Unfortunately most pet shops keep puppies in poor conditions, and are supporting backyard puppy mills / puppy farms, where the breeders are more interested in dollars rather than helping to
breed quality offspring.
Not exact matches
When these efforts are combined with pedigree analysis, the results will yield
quality foundation stock whose
offspring can be saved to further improve a
breeding program.
Little or no thought is given to the health, temperment, or
quality of the
breeding dogs or
offspring.
A lower - risk
offspring that exceeds the higher - risk parent in
quality should replace the higher - risk parent in the
breeding program.
The costs of most purebred dogs, or really any type of purposely
bred animal, are that legitimate, conscientious breeders perform a myriad of genetic tests on the parents before
breeding so as to ascertain the
quality of
offspring being produced.
The aim is to replace the carrier
breeding - animal with a normal - testing
offspring that equals or exceeds it in
quality.
Using relative - risk assessment as a tool, breeders should replace higher - risk
breeding dogs with lower - risk
offspring that are equal to or better than their parents in
quality.
By using relative - risk assessment to
breed him to a female that is at low risk of being a carrier, you can prevent affected
offspring, and select a
quality son for replacement.
In the early 1900s, this
breed was used indiscriminately in
breeding programs with the Persian cat to improve on the
quality of the coats in the
offspring.
You can hold off
breeding and get a few annual eye exams done first, then select mates that don't carry the mutation in hopes of producing clear
offspring of good
quality to replace the dog with the mutation.
In the case of recessive mutations, affected dogs — those with two copies of the mutation — should not be
bred if there are serious
quality - of - life or financial issues because all
offspring will have at least one copy of the mutation.
Stud dogs or bitches who produce
offspring of consistently poor
quality in their first two
breedings have no value as
breeding stock and should not be
bred again.
Because of the severe
quality of life impacts of this disease and the long - term emotional and financial burden care for an epileptic dog can place on owners, first - step relatives (parents,
offspring, and full or half siblings) of an epileptic dog should not be
bred.
Polydactyl cats without dewclaws are disqualified from shows but may safely produce normal - footed show -
quality offspring which can be used in
breeding.
Stud dogs or brood bitches who produce
offspring of consistently poor
quality or with genetic problems known to be inherited in the
breed are therefore of no value as
breeding stock and should not be used again, except in
breedings directed towards test mating or health research.
Worse yet, they may have deliberately
bred a mom to one of her now adult
offspring, or a brother to a sister, thinking that the puppies will have the best
qualities of both parents.
• Not knowingly repeat a
breeding of any pair of individuals who, although free from a hereditary defects themselves, have produced multiple afflicted
offspring with hereditary defects that affect the
quality of life of their
offspring.
Once you have selected the potential male dogs based on all the
breed qualities you prefer, then rank the dogs based on their genetic potential to produce
offspring with good hip and elbow conformation and on their inbreeding coefficients and the accuracy of the
breeding values.