Monday, May 24, 2010

What is a back yard breeder?

I am not really sure on the qualifications of a back yard breeder? I breed to better the breed. My B1tches are bred every other season. All my dogs are AKC. I only deal with one breed of dog. My dogs are all house dogs, I have 5 one stud and four females. I have two dogs that have been entered and won shows in their lifetimes and I am trying to learn the show scene and enter my other dogs as well. My dogs have been health screened, DNA tested. I keep records on all female activity the heat cycle, times of births, weights of pups. All my pups have a contract and limited registration, shots and health guarantee. so does that make me a back yard breeder?
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How close to the front of the pedigree are these Ch.s? If five generations back is Ch. whosis and the rest are in the sixth generation, there's not a whole lot of quality blood in the pup. You are doing some important things responsibly, like the limited reg.s, the length between breedings, health testing, and the ages, but the chances that one male crossfaults well with all your b!tches is darn slim. It just sounds to me like a mentor would do you a lot of good for learning to show and interpreting the standard. You're only a step or two away. Just a bit more guidance would help. Good luck in your endeavors.
Backyard Breeder=
Any breeder breeding poor quality and/or unhealthy dogs not for the betterment of the breed, but for the betterment of their wallet size. Most of them are usually clueless about actual breeding, they just think putting their male %26 female together will magically create quality puppies for them to make a buck on.

You sound pretty decent-good for the health guarantee, and limited registration. Showing is a fun sport, so definitely get your other dogs in there. Where did you purchase them from, if I may ask? Chihuahuas are a tough breed, competition wise, so as long as your dogs came from well-bred lines, they should do well in the show ring. Of course, every judge has a different taste. Find out which judges like your dogs-and keep going to shows where they judge your breed! Good Luck! :o)
Do you continually breed that one male to all your females? Cause I know for a fact that he wouldn't be the best male for each and every single female there...
Here's a good link that compares responsible breeders to backyard breeders.
http://st15.startlogic.com/~justonel/bre...
nope, you sound like you would be a "reputable breeder" since you know what you are doing. backyard breeders would be a person who has a black lab, and decides that it would be fun or profitable to breed her with one of their friend's dogs. Usually there is no vet check or registration or anything responsible going on.
Yes, but sounds like a "top of the line" one. Typically, a back yard breeder is one who breeds their dogs more as a hobby than as a primary source of income. If you don't have a kennel or a whelping house or your own personal grooming salon at your house, but rather 5 bowls lined up along your wall and a baby gate separating your Momma dog %26 her pups from the rest of the dogs, you are a back yard breeder. No shame in how you care for them though, sounds like you are in it for the dogs and not the money. Too bad there aren't more like you out there.
Do you have a back yard? I am also a in home breeder. and do not consider myself a byb, but alot of ppl would, i suppose. As far as i am concerned any breeder, unless they have a downtown building in which they run their breeding business is a byb, because they have a back yard.
It is my experience with answers on here that ppl have different ideas as to who qualifies as a good breeder, i would say that you do. You will find alot of people want to banish most breeding programs and only have people be able to adopt from a foster or shelter program.
I can tell you that you are not a backyard breeder. When I think of backyard breeders it is usually someone who has a pure breed dog, may or may not have papers. They know someone else who has the same breed of dog who is also not fixed, they decide to make puppies. They don't do any research on breeding, their dogs do not have health checks to make sure they are worthy of breeding. They aren't breeding to better their breed, they are just making pure breed puppies so they can sell them. They don't care where their puppies end up, just as long as they get paid for them.
There is a new wave of backyard breeders who are trying to create "designer breeds" They will breed popular breeds like puggles or labradoodles. Or they will try to create their own. They do this to make cute puppies, or to make money off a 'designer breed.'
And there are also just irresponsible people who fail to get their dog spayed or neutered, and have continual litters of mutts that fill up animal shelters.
It doesn't sound to me like you fall into any of these categories.
I have to agree with DP One male to all your females isn't exactly great. I understand your saving up for another but You should look for another high quality males in the mean time to stud your females too. It just give you diversity with your lines. I would consider you a hobby breeder.
You sound like a decent breeder, as long as you get some diversity from other studs. :) Thanks for being more responsible. :)
Backyard breeder is someone who is untrustworthy! for example they will sell you a dog thats at deaths door or not vacinated, it can go on %26 on, but, this is the type of person l wouldnt buy from thats for sure, you got think about whether your using your dogs as breeding machine, just to make money, are you a licensed breeder? Go legit to make yourself more of a professional breeder...

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