I really hate the term backyard breeder. It gets very confusing to me what that means. I am assuming a lot that goes on with horses breeding also applies to dogs. I do know dog breeders that surgically correct defects to show there dogs. I am also a horse breeder of halter horses so I do know what you are saying about HYPP in the quarter horses. I raise Paints and APHA is doing nothing about the HYPP issue. I have never felt they should be allowed to be shown. To lose a class to a genetic defect, pisses me off. I don't own any HYPP horses. I have owned one gelding with HYPP about 18 years ago. He was symptomatic. It was very sad to me. My friends all have HYPP horses and even would breed H/H horses to win. HYPP is not common in backyard breeders as it is in the bigger well known breeders. They just insure the horses and collect when they die just to buy more horses with HYPP. The sad part is many horses that they purposely breed to get the gene of greatness (HYPP) is they are not all show quality. Then they are useless as a riding horse. Dangerous in my opinion. I have never bought a horse from a big named halter breeder. I am not sure I ever would. There is just to much that I know they do to the horses to win. If backyard breeders are just doing it for the money then big time breeders are doing it for even more money. I think there is many good horses sitting in someone's backyard that will never be shown because they just are not into showing, the politics or they just don't know what they have. Only a small percentage of all horses are shown. Not so much that they are not show quality. I have also seen so horses in the top ten stallions that never should be there. They are there only because the owners have money and can hirer the right trainer and take them to enough shows. I have always trained and shown my own horses. I have done good and I have done bad. I don't know if I am being judged or the horse. There is just to much politics in a halter class. So in many ways show records do not mean much to me. I do have show records on most of my horses. My best mare does not have a show record. She does not even look like much. She is Wimpy's great granddaughter. She is very foundation looking. Not like the modern halter horse at all. She produces the most gorgeous foals. If I was not a backyard breeder 20 years ago I might not never known that I had a great mare. She was in heat. I loved her great mind and wanted a baby from her. She was just my kids horse that I paid $200 for. I rode her down to a breeding farm that had a nice Paint Stallion I thought would cross good on her. He also did not have to much of a show career do to injury, but his babies where doing good at the shows. My foal was one of his best ever. That let me know what I had if I breed her to the right stallion. I continued to breed her to different stallions and learned to show them. I have never shown out of CA but we have several State Champions out of her and her foals. I have now raised 6 generation of foals. Some people might call me a backyard breeder because I don't have a big name and I do breed to my own stallions now after many years of breeding to world champions. I will say my stallions foals are twice the quality I ever got from paying thousands of dollars on stud fees. Sometimes I would like to take the credit for the quality I get. I think breeding is an art. You also have to have an eye for it. In someway I was lucky. I had a mare that was a producer. She passed this on to her foals.
Back to dogs. I do know the breeder of Drake did produce a dog with a great personality and temperament. She did give him a full series of vaccines and raised him to be 4 months old before she sold him. He was in good health and pretty good manners. I never met the breeder. I did meet the older daughters who sold him at the grocery store. --- In [email protected], "Nonnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > anyone can create any registry and it doesn't matter. its the quality of > the dog and its background that is important. I could care less what > registry if any a dog is with. Most shouldn't be registered as quality > anyways. I think a dog should have to pass genetic testing and physical > traits before it could be registered. That would eliminate alot of the > backyard breeders who are breeding for money. PEOPLE think because a dog is > registered anything its something special.... its NOT!! Its a piece of paper > that's all. > > At least the AQHA American Quarter Horse is doing something. As of 2007 > they will no longer register HYPP postive horses which means you darn well > better test the parents before you breed if you expect ot have a registered > quarter horse. > > Nonnie > > PS Back yard breeders never identify themselves as BYB - and puppy millers > never admit to being a puppy mill. They all say they are trying to improve > the breed. A lot of people who breed don't have a pot to piss in > financially and keep saying that they can't afford this or that but they are > still breeding puppies... makes you know why ... its because they sell them > and make money inspite of what they say. > > I call a spade a spade > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Marsha Taylor > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Hi from a Newbie > > > > > whether > CKC is good or bad depends on who you are talking to, lol. I prefer the > AKC, but am considering dual registering my AKC's because it seems most > people are wanting > CKC these days. > > So maybe your baby didn't come from the best of places. My first chi > didn't either. I was in 8th grade, and he came from a puppy mill. I didn't > know then what I know now. Nonetheless, he gave me 16 wonderful years and > I wouldn't have taken anything for him. Now that you have your baby, > forget what his past was and focus on the wonderful future you have with > him! > :-) > > My chis love to play with my bigger dogs. In fact, I have a Husky/wolf mix > that they adore! Like you, I never leave them unattended...why take > chances, they can be accidently harmed....but at the same time, I don't > worry a bit when the chis are outside playing with the big dogs. The only > thing I worry about is Ginger trying to take Barley out of the yard...they > both know better!! lol. She is one that don't mind anything and loves to > get the others in trouble, lol. > > Marsha > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/MJOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
