Sled dog breeding

[Americano Blue]

when ever i want. she has 4 up for sale, i can buy from her and her friend has some as well. she said her friend is coming up in September that might have some dogs if i don't like the ones they have. There is really only 1 dog i want form my friend so i will still need 2-4 more if i buy from her. Dude you need to move up here lol!

 

[SternRose]

Yea.

 

[Americano Blue]

so what's up?

 

[SternRose]

Good, you, tel me when you go dog shopping, i want to see all the 4sell dogs. When are you gunna buy a puppy and train it your self???

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,Sternrose,
I will say this as gently as possible based on 15 yrs. experience breeding working. show, and service collies.


You don't want to breed dogs. You just think you do.
In 5 years you will look back and remember this email and
say. 'She was right" Sadder and wiser now, I know ,
"she was right." Get some hideously expensive poultry and
breed them or a 600. pair of show rabbits and breed them.
That said, Yes, you need to test for everything. No, the
mushers will not touch your show stock, they have a
different set of requiements in their dogs.
Testing runs 100's per dog and no one will touch your
Labs or Huskies without it. Yes, you will be a backyard
breeder, that is what people will call you...unless you
compete or show or breed dogs capable of these things
and put them in the hands of those will succeed. Having
your dogs try and fail doesn't count. Figure at least 1000.
to put a litter on the gound and that is dirt cheap. Average
is about 2000 to raise them to selling age. Don't get males.
Pay a stud fee instead and use the money to upgrade
your female stock. Anyone who knows labs and huskies
knows there is no quality in a 150. to 300. dog. You will
get your heart broken and lay in bed in tears at night
because some internet troll had your reputation for lunch.
No one will take you seriously for the 1st 5 years. That is
an unwritten rule. Until then, you are just another novice
passing thru. You will be called dirty names and so will
your dogs. Other novices trying to climb political ladders
will try to use you for a stepping stone. In sled dogs
there is no short cut to success. Working dogs need a
special touch . They need to be bred with special attention
to their proper psyches. Without proper temperament,
you don't have a proper working dog. You just have a dog
with an urge to do "something".
Best Regards,
Karen
Bellwether Collies , retired ( 1995-2009)
Breeder of rough and smooth collies successful
in 12 different venues. Including Service, Show, Stud,
Mushing, Lure Coursing , and Weight Pull.
Breeder of the only collie in the breed to obtain both
Heel To Music and Canine Freestyle Dance Championships.
( if these Chs. seem frivolous to you, stop and think of the
lithe, flexible body and flexible intellect it took to achieve
that at 11 yrs. old).

 

[SternRose]

checkout this breeder. http://hstrial-bandskennels.homestead.com/Siberian_husky_pups_For_Sale.html
FOR 1 MALE SIB, and 1 female.not siblings.unless i decide im not going to breed. then tey can be siblings

 

[SternRose]

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[dainerra]

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first thing I see is that they sell 9 different breeds. HUGE red flag right there. And almost every dog born, even the lowliest mutt, has a champion in his family tree somewhere. They have no mention of work, health testing, or anything about the dogs or pedigree. There is also much much much more than just not being siblings before you can think about breeding dogs.

 

[dainerra]

what a real dog website would look like pedigree info, info about the breeding, etc etc not just a list of dogs for sale. 9 vastly different breeds is too much for a kennel to know intimately the dogs, the bloodlines and the "nuts and bolts" of each breed. It screams "puppy mill"
http://www.deercreeksleddogs.com/

 

[Starfire669]

checkout this breeder. http://hstrial-bandskennels.homestead.com/Siberian_husky_pups_For_Sale.html
FOR 1 MALE SIB, and 1 female.not siblings.unless i decide im not going to breed. then tey can be siblings

This is a backyard breeder and puppy mill. It's highly obvious. There are many red flags, no health testing, both parents on site, no history of their lines, only have the 1 breeding pair, basically none of the important information you need in order to purchase the right dog. Even if they had a great dog, either male or female, the chances of them having the opposite sex that compliments their dog is rare. Dog breeding involves studying dog lines, and matching the dogs based on pedigrees, temperment, and conformation, this is why even large kennels will breed to a dog from a different kennel. Many times when you breed a pair, the pups look like their grand parents or great grand parents, so knowing the history of your line is extremly important. The odds of them having a perfectly matched pair are slim to none.

As @Dainerra already stated they are selling 9 breeds! A good breeder would at most have 2 closely related breeds. Like Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes, not Siberian Huskies and terriers. But most good breeders concentrate one 1 specific breed in order to ensure they are breeding the best they possibly can. These people simply had a male and female and bred them, which is a sign of back yard breeders. The fact that they have so many different breeds marks them as a puppy mill. I would stay far, far away from these dogs.

And every Siberian ever born has a champion in their pedigree, this is because when the breed was founded there were several great studs and b*tches that were bred and all our current dogs can trace their bloodline back to 1 of these foundation dogs. So just having a champion in its history isn't enough. How far back was that champion? More than 4 generations, then it means nothing. Plus a dog needs to have at least 4 champions in its pedigree, all within the last 4 generations to be considered for breeding.