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by susie on 01 October 2024 - 17:10
I haven´t been posting for a very long time - live changed, focus changed....
I guess all of you whitnessed that Germany is no longer the number one in breeding and selling German Shepherd Dogs to the United States any more.
Most ads on this forum are from Serbia, followed by other countries from Eastern Europe. These dogs are pretty cheap compared to the costs you have to pay for dogs from Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, or other West European countries.
A lot of you bought and still buy dogs from Eastern Europe for several years now, and a lot of you already sold, bred, and sell puppies out of those East European dogs.
In case these dogs you buy/you breed with did show their working ability did proof their health in your home country - no problem...Just go on, stop reading, my post doesn´t affect you.
BUT...
A lot of the dogs you buy and breed are NOT bred by the original German breed standard, those dogs are either not titled/koered at all or their titles are not earned according to the German/VDH/FCI rules -
they are just dogs, looking like GSDs, in the best case bred out of real DNA proofed GSDs.
For us ( Western Europe, in my case Germany) it becomes more and more difficult to raise, title, breed GSDs according to the rules, whereas breeders and trainers in Eastern Europe successfully do find ways to circumvent the same rules...
The result?
Dogs looking like GSDs, but NOT BEHAVING LIKE GSDS ANY MORE! Nice looking pets, not more, not less...
We ( in my case Germany ) already lost, but YOU are able to go on, YOU are able to save this outstanding breed, it´s up to YOU!
You want to breed REAL GSDs?
Don´t believe in written titles
Don´t believe in written health certificates
Don´t believe that proven (?) parents automatically produce good puppies
Worst case:
Don´t believe that untitled/unproven dogs out of proven (?) dogs are able to produce GSDs according to the standard.
At the end of the day you are the one who has to look into the mirror, and you are the one who has to decide if you want to save the most wonderful breed of the world, or if you just want to make fast money...
Take a look at the dog in front of you, and than ask yourself, if this dog is worth to be bred according to the GSD breed standard.
In case you think your dog is worth to be bred, go to a club and ask for a second and third opinion.
In case they are enthusiastic, go to a vet and test for HD/ED once again.
In case this is okay, too, start your breeding program and be proud of your dog!
Otherwise - love your dog, give it the best live of earth, but don´t breed it!
I guess all of you whitnessed that Germany is no longer the number one in breeding and selling German Shepherd Dogs to the United States any more.
Most ads on this forum are from Serbia, followed by other countries from Eastern Europe. These dogs are pretty cheap compared to the costs you have to pay for dogs from Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, or other West European countries.
A lot of you bought and still buy dogs from Eastern Europe for several years now, and a lot of you already sold, bred, and sell puppies out of those East European dogs.
In case these dogs you buy/you breed with did show their working ability did proof their health in your home country - no problem...Just go on, stop reading, my post doesn´t affect you.
BUT...
A lot of the dogs you buy and breed are NOT bred by the original German breed standard, those dogs are either not titled/koered at all or their titles are not earned according to the German/VDH/FCI rules -
they are just dogs, looking like GSDs, in the best case bred out of real DNA proofed GSDs.
For us ( Western Europe, in my case Germany) it becomes more and more difficult to raise, title, breed GSDs according to the rules, whereas breeders and trainers in Eastern Europe successfully do find ways to circumvent the same rules...
The result?
Dogs looking like GSDs, but NOT BEHAVING LIKE GSDS ANY MORE! Nice looking pets, not more, not less...
We ( in my case Germany ) already lost, but YOU are able to go on, YOU are able to save this outstanding breed, it´s up to YOU!
You want to breed REAL GSDs?
Don´t believe in written titles
Don´t believe in written health certificates
Don´t believe that proven (?) parents automatically produce good puppies
Worst case:
Don´t believe that untitled/unproven dogs out of proven (?) dogs are able to produce GSDs according to the standard.
At the end of the day you are the one who has to look into the mirror, and you are the one who has to decide if you want to save the most wonderful breed of the world, or if you just want to make fast money...
Take a look at the dog in front of you, and than ask yourself, if this dog is worth to be bred according to the GSD breed standard.
In case you think your dog is worth to be bred, go to a club and ask for a second and third opinion.
In case they are enthusiastic, go to a vet and test for HD/ED once again.
In case this is okay, too, start your breeding program and be proud of your dog!
Otherwise - love your dog, give it the best live of earth, but don´t breed it!
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