Dog Breeding - What Is It?
Do you have an interest in becoming involved with dog breeding? If so then you probably already know that the practice of dog breeding is not something that people usually can just jump into. You must know what type of selective dog breeding is right for you.
Of course we are not talking about just having two purebred dogs that will mate and create puppies, but rather I’m talking about professional dog breeding where the owners spend their entire lives wrapped around learning only a handful of dog breeds and successfully dog breeding the animals to have specific traits.
For example there are dog breeding practices that center around selective dog breeding of large fighting dogs. These are dogs that are bred to be big and strong dogs with powerful jaws to grab and hold men or other animals.
Another example of selective dog breeding is when people work to breed scenting and tracking dogs. This type of dog breeding will produce powerful dogs with a good nose that is capable of following a scent.
dogandmaster on December 9th 2006 in Dog Breeding
Barbara Du Toit said on 03 Jan 2007 at 5:41 am #
I would like to learn more about dog breeding and their health and how their living need to be. to make the dog feel special and important. We have little sibblings and they are 1 week 4 days old. Our Staffordshire Bull Teriers all have papers but we have never breeded before is there more i should know about this.
John Laraby said on 04 Jan 2007 at 10:04 pm #
Hello Barbara,
Congratulations on your decision to breed your Staffordshire Bull Terriers. They are a wonderful breed of dog.
I would like to direct you to a number of sources for further reading.
The first place I suggest is our site DogandMaster.com.
There you will find a number of articles and resources about dog breeding.
The next site I would refer you to is DogWise Books for specific books about Dog Breeding
Finally, there are the Canadian CKC and American AKC Kennel Club sites that provide a wealth of information about dog breeds and breeding
John Laraby
DogandMaster.com
John Laraby said on 06 Jan 2007 at 12:46 pm #
Hi Barbera - Here are some more points to consider.
If you are interested in breeding your “Staffie” the best sire to look for is one with a good temperment. Do not breed only for beauty and ignore other flaws the other dog may have. A female dog should be 2 years of age or older before she is bred. Breeding a younger animal would be like a 13 year old child having a baby. NEVER breed an animal with one of its siblings.
Like any pregnant female, your dog should be seen regularly by a veterinarian during the gestation period.
To insure you are breeding “papered” puppies, only select another animal with papered lineage.
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