Laura, This is not to be taken personally, however you gave an example," if you breed 100 dogs which results in 10 winning, healthy dogs." Let me set the record straight: I am a small breeder who started with a goal to make a difference in the health and type of wholecolors. I studied the breed by attending shows, speaking with breeders, attending health, structure and judging seminars, and purchased a puppy from a breeder who had health tested prior to breeding plus had old champion bloodlines. I have been in the fancy for 8 years and breeding/showing for 5. I breed to the best that will compliment my bitch, who is health tested, and provide historical, health information 3 generations back. I have had 2 out of 4 in first litter DOA. They were not better than my bitch so they went to a pet home and required to spay and neuter. Given their pedigree,a number of people had suggested they should be on co-ownership for breeding so I could have more breeding options; I chose not to. My 2nd litter had 5 with one DOA. I had a c-section to save her other 4 puppies because of uterine inertia. My vet suggested spaying her and I agreed it was in her best interest to do so. I placed two in pet homes and ran 2 on. They won or placed in their classes and were health tested by specialist before being bred at 21/2. I kept 4 out of 6 in one litter and 2 out of 4 in another with no whelping problems from either bitch. I added a black & tan male who came from health tested parents and grandparents with a famous producer of English champion bloodlines behind him. So with careful attention to detail and health, I have produced 16 puppies with 5 out of 16 winning or placing in their class under stiff CKCSC, USA competition with only 3 shows a year. My foundation dogs are show quality and healthy who also produce healthy show dogs so... it can be done without massive breeding if you educate yourself first and aim for quality not quantity. Breeding is a slow, sometimes painful, process but I strive to make a difference to benefit the breed.
I thought I would share my experience so people on the list don't think I produce lots of puppies to produce a few healthy show dogs. This is in reponse to your email to Rod about producing healthy show dogs and how easy it is to achieve when you mass produce. Patricia Powers Pratt Cavaliers "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________>Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
