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**WumibBesowe** · 05-28-2010, 03:39 AM

actually if i am wrong about my male dog and he turns out to NOT live up to his potential then i wont breed him and i will seek out a better dog. as for doing everyone a favor and not becoming another BYB, i feel that im already doing that.

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i also said that he will be a good conformation standard "for those interested in that sort of thing". looks dont mean much to me.

Like Lilliana said, you have no interest in showing the dog (in any sort of venue), so how exactly are you planning on "proving" the dog?

I mean, I originally thought about using my Border Collie as a stud dog when I had the money to put into herding him. The plan was IF I could get him to trial at a high level, I would let him stud. Once I realized I did not have the money to train him to that high a level, I had him neutered. He has an AMAZING working pedigree, but unless a border collie is working at an "open" level, they do not deserve to breed. If I wanted to, he could be an AKC herding champion, but those aren't real working dogs, and I refuse to dual-register him with them, since they're destroying the heart of the breed.

Since you have no plans to do any sort of "proving" activity with your dog, how exactly are you going to determine him breed-worthy?

05-28-2010, 03:39 AM	#23
WumibBesowe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 617 Senior Member	actually if i am wrong about my male dog and he turns out to NOT live up to his potential then i wont breed him and i will seek out a better dog. as for doing everyone a favor and not becoming another BYB, i feel that im already doing that. ---------- Post added at 09:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ---------- i also said that he will be a good conformation standard "for those interested in that sort of thing". looks dont mean much to me. Like Lilliana said, you have no interest in showing the dog (in any sort of venue), so how exactly are you planning on "proving" the dog? I mean, I originally thought about using my Border Collie as a stud dog when I had the money to put into herding him. The plan was IF I could get him to trial at a high level, I would let him stud. Once I realized I did not have the money to train him to that high a level, I had him neutered. He has an AMAZING working pedigree, but unless a border collie is working at an "open" level, they do not deserve to breed. If I wanted to, he could be an AKC herding champion, but those aren't real working dogs, and I refuse to dual-register him with them, since they're destroying the heart of the breed. Since you have no plans to do any sort of "proving" activity with your dog, how exactly are you going to determine him breed-worthy?
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