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Date Posted: 14:12:02 03/27/10 Sat
Author: Jenny W
Subject: Re: So what is the BB criteria for Breeding Boerboels now?
In reply to: RW 's message, "So what is the BB criteria for Breeding Boerboels now?" on 22:20:36 03/26/10 Fri

I think balance can only be determined through exposure to different situations over a period of time. I find a dog with too much drive or the wrong balance of drives a pain in the ass to live with, so it's not what I personally want. I want a calm dog that doesn't need my constant attention, a dog I can rev up when needed and have laying on the carpet next to me when when it's not. A reliable dog that's easy to take into town, travels quietly in the car, does what it's told but will forcefully deter or deal with a problem when the need arises, so I don't have to. I don't like paying vet bills, so the fewer of those I get, the better.
At the end of the day it depends who you are breeding for and why, and whether you are trying to prove your dog's worth to yourself or the world at large. While there is absolutely nothing wrong in getting out there and meeting various challenges and achieving results, far from it, to do it as proof of breeding worth is probably narrowing your field of vision.
I think if we know our own dogs thoroughly and are honest about them, we know already by the time they are adults whether they are of breeding quality or not and if we have to go looking for reasons to breed a dog or a way to justify breeding from it, then it's probably not the right dog to breed from. Breeding from a dog because it has a title or a good hip score or any one thing that you can measure easily won't get you a good all round dog, it is the right balance of everything that makes it more likely.
I breed the dogs I want to live with and the only real proof of that is living with them. If other people have similar criteria then we are probably compatible as owner and breeder, if they don't, then they are better served going elsewhere to someone that is breeding the kind of Boerboel they want. One size doesn't fit all in this breed and people should expect different mixes of traits depending on the breeder's priorities, but if a breeder doesn't have a goal they are breeding towards, then the outcome of their breeding is going to be more inconsistent and unpredictable. A dog is only good enough to breed from if it has a lot of the things you are looking for and few of the things you aren't and then the skill is improving on it.
The future quality of your puppies depends on it.

Jenny
QuoVadis Boerboels

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  • Re: So what is the BB criteria for Breeding Boerboels now? -- Norman Epstein, 15:20:43 03/27/10 Sat
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