Help me decide...
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:40 pm
I have been on the list for a female lab puppy from a particular breeder for ages. Most of the wait is because I wanted a puppy with enough outcross to consider breeding to my male. If they match well in all else. Litter was born and only 2 females. Both the breeder and stud dog owner (co-breeder) have decided to keep a female. The next litter he has coming up in about 2 months will be too tight to my male for breeding but a really nice litter. Breeder offered to put me first on that litter (he chooses for owners). He does not have another litter with enough outcross again for at least a year. He also recommended another breeder who has outcross lines with similar dual type that I wanted. But no guarantee that they will have an opening - he didn't know. Should I switch to the other breeder's litters with a female that maybe could be a match for my male or stay with the breeder I know with a breeding very likely to produce a dog I like because so closely related to my male, but would have to breed outside the lines.
The lines on my boy are CH/MH breeding and He is HR and RE titled, about to run Rally Nationals this next weekend, has a UKC conformation group2 win... and we are working towards HRCH and MH by this fall I hope. He is running triples and long blinds but we have some lining kinks to work through. Running HRC before the AKC. He is also CHIC certified. Everyone jumps on these type posts with "get a better dog don't breed to your male just for a puppy" type answers so...
The lines on my boy are CH/MH breeding and He is HR and RE titled, about to run Rally Nationals this next weekend, has a UKC conformation group2 win... and we are working towards HRCH and MH by this fall I hope. He is running triples and long blinds but we have some lining kinks to work through. Running HRC before the AKC. He is also CHIC certified. Everyone jumps on these type posts with "get a better dog don't breed to your male just for a puppy" type answers so...