starplott
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Re: Re: Htx Titles Should Have To Come First
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Originally posted by Hey Preacher!!!
IF WE'RE GONNA BE STRICT, WHY NOT GO FULL BORE??? LET'S SAY, NO PERMANENT PAPERS UNTIL HTX, AND DUAL GRAND!!! HOW ABOUT NO BREEDING UNLESS BOTH PARENTS ARE HTX, DUAL GRAND??? AFTER ALL, AREN'T WE TRYING TO PROVE THAT THE DOG IS 'STUD' MATERIAL??? HOW ABOUT SENDING IN 100 OR SO COONTAILS AS PROOF BEFORE REGISTRATION, TITLES, OR BREDDING??? WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE???
As I am sure you, of all people lol, have heard me before; thish is not a new idea. In other breeds/countries, dogs must prove themselves worthy before being allowed to be bred. Certain breed associations require a working dog to have no disqualifying faults, have cleared all health tests for the breed, and pass working aptitude tests BEFORE allowing to be bred. It goes both ways.
Not only would that stop people from breeding dogs for show with no hunt drive, it would prevent the breeding/titling of working dogs that are not good representations of the breed standards and those with genetic disorders common in the breed.
That would require about $500+ spent in preventative health tests, a breed judge to evaluate the dog before it would be allowed into competition of working nature (this case nite hunts, water races, field trials) and the dog would have to prove working ability before being allowed to show; with all three having to be passed in order to breed.
There's no more value in a breed of a dog that has what it takes to work that has a disqualifying fault structure wise than a dog of proper structure with lack of work ability! They go hand in hand to make and distinguish the breed. Breed standards are in place to do two things. Set characteristics that separate the breed from all others and to lay down structural and temp. characteristics needed to be able to properly perform in the function the breed was created. This case would be to hunt coon.
As a breeder, I am all for setting the bar high in a breeding program. I do not have a problem with any requirements to only breed proven healthy, show quality, and working quality dogs and not breeding what does not depict the TOTAL dog.
BUT, it has to be ALL inclusive! Not just get rid of show dogs that don't hunt! They are no less a hazard to a breed than a dog that has a bad bite, wasted movement, under/oversized, improper color, or is a carrier of genetic defects.
If you can't go all the way to preserve the breed in its entirety....then it is left to individual breeders as to how the breed will be preserved or changed.
Any less than equal consideration to breed type, working ability, health, and structure in a breeding program is detrimental to a breed just as equally.
One sided requirements just promotes a breeder and not a breed.
Yes, there should be less titled show dogs if required to demonstrate hunting ability. But there'd be a big decrease in working titled dogs if they made it equally important to make sure they met breed standard and were free of debilitating genetic defects. Breeding would be greatly reduced if only healthy and true to breed standard in its entirety were allowed to be bred.
Neither side of this topic is more right or more wrong. It is just personal preference unless it is all inclusive. One of the freedoms enjoyed in this country to have a personal preference and breed to meet personal preference rather than being required to breed to the integrity to the entire breed standard requirements. It also makes it to where anybody can participate in the venue of their choice at any income level. You would not be seeing mixed bred, $200-$400 pups, or have the number of pups available if such requirements to breed were to be based on health, working ability, and meeting the breed standard in its entirety.Coonhound pups would quickly rise to $900+ level with other breeds where breeders cater to the total dog in their breeding programs.
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03-22-2012 06:31 AM
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