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Date Posted: 19:33:58 06/25/09 Thu
CHOOSING A STUD DOG
Rules attributed to Raymond H.Oppenheimer
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1. Don't make use of indiscriminate outcrosses. A judicious outcross can be of great value,an injudicious one can produce an aggregation of every imaginable fault in the breed.
2. Don't line breed just for the sake of line breeding. Line breeding with complimentary types can bring great rewards, with unsuitable ones it will lead to immediate disaster.
3. Don't take advice from those who have always been unsuccessful breeders. If their opinion were worth having they would have proved it by their successes.
4. Don't believe the popular cliché about the brother or the sister of the great Champion being just as good to breed from, for every one that is, there are hundreds that are not. It depends on the animal concerned.
5. Don't credit your own dogs with virtues the do not possess. Self deceit is a stepping stone to failure. In other words don't be kennel blind .
6. Don't breed from mediocrities, the absence of a fault does not in any way signify the presence of its corresponding virtue.
7. Don't assess the worth of a stud dog by its inferior progeny, All stud dogs sire some animals of lesser quality at times; what matters is how good their best efforts are. Conversely, don't judge a stud dog by one great offspring produced out of many and always remember that the stud dog only makes up for half of a great dog.
8. Don't allow personal feelings to influence your choice of a stud dog. The right dog for your bitch is the right dog, regardless of who owns it.
9. Don't allow admiration of a stud dog to blind you to his faults.
10. Don't mate animals that share the same fault.
11. Don't forget it is the whole dog that counts. If you forget one virtue while searching for another you will pay for it.
12. Don't search for the perfect dog as a mate for your bitch. The perfect dog (or bitch) doesn't exist,never has and never will.
13. Don't be frightened of breeding from animals that have obvious faults so long as they have compensating virtues. A lack of a virtue is by far the greatest fault of all. And never breed two dogs with the same fault.
14. Don't mate non complimentary types. An ability to recognise type at a glance is a breeder's greatest gift. Ask the successful breeders to explain this subject- there is no other way of learning.
15. Don't forget the necessity to preserve the quality head. It will vanish like a dream if you do.
16. Don't forget that substance plus quality should be another one of your aims. Any fool can breed one without the other.
17. Don't forget that a great head plus soundness should be another one of your aims. Many people can breed one without the other or neither..
18. Ask yourself "Am I a breeder, or do I just produce puppies?" Remember, it's your reputation at stake and a bad one will haunt you for a very long time !
19. Keep the breed's best interest at heart ,if you know your dog has a serious congenital defect,don't breed it .
20. Learn to read a pedigree and do your best to breed the most complimentary dog to your bitch.
21. Don't let sentiment be your reason for breeding your dog, if he is not worthy of being shown, why would you breed him.?
22. Don't use the excuse "she wants to have babies," Your bitch would probably prefer never being bred and she will never miss having babies
23. Don't believe its healthier for a bitch to have a litter before she is spayed ,its healthier for a pet bitch to be spayed without having a litter.
24. Colour should not be a determining factor.
25. Never be satisfied with anything but the very best.
26. Second best is never good enough.
27. Your reputation as a breeder is at stake.
28. The foundation that you lay is what will determine the quality of the stock you will produce for a long time to come.
29. The strength of a blood line can be greatly weakened by mating to an unreliable dog or bitch which is the opposite of inbreeding or line breeding and is termed "out breeding" . However, while the blood line may be weakened , the quality of the pups might still be good if the combination were a lucky one. It will be important to breed offspring of an outcross back into either the sire or the dam's line.
30. Inbreeding intensifies all qualities, whether good or bad. Remember that.
31. If most of the characteristics are good. inbreeding is an excellent way to obtain uniform type,since each parent is dominant principally in the same qualities .
32. The stud must be dominant in the same characteristics as the bitch and should also be dominant in additional good qualities which appear as faults in the bitch.
33. To breed for improvement, you must know the breed and be able to recognise a good specimen when you see it. You must be able to visualize the perfect individual toward which you are striving and never give up in attaining that end.
34. In evaluating pedigrees, don't let the number of titles be a determining factor unless you personally know every dog back for at least three generations.
35. The age of a stud dog has no bearing on the quality he can produce.
36. Don't breed bitches too early, If she is immature, you will just be robbing her of time for which to develop.
37. Any animal whether cow or dog will yield much better if it is happy and contented with its lot in life.
38. REMEMBER Don't try to make huge profits in breeding dogs, your reputation as a puppy farmer will grow faster than a forest fire and the breed won't suffer as a whole .
39. It is not great numbers of dogs which makes a Kennel great, but rather it is the excellence of the few. Even if you breed in a small scale don't settle for second best.
40. Don't ever try to decry a great Bulldog. A thing of beauty is not only a joy forever, but a great Bulldog should be a source of aesthetic pride and pleasure to all true lovers of the breed
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