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A letter entitled "I" by jpd
I have met many people. I have seen, heard and experienced many things in the years I have been breeding dogs. I have met old timers and new comers. I always learn something new from people regardless of their experiences in dogs or breeding. You tend to acquaint yourself with people who think or have similar philosophies in dogs and breeding as you do. Sometimes you agree with some and sometimes you disagree with others, but you develop a relationship and respect each other as individuals.
I remember when we started in dogs, we went to met a breeder named Ilsa who lived in the Catskills of NY. She was an old time breeder. Had been breeding for many years. She had her lines established with males and females she bought or bred over the years. When we started, we did not have many worries. There wasn't much testing in those days and/or we did not know too much about testing. Ilsa had never tested any of her dogs since she studied her pedigrees, look at the dogs for structure, type, health, and monitored the puppies she produced. She continued her breeding program by carefully choosing sires and dams that she thought would best complement each other and produced better quality puppies.
So, when we saw a little puppy sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor we felt in love. She was the most adorable and sweetest puppy you could ever want. Although she did not have all the qualities for the show ring, a couple of faults here and there which we learned about afterwards, she became a very good mother and has produced many wonderful puppies for us including a couple of champions. Looking back today, with all I have learned and experienced, would I return her because she was not up to my expectations? I think not.
We owe Ilsa for our foundation bitch and we have thanked her many times over for giving us the opportunity to acquire such a wonderful pet. We still admire and respect her and the lines of dogs she produced.
As time went on and we became more involved with breeding and showing. We became familiar with different diseases in the breed and/or testing available to us. Some I agreed with, some I thought were unnecessary. Most of the testing as I see it, does not give you definite's. It does not give you a black or white picture. Only a DNA test can give you a clear or carrier result.
There has been so many discussions about vaccines playing a big influence in dogs' immune systems by weakening it and making dogs susceptible to illnesses that otherwise might not develop.
TESTING, what a great word.
I wish the word testing would equate to guarantee. So many people in the dog world throw the word TESTING as if it was the Gospel, as if once you test your dogs they will be free of problems.
I feel testing is a basis for evaluation, not guarantees. I can test all my dogs before I breed, but that does not tell me I am not going to produce an Addisonian puppy, a puppy who develops cataracts at age 3, a puppy who is going to have HD of some sort, or a puppy with SA.
I wish I had a crystal ball to see into the future what a combination of parents the puppies will result in. Testing is not a crystal ball. You test and you look at your results and you evaluate the choices you have according to the results.
Let's take the following tests: CERF, Addisons, Thyroid, SA, HD, Bile Acid, BAER, Cardiac. Most of these tests will tell you the dog tested does not have it on the day that was tested. It does not tell you whether they will come down with it or if they will produce it. Of the tests I am familiar with PRA, in certain breeds, and vWd are a certain... the results are either clear, carrier or affected. So you breed clears to clears or clears to carriers. Never a carrier to a carrier or affected.
When you play with nature ~breeding is all up to nature~ you need to be prepared for what nature brings to you. You can get healthy puppies, you can breed successfully for many generations and then you get a couple of puppies that makes you think, why am I doing this. You do not expect i.e. seizures on a 4 week old puppy, you do not expect a tumor on a puppy at 3 1/2 months where the bone is being eaten away, you do not expect HD on a dog whose parents or grandparents are still walking, you would not expect a dog who jumps, climbs stairs, runs around a tree all day to have HD, you do not expect a skin disorder on a dog whose background has no record of it.
Genetics is a science that many people try to control. Breeding requires patience, understanding, skill, a little bit of luck and most importantly experience. All your best efforts and best wishes sometimes do not work.
I feel most breeders try their best to breed a healthy, well-rounded puppy. None would consciously breed puppies with problems. Like I said before, testing does not guarantee you healthy puppies. There are no guarantees when breeding dogs. If you need guarantees, do not breed.
I feel breeding can be very rewarding, but it can also bring you heartaches. You need to be willing to enjoy the good times and be prepared, be strong and not fall apart in the bad ones. Open communication and support from people you know are important to overcome hard times. Time and patience are essential in a breeding program. Honesty, respect, sacrifice and humility are great attributes a good breeder should possess.
I always look to the people and mentors I have met over the years. In Standard poodles, in Papillons and in Havanese I have listened, I have learned, I have contributed when I thought I knew or had something to contribute. I have and will always say "Thank You" to those who have help me along. I will always respect and admire the hard work many breeders put to their dogs and their breeding programs.
Thank you for reading and I hope you can take something from this.
Sincerely,
John Dejo
Farleys D Standard
www.farleysd.com