the vetting of potential homes....how do you know you're really making the good call? what if?