Melanie H.
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Southern Oregon
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Re: Breeding and culling scenario
quote: Originally posted by MTCoonHunter
The main question in that is... if you turn the dog into a pet, your kennel's name is attached to that dog in one form or another, and hunters will see a worthless dog come from your stock, and thus lower their opinion of your kennel.
So if you "cull" the dog, are you planning on keeping your mouth shut about it and not telling anyone? You still produced a cull even if you choose not to fix it and give it away as a pet.... Culls happen in breeding programs.. That is why they are removed from it.. Not all the dogs make it.. Are you going to be honest about it?
I'm using "you" as a general term for anyone- so I'm not trying to point fingers...
If the dog is sound of mind and has the temperment to make a pet and you can find a responsible person who can handle a hound as a pet, let it be a pet... Not all dogs (hound or not) should be pets...
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