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SAGE

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Barked: Tue Nov 28, '06 12:58pm PST 
hi
here goes...
when we got sage the ower was a college kid and never got papers for her. we called back to get the parents names and turns out that her dad is pappered but her mom is not, because the mothers parents werent.
sage is a excellent hunting dog and my husband would like to breed her in the next yr or 2. my question is is there another way to get papers on her or are we pretty much out of luck....
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Lady

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Barked: Sun Dec 31, '06 8:50pm PST 
You're out of luck. Don't think about breeding her just because she's a good hunting dog. Has she passed OFA for hips and elbows? Are her parents OFA'd? Is her temperament sound? Is she mature at mind? Do you have the time to properly socialize the puppies..as in take them outside, to public places, play with them, train them, and introduce them to "odd" things? If you answered no to any of them, don't breed.

Also, think about this: What does she have to contribute to the breed?

There are a TON of animals in shelters. If she isn't only the highest quality working dog, don't breed her. That's just another 5-10 dogs being euthanized in shelters because the people found a purebred instead.
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Maggie "- Just because- we Can"

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Barked: Wed Sep 19, '07 5:41am PST 
I agree with the other poster about breeding, its best left to those who really specialize in it. It is not as easy as it seems on the surface, it's expensive, and yes, many dogs that are purchased without papers or With papers for that matter wind up in shelters when their new owners get home and find otu that dogs,, oh my gosh, chew, bark, and are otherwise not like the well mannered adult dog they met when picking up a pup.
That being said you can still go to Fun matches with your dog and even FUN Trials if you want to train her, additionally if it's really important to you to have papers, there use to be a way to ge ta limited registration on a dog so you could show them in AKC obedience it had to do with with proving 'they met breed standard' not easy and I don't know the nuts and bolts as since we never showed a dog registered or otherwise in anything but a fun match its not been an issue. If she is over 2 or there and she has not been spayed speak to your vet about it, there are risk to leaving adult dogs unspayed, which included breast cancer or at least that's how I understood it. I am not an expert and you will find people are very opinionated on the subject of breeding. Mostly because they have heard or experienced first hand the results of bad breeding. It has no bearing on your dog or rather is not intended to be a dig at yoru dog, but without OFA and OFH clearance, the risk are high that a dog will have bad hips, eyes or other genetic disorders. the labrador is the most popular dog in the country... which means they are groslly overbred , which means that faults genetic faults as well as temerment faults are being bread into the breed. Go to any animal shelter and 3/4 of the animals say :labmix on their cards. Hope that helps without sounding too preachy. I would encourage you to take the dog to some fun matches, or find a agility club in your area. Share your love for her and pride for her in a way that will give you all enjoyment and promotes learning about dogs . Thats the best legacy a dog can leave, is to have had an impact on their owners and their community .. in My very very humble opinion.
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