I would like to add that just because your dog passes its health tests does not mean that it should be bred, you must also study the test results of the parents of your dog and if possible the test results of their parents too.
HD is a recessive disorder that can be passed down many generations. Your dog may test out well but because it is in the line it can sneak up and affect the puppies. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abigail Morrison Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [labradoodles] Breeding Before you go just breeding your dog to any old dog, please, please, please do research on breeding. I have a really great site for you to look at http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/breeding/breeder2.html that can help you in learning more about the genetic problems of doodles and how to prevent them. Are you just looking for any old labradoodle to breed with? (this is a really great site for just about anything dog related http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/articles.html) There are doodles dying in shelters because people are breeding them without taking any kind of responsibility for them. There are also quite a few young doodles with hip dysplasia that could have been prevented if the breeder would have just done an x-ray of the parents and had them fixed. Please don't just breed to make money or because puppies are cute. Ask the people on this list who have young doodles with hip dysplasia if they think it is fun to deal with a dog , or worse a puppy, who wants to play but can't because of the pain it is in. Are you prepared to be responsible for those puppies for the rest of their lives? Do you plan on selling these puppies on spay neuter contracts or will you have them fixed before they are sold? If you don't have any plans for having the puppies fixed, are you prepared to deal with the offspring of those puppies? The labradoodles who are dying in shelters were bred by somebody who was just out to make a buck and wouldn't take responsibility for that life when it came time. Good breeders take their puppies back at any time, for any reason. Another thing that a good breeder does is not make money. They do the testing needed, sometimes on both parents, and make sure that mom and the puppies only have the best vet care, shots, wormed, deflead. I have never known a breeder who breeds for the right reasons, to better the breed, to ever make money doing it. They do it because they spend countless hours figuring out which two dogs to breed to make the best puppy of that breed in the world. I have spent 5 years working at vet offices and have seen so many people who either spend thousands of dollars because something unexpected happened, or they have to have mom and or the puppies put down because they weren't prepared for the unexpected. PLEASE be prepared to spend thousands of dollars, everytime a bitch has puppies, it can be dangerous and, take it from me, you will never need those emergency vet visits when the vet is open, it will always cost more because it is after hours. Here is an idea of what it will cost to do things right. http://www.godivalabs.com/cost.html If you would like to help out with the homeless ones, I would love to help you to learn more about fostering, that way we can save more doodles who will be killed rather than adding to the problem. Plus, spaying your dog before her first heat is something you can do to add years to her.http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html Good luck, I hope that if you do decide to breed, you will do it AFTER you have done your research, so that nobody has to deal with a puppy with hip dysplasia or other genetic problems because you didn't do your homework. Abbie lx2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am looking for a male Labradoodle in the Illinois/St.Louis to breed with my female labradoodle in approx 2-4 months. Please email me if you know where I can start to find someone interested. Thanks. Abigail S. Morrison Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. ~Thomas Jefferson~ ________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast <http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news> with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. <http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
