LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

I'm all for adoption. All of my family dogs have been adopted through shelters or the reservation. But I have a few that I'd really rather get a purebred of because I like those specific looks and the typical behavior lines up with what I'm looking for

This. I know what my lifestyle is, I know what I can handle. I don't want to ring a dog home that doesn't enjoy that lifestyle, it'd be torture for the dog. In addition, as I said before, I'm very interested in showing in the future, as well as doing dog sports, so wellbred purebreds are the only thing that would keep up with that lifestyle 24/7. But, I do want to foster some dogs, mostly because I believe some of the dogs in our system would really benefit from living in a household like this for a small time at least. Plus, unlike the rescues, I'd be very willing to work with LGD breeders here so that we could help these dogs even more. Anyways, that's about it!

 

[fluffycrow]

This is true

My mum was half joking today that if we bred my alaskan malamute, we could make a LOT of money from the puppies. This is true, but there are so many reasons I'd never consider it.

Firstly she's a pet, I love her and wouldn't be happy putting her through the pregnancy and birth, and separation of her pups-- she's had a difficult life and bonds with other dogs and people SO easily. She gets really upset at any small change, so I wouldn't put her through a change so big.

Secondly, she's purebred but she's unhealthy. She was the last of the litter, no one wanted her and I believe strongly she was a runt. She's never filled out properly, and has on going eating problems and behavioural problems. NOT good genetics to breed from.

There's so much more to it than "money", or "she's pretty!" Or "puppies would be fun!"
Definitely getting her spayed ASAP after her next heat.

EXACTLY! But don't get me started on the spay and neuter thing, as you'd imagine by now, that's all over the place here too! You explained it perfectly. It's not about the money. A responsible breeder is there for their puppies from the moment they take their first breath till the very last, many sleepless nights spent taking care of mom and the pups. Most of the time I don't know if they even make any profit whatsoever. Imagine breeding a hyper breed like a border collie! Omg I'm having a migraine just thinking about it, you'd have to constantly range up puppies!

 

[BelovedBirds]

This. I know what my lifestyle is, I know what I can handle. I don't want to ring a dog home that doesn't enjoy that lifestyle, it'd be torture for the dog. In addition, as I said before, I'm very interested in showing in the future, as well as doing dog sports, so wellbred purebreds are the only thing that would keep up with that lifestyle 24/7. But, I do want to foster some dogs, mostly because I believe some of the dogs in our system would really benefit from living in a household like this for a small time at least. Plus, unlike the rescues, I'd be very willing to work with LGD breeders here so that we could help these dogs even more. Anyways, that's about it!

That also makes complete sense. Buying from a responsible breeder would be a good option for lots of people.
For me, I'd love to take up agility with a dog someday.
Once I can, I'd love to go around a few shelters and find a suitable dog, under 1 year, preferably collie, lab or spaniel. It wouldn't matter too much to me about breeding, as long as they're young, healthy and high energy! That would be pretty perfect for what I want

 

[fluffycrow]

That also makes complete sense. Buying from a responsible breeder would be a good option for lots of people.
For me, I'd love to take up agility with a dog someday.
Once I can, I'd love to go around a few shelters and find a suitable dog, under 1 year, preferably collie, lab or spaniel. It wouldn't matter too much to me about breeding, as long as they're young, healthy and high energy! That would be pretty perfect for what I want

Buddy (my current dog) is sorta agility trained! It's a very fun sport, I say definitely go for it, If they'res one tip I'd give you, is start working with a toy from the beginning, it's so much harder doing the switch from food to play later on

 

[BelovedBirds]

Buddy (my current dog) is sorta agility trained! It's a very fun sport, I say definitely go for it, If they'res one tip I'd give you, is start working with a toy from the beginning, it's so much harder doing the switch from food to play later on

VERY good tip. Definitely something I missed when I trained my current dogs, now they refuse to do anything without food in sight
I'm kidding of course, but truly they are extremely food motivated now, if I wave a toy around they're just going to go back in the house and watch TV.
I shall do better next time lol

 

[fluffycrow]

VERY good tip. Definitely something I missed when I trained my current dogs, now they refuse to do anything without food in sight
I'm kidding of course, but truly they are extremely food motivated now, if I wave a toy around they're just going to go back in the house and watch TV.
I shall do better next time lol

Buddy is the same way. I'm not very mad about it, since we mainly do tricks together, but it does get complicated when we're doing agility as at the end of every practice run I give him his treats, but then he loses his momentum and goes into gotta sniff for the fallen treatos mode. I'm also very weird with treat rewards, his fav thing is orange juice, so if I want him to stack well (I have show trained him even though he's not eligible to compete because he's been on the neutered club for almost four years now, it's mostly practice for me to perfect my movement and technique for the next dog) I bride him with orange juice, he stacks perfectly every time. Otherwise I just portion out a little bit of his kibble for training, or some extra cheese pieces

 

[Sally PB]

so if I want him to stack well

Can you explain what this is? I've seen the word a few times, but not what it actually is.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Can you explain what this is? I've seen the word a few times, but not what it actually is.

In 4H livestock, it meant the right foot placement to make the animals look square and large while accentuating their backs, necks and hips.

 

[fluffycrow]

OK so I'll try to explain it to the best of my abilities. I'll give you some photos for reference as well, but they're pretty bad, I haven't groomed him today, and it's very hard giving constant body command to a dog while trying to take a picture, so I apologize in advance. The very easy way of explaining stacking is having the dog stand pretty. To be a little more precise, it means having a dog stand in a certain way that brings out each breeds defining characteristics. To be even more precise, there are two types of stacking, hand stacking and free stacking. Hand stacking is when you place the dog in the desired position by moving their legs and feet and repositioning their neck by hand or through the lead (for the neck). Free stacking is when you give the dog the stacking command or you manipulate the dog by moving the lead and your body in a certain way so that they can get into the desired position by itself. The first photo is of Buddy hand stacking, and the second of him being free stacked

 

[fluffycrow]

Can you explain what this is? I've seen the word a few times, but not what it actually is.

There are many ways to free stack a dog, but as the dog learns, most of us use body positioning (our bodies) to move the dog in the desired position, as well as minimal pressure from the show lead. In case you haven't seen a show lead, we'll that would need a whole different essay to explain,but I'll show you mine. The curled up part is the one we keep in our palms, the other side is for the dogs neck, we adjust it from dog to dog and from handler to handler (some of us like it higher on the neck, some lower) the main thing with the lead is we want it to look like it doesn't exist, so we usually pick lead colors that match our dogs. Hope this helps!