HELP....Ginger has lots and lots of new puppies

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by rstar

if we really wanted the opinions or the beliefs of other people we would ask!

Posting in a public forum is asking. Id like to see the comments and looks you'd get with your ears cropped

[howdy20012002]

all i can say is WOW
what a hornet's nest I have stirred up for asking for a bit of advice on helping my dog.
interesting to see the difference in opinions.
I still feel that I have done absolutely nothing wrong with breeding my perfectly healthy dog with another perfectly healthy dog which produced these beautiful little puppies.
how is a "recognized" breeder producing a better more socially accepted product.
I can pretty much guarantee that very very few breeders would spend more time and attention to their dogs and puppies than what I am giving.
so how how are they better??????
I will continue on with updates and pictures if interest is shown and if this thread doesn't get closed due to the stormy atmoshere.
thanks
Neal

[lockrookie]

ppl should be friggin happy gingers owners care and are asking questions to help these wonderful little lives thrive and go to good homes. i commend you

recently on one of my locksmith calls i rescued a rabbit and tarantula took the spider to pet store due to my wife fear of them. but the rabbit came home for us to care for we have a daycare and i thought the kids may enjoy a rabbit with the othe pets we have.

yellow lab, sheppard collie cross(rescued from a shelter as a pup very pretty but dumber than a rock), pionus maxamillion parot, and a rescued cat found in back yard starving, pluss my two fish tanks

well this rabbit not only was abandoned but two days later we found out its sex with six babies that appeared. all survived thankfully and now we are trying to find homes for them. thing is its not the animals fault for being left behind it was the owners. it was one of lifes little surprises as im sure 11 pups was a bit of a surprise as well.

i wish you the best with the pups i have too many creatures atm so i cant have one lol.

[JenniferL]

I think no matter what you do, be it breed dogs or anything else for that matter someone is always going to have an opinion as how you should be doing it. As long as your doing it for the right reasons, your producing a healthy happy specimen and are able to bring other people some joy along the way, I say why not. Good luck along the way!

[Aquattro]

Neal, I'm sorry, but you are, by definition, a back yard breeder. You are not a real breeder, with a breeding program and specific goals for your program. Nobody is saying you're a terrible person or that you don't love your dogs, but being a great pet owner and breeding fluffy are two different things.
Real (good) breeders take great care in selecting breeding parents, for reasons that give a very good probability to producing a specific outcome. They assess the genetic lines back several generations, looking at previously produced pups for good qualities and bad.
Overall, I think you've got a great response from this thread. If you'd posted it on a dog specific board, you would have got flamed right off the board
Regardless, at this point it's done, so good luck with your pups.

[rstar]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Posting in a public forum is asking. Id like to see the comments and looks you'd get with your ears cropped

Except for the fact that in this thread Neal did not ask for anyones opinions on the ethics of him breeding his dog....

[lockrookie]

+1

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

+1

Oh, math!! I love math. Thank you for your wonderful and informative post, it's really opened my eyes.

[lockrookie]

im sure those dedicated dog breeders started as back yard breeders at some point in thier lives when they first started out

just my 2 cents
im done and handing thread back to owner good luck with the puppies again

[Chaloupa]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

im sure those dedicated dog breeders started as back yard breeders at some point in thier lives when they first started out

just my 2 cents

That's rather broad and judgmental ...and if there were statistics to show, I'm sure that this is far from the truth.