Since some
people ask why we have and are so adamant about our spay/neuter
agreement, I thought I would try to explain.
We are the only breeders
specializing in long coats that I know of, at this time, who hold the
AKC papers, with the exception of pups that are in our breeding program, till we
receive the vet verification of the spay/neuter though more and more
breeders of longcoats have already or are switching to limited papers.
When I first started breeding, the very first
thing I ever read about puppy mills said that "ALL responsible breeders sell
their Puppys with spay/neuter agreement's". Initially we did not do
that but we did ALWAYS limit the number of puppies we did place with the
full registrations. Most of our Puppies did go with limited
registrations. There were many reasons I always wanted to do it that way.
ALL which were for the benefit of our Puppies.
As I learned more I also went back
to the few people we had thought would be good responsible reputable
breeders that we had placed breeding pups with and tried to explain to them
the benefits for their puppies go with, at the very least, limited
registrations or a spay/neuter contract.
Some of our reasons were and still
are:
Not wanting our puppies/or our puppies
offspring to end up in a puppy mill or any where else where they would
not be taken care of in a loving family home.
We did not want someone to get one our girls and
breed her every heat till she was 10!
Pet over population- for not so responsible
breeders who would let most all or all their puppies go
with full registrations and letting them go to other breeders who would do the
same thing. Unfortunately, as sadly can be seen on the rescue sites, there
is already far too many of the long coats in GSD rescue.
To preserve the integrity of our lines-
health and structure.
Health/behavior benefits.
Only much more recently did a couple of
other reasons pertaining to business come into play as well.
I have this fear/predictided theory that as
the long coats become more and more popular and Breeders
are more interested in the higher $ amount they can get for "breeding dogs"
- and not using spay/neuter contracts- that the same thing we all have seen
happen with other breeds will happen with the long coats. Then there goes
our beloved temperaments, health, etc. When going into any pound you see
many GSD's, Golden Retriever, Rottie, Pit Bull, etc.- mixes, as well
as other GSD mixes too.
As more pets are spayed or neutered, there will
be far less pets and the animals in shelters will have more time to be
adopted.
When I went to school to become a Certified Dog Trainer I
learned that pet behavior problems are another reason pup/dogs are
brought to shelters. This is why we try to educate pet owners who call us
or look at our web site about the importance of proper socialization.
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One female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs
in six years.
70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day
in the USA alone. Compared to only 10,000 human births, it's clear that there
will never be enough homes for all these animals.
Everyone who has a pet which isn't spayed or
neutered, it only takes once! Don't contribute to this tragic unnecessary
killing of animals. Have your pet spayed or neutered.
An estimated 6 to 8 million dogs and
cats are euthanized in shelters in this country every year. Millions more
are abandoned, only to suffer on the streets from illness or injury before
dying.
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