Breeding Better Than…
The mindset of every dog breeder should be to produce offspring that is better than the sire and dam. You should evaluate the sire and dam, what are you attempting to improve upon. What do each bring to the table that compliment each other. To accomplish this, you must be willing to pour over pedigrees, search old and new photographs, you also need to seek out people that can advise you of dogs' past. You have to build relationships with the old-time breeders who know the dogs in the pedigrees.
You must first start with a quality bitch. You cannot breed an out of standard (inferior) bitch to an exceptional stud and get Specialty winners. You MUST start with a Quality Bitch. The only way to determine quality is to show your dogs at breed specialties. Study the Standard and apply it to your dogs and what you see at specialties. There are some who just naturally have an eye, others can train their eye and sadly there are others who will never see the differences.
There is no instant gratification when it comes to breeding quality dogs (or any animals). You need to put in the time and effort to seek out those with the knowledge of days gone by.
Jeanie Pitzenberger
September 13, 2023
"Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying." Fred Rogers
The mindset of every dog breeder should be to produce offspring that is better than the sire and dam. You should evaluate the sire and dam, what are you attempting to improve upon. What do each bring to the table that compliment each other. To accomplish this, you must be willing to pour over pedigrees, search old and new photographs, you also need to seek out people that can advise you of dogs' past. You have to build relationships with the old-time breeders who know the dogs in the pedigrees.
You must first start with a quality bitch. You cannot breed an out of standard (inferior) bitch to an exceptional stud and get Specialty winners. You MUST start with a Quality Bitch. The only way to determine quality is to show your dogs at breed specialties. Study the Standard and apply it to your dogs and what you see at specialties. There are some who just naturally have an eye, others can train their eye and sadly there are others who will never see the differences.
There is no instant gratification when it comes to breeding quality dogs (or any animals). You need to put in the time and effort to seek out those with the knowledge of days gone by.
Jeanie Pitzenberger
September 13, 2023
"Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying." Fred Rogers