Know where i can find another dog to breed my dog with?

[aprilmayjune]

Without an AKC certificate, please don't breed your dog. Also, it IS up to you to make sure that your stud is free from common genetic defects, before breeding. Have him OFA and CERF certified. Yup. I will cost you $$$. But seriously, it's ONLY responsible/right that you get it done. It's just not fair to the future owners of the puppies. Passing on hip displasia or blindness just ain't right. And NO, you can't tell without testing. And YES, I'm a Geneticist by education.

I would definitely get the dog tested. That would make the puppies lives better, the new owners lives a little more stress free, and could save you problems in the long run in case someone comes looking for you to pay the vet bills because believe me, people will try to get someone else to pay the bills before they have to, even if it something that could not have been prevented or tested for. I've seen people try to get a hold of the breeders after the dog is over a year old because he developed some kind of allergy and the owners don't think it is their responsibility to pay the bills. I don't trust people so I would never breed my dogs. But I don't think being AKC certified should have anything to do with you breeding your dog unless you plan on showing them. Mutts are generally healthier anyways (less chance of inbreeding and genetic diseases, and yes AKC dogs have them just as much as any other breed I've seen it way to many times unfortunately), but like a lot of people have said, there are plenty of mutts and homeless dogs in the shelters. I usually try to discourage breeding dogs, but if everyone listened to me then I wouldn't have my mutts. So if you are going to do it, then do it right. As far as finding a female, I'm not sure how that goes. I would probably find an aussie forum or go through your vet so you can find a female that is very well taken care of with owners that know what they are doing, but I would think it would be hard to want to breed your dog and expect someone else to do all the hard work of raising the pups.

[Bill S]

My points about AKC are this: Without an AKC certification, the pups are pretty much worthless. Without an AKC certification, you can't really claim you have a purebred dog. Without an AKC certification, there's no pedigree.

I'll get to the point - which is just MY opinion: If you aren't breeding for a purpose (show, hunt, herd, guard, etc.), don't breed. There are WAY too many dogs being detroyed, to create a bunch more. We are former breeders and owners of top-winning show dogs. We now have 2 rescued dogs. Both great dogs, BTW, but would NEVER be bred - even if we hadn't had them fixed. Seriously, only a tiny fraction of individual dogs are worth breeding.

[aprilmayjune]

I agree 100% but from my experience in pet stores and vet clinics I have been forced to look at it differently. Kind of like how schools were teaching abstinence but that caused a higher rate of problems since teens were uneducated about the risks and preventative measures. Since teachers figured out teens would be sexually active no matter what they said, they may as well teach how to do it safely. Very strange parallel but I think it works

[erikharrison]

All of our pets are rescued, except for the fish and the mali.