Why is that?



Predominantly because you've described yourself as a kid with no patience. How in the world are you going to take care of a litter of puppies? Do you have any idea of the time involved? Are you done school or do you intend to take several weeks off in order to care for puppies properly?



You haven't had the patience to apply yourself to ONE dog, let alone two.



Beyond that, your dog is clearly a pet meaning that he is not an outstanding example of the breed that should be bred. That is not an insult. It's just that responsible breeders are SELECTIVE, they choose to breed the BEST examples of the breed AFTER they have gained the knowledge necessary to do that. With all due respect, you don't even know how to post ears! Who is going to help your puppy owners? The BREEDER should be a knowledgeable source of information on things like posting (which you've been unsuccessful at so far) and on things like obedience training (which you've been too impatient for so far).



This is a post I wrote for someone else this morning, it applies to you too.

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First of all, he should be registered.



Then he should be an outstanding example of his breed as evidenced by an AKC conformation championship? Are you showing

your dog? Do you know his conformational strengths and weaknesses?



Have you studied his pedigree and determined the strengths and weaknesses of his ancestors? You should know what they looked

like (how can you improve on him if you don't?), you should know the results of their health testing pertinent to the breed (you don't want to produce puppies that aren't healthy, right? so you need to know what problems they might have carried), you should know the ages and causes of death of the ancestors, you should know how many and where the incidences of missing teeth, monorchids,

etc were. If you don't know any of the above, you are breeding blind and you have no idea what problems you might bring into the

world.



How old is your dog? He should be over 2 years old before you consider breeding him. Any female you breed should

also be over 2 years old. AND they both should be health tested for the problems in their breed. Do you know what those problems

are? And more importantly do you have any idea how they are generated in a breeding program and how to avoid them?

Responsible breeders do a lot of research into which problems are recessive and which ones are dominant and try their best to avoid

problems and accentuate positives. Keep in mind that some states have Puppy Lemon Laws and if you produce an unhealthy puppy

when proper research could have prevented it, you might land in a bit of trouble.



Some of the problems seen or common in Dobes are:

dilated cardiomyopathy

CVI

vWD

thyroid disease

genetic eye disease

hip / elbow dysplasia

various cancers



Some of those problems are fatal, some are recessive (and can be lurking in any pedigree so that's where your pedigree research

becomes vitally important), some are crippling, etc. Do you know what they all are and has your boy been

tested for the ones that can be tested for?



Keep in mind that any female you breed would also require testing and much pedigree research.



While any moron can put any two dogs of the opposite sex together and have puppies, keep in mind that you are creating LIFE and it

is your responsibility to do the best you can. As I said, one must be aware that there are laws now that may pertain to what you do

when you breed.



I also think that any would-be breeder should be aware of the rescue situation for their breed before breeding. A quick check of

petfinder just now tells me that there are more than 1000 homeless Dobermans currently. And that's just the tip of the iceburg.

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