Breeding Better Dogs 101...

Slim9797...I appreciate your post and write-up you pasted...

Oconee talked about reproducing one dog and that dog to me is the Hub which in reality is exactly the same...

some folks will argue the female is the most important...I agree as well on account she is the one carrying the for 2 months and feeding them etc...I believe what we do with her before breeding and during the gestation period to be an important part in having better dogs not to mention everything else it took for her to earn her spot as a breeder...

but if we make her the hub then we will only have eight or so litters to select from in her lifetime and if we keep it ethical it will only be one litter per year...of course we can keep her around for extra litters from her if we feel we are at a good point in a breeding program...

but on the other had working on reproducing a stud dog gives us more flexibility and that is why I prefer the male to do so...he can be bred as many times as needed to get where one needs or wants to be...