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[quote=Anonymous]This is how dog breeding was 100 years ago.  My great uncle was a hobby breeder — he was a hunter and bred spaniels.  If he and his friends thought they had two really great dogs, they would breed them, keep a couple for themselves and give the rest to friends or family, maybe for a small amount.  I sort of wish that was still the system, with the added benefit of modern tests for inherited conditions.  I think there are certain working or sport breeds where it still sort of works that way, because the owners are primarily interested in new dogs that they can use for purpose.

We have purebred dogs and I appreciate the alc system that allows me to see no cross breeding going back 6 generations plus tests for breed inherited conditions.   But I don’t like that the breeders typically breed the dogs starting at age 2, and aren’t required to provide health updates to the AKC registry.  Sometimes with googling you can figure out how long a grandparent lived, but I think it should be required as part of the AKc process.

It’s a bit hard to break into the breeding world now because every breeder sells with a requirement that you don’t breed the dog.  [/quote]

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