dobermansrule

"How do you classify people that breed their dogs that have done all the health testing, but have never titled their dogs in show or work venues? They are only having a litter every couple of years, and they waited until their dogs were of a correct age? They screen potential homes, and sell their dogs pre-neutered/spayed?

Would they be be considered backyard breeders?"

I have come to realize it is not so cut-and-dried. Like I always like to do, use our dog/breeder as an example. She has been breeding dobermans for "30 years". She titled (US and Can) a good many of her dogs along the years. A good many she has not. Our dog was born of unfinished, unpointed parents who are both now neutered. Before daddy was neutered, semen was flown off to New Zealand where a litter of puppies was born. Two of those puppies have gone on to NZ championships I understand. That happened when daddy was about a year old. Then our litter happened the way nature intended it, daddy was little over a year. I believe our breeder 'sells' our boys grand daddy as the line 'anchor'. He was US and Can champion and has been studded out quite a bit (our breeder seems to like the frozen semen thing). She still keeps frozen semen from our boys daddy even though daddy is neutered and unpointed/finished. I always ask - why? Our breeder sells pet puppies on a spay/neuter contract but the puppies do not leave her 'fixed'. She crops/docs/shots and all that. Oh, the parent had the core health testing done. Does any of this make this 30 year veteran breeder a BYB? I don't know. Just an example of what is typical out there.

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