It's coming up on that time when we have to decide whether or not to neuter our puppy. And yes the thought has crossed our minds to breed him. And since we don't know anyone active in breeding we decided to turn to the internet
A few facts about our dog. He is male so the attraction is the stud fee. We do not nor do we plan to own a female for breeding. He is a dapple which I think is fairly unique. A lot of people have commented on his coloring and how they've never seen it on a Dachshund with that coloring. He is extremely mild tempered and submissive. We have yet to see any acts of aggression from him. In fact the only time we've only ever seen him assert dominance is with his sister (who is owned by a family friend) during play. He was incredibly easy to train and we had him house trained within a month. I feel it is also valuable to note that we did not own him until he was 3 months old and he was trained while transitioning between several homes within a short period of time as we moved around.
The breeder we purchased him from informed us that be was a purebred, but hadn't gotten around to officially registering him. At the time we didn't think of asking if the parents were papered if the bloodline could be proven. Obviously this would be a huge factor in our decision and we plan to contact the breeder before making any final choices.Under the condition that we can prove he is indeed purebred and register with the AKC, we do not plan to show him or earn any championships.
For you breeders out there, does he sound like a good match for your bitch when he does reach breeding age? We don't plan to breed him more than a few times and are more interested in passing along what we see as high qualities in our puppy to the future owner's of a dogs pups.
We also have a few question for you stud owners. Do you have problems with your studs after you retire them? Such as excessive humping? Any suggestions on how to go about making our dog available to breed? How to do we determine if we are picking a repeatable and responsible breeder?
Thank you all for your thoughts and opinions.
A few facts about our dog. He is male so the attraction is the stud fee. We do not nor do we plan to own a female for breeding. He is a dapple which I think is fairly unique. A lot of people have commented on his coloring and how they've never seen it on a Dachshund with that coloring. He is extremely mild tempered and submissive. We have yet to see any acts of aggression from him. In fact the only time we've only ever seen him assert dominance is with his sister (who is owned by a family friend) during play. He was incredibly easy to train and we had him house trained within a month. I feel it is also valuable to note that we did not own him until he was 3 months old and he was trained while transitioning between several homes within a short period of time as we moved around.
The breeder we purchased him from informed us that be was a purebred, but hadn't gotten around to officially registering him. At the time we didn't think of asking if the parents were papered if the bloodline could be proven. Obviously this would be a huge factor in our decision and we plan to contact the breeder before making any final choices.Under the condition that we can prove he is indeed purebred and register with the AKC, we do not plan to show him or earn any championships.
For you breeders out there, does he sound like a good match for your bitch when he does reach breeding age? We don't plan to breed him more than a few times and are more interested in passing along what we see as high qualities in our puppy to the future owner's of a dogs pups.
We also have a few question for you stud owners. Do you have problems with your studs after you retire them? Such as excessive humping? Any suggestions on how to go about making our dog available to breed? How to do we determine if we are picking a repeatable and responsible breeder?
Thank you all for your thoughts and opinions.