over protective dog

"Peter" <pd_hendrickson RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message:

> I've stated that in another post.

You have *said* that you don't consider yourself to be a BYB or an unethical
breeder. The level of knowledge you have demonstrated, along with the
reticence in providing even the most basic of information that has been
asked of you (by multiple people, and nicely too, I may add) tells me that
you haven't done anything to set yourself apart in that department.

> Good advice, thanks. My pups will not be for sale.

The largest maiden litter for Dane that I know of is 17 pups. You actually
can place that many? Offer breeder support for the lifetime of the pups?
Take back any pups at any point in their lives, if the original owner can't
keep them, so you won't contribute to the shelter population?

> They are 2 different issues.

Not really. Conformation has to do with the structure of the dog.
Structure affects biomechanics. Poor structure can lead to poor
biomechanics, and manifest itself in any number of bone/joint abnormalities.
There *is* a reason responsible breeders put so much effort into evaluating
the structure of the dogs they're planning on breeding, and making sure that
the dogs compliment each other, conformationally.

> Already answered.

Not really. Going 'Well DUH!', being evasive about the health testing of
the sire and dam, and then demonstrating tenuous grasp on canine genetics is
not a good way to do it.

> I could, but I suspect that would simply generate another round of "oh
yea,
> PROVE IT!!!"
> I do not repond submissively to such behavior.

As I have said multiple times now, you don't need to do anything more than
provide the registered name of your dog and the sire. The rest, we can do.

Suja

Holy Smokes! some of you people really are holier than thou! I neither need
nor desire your approval, I simply asked for a little advice. Your arogance
reflects poorly on you. Based soley on your posts, an admittedly "woefully
uninformed" source of information, I must conclude that you are of very poor
temprement and probably shouldn't breed. I recommend you get yourself fixed
as soon as possible.
Peter
"Shelly" <shelly.RemoveThis@cat-sidh.net> wrote in message
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> Judy wrote:
>
>> He can't share what he doesn't know and hasn't bothered to learn.
>
> I know that, and you know that. Ahem.
>
>> I admit I'm making an assumption there but in my experience if he's
>> relying on his vet - who owns the stud - to advise him on what tests
>> should be done, he's woefully uninformed.
>
> I think that's pretty much guaranteed.
>
>> Diddy listed - in another thread - the tests that the parent club says
>> are necessary.
>
> I just saw that. Good for them!
>
>> Just a simple statement that they have been done would go a long way to
>> convincing me that he has a single clue that breeding requires something
>> more than working dog parts and the absence of any identified present
>> disease.
>
> I, for one, am not holding my breath. I'm blue enough as it is.
>
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