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I love pits and was wondering what does it take to start breeding and how did some of you start. Do you need to own your own house and space? do you start with dogs from the same line

>>I love pits and was wondering what does it take to start breeding and how did some of you start. Do you need to own your own house and space? do you start with dogs from the same line

Those are good questions to ask. I've been waiting hoping someone who owns pits would answer, but no nibbles so far.
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Tasha

>>>>I love pits and was wondering what does it take to start breeding and how did some of you start. Do you need to own your own house and space? do you start with dogs from the same line
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>>Those are good questions to ask. I've been waiting hoping someone who owns pits would answer, but no nibbles so far.
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>> Tasha

Well, it takes mentoring with a successful and respected breeder so that person will decide to place dogs worthy of carrying on the breed with you. It takes the right dog or dogs (most of the time you'll get better genetics by very careful matches to dogs you do not own, so you can start with ONE good breeding dog). It takes doing all the proper health tests for the breed, so that you are not reproducing medical genetic nightmares. It takes proving that your dog's temperament is sound, through whatever tests are used in your breed. It takes proving that your dog's conformation is correct, through conformation breed competition to the point of earning a championship on the dog. This will also provide some degree of evaluation of the dog's basic temperament and trainability. You can't successfully show a dog with a really terrible temperament.
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series at www.veterinaryforum.com

Personally, when i look for a breeder, these are the things i look for:

Health tests:
OFA
-Elbows (pass)
-Hips (good or excellent)
-Cardiac (pass)
-Thyroid (pass)
-vWD (high percentage)

PennHip
-Scores lower than .50/.50 (each side)

CERF
-for the eyes

Temperament tests
-Canine Good Citizen test
-TT Temperament testing

Conformational Championship
-in UKC and maybe ADBA?

Working titles
-agility titles (in AKC, UKC or other agility association)
-obedience titles (same as above)
-weightpull titles (in UKC, IWPA or other)

That's just a little of what *i* look for in a breeder. Everyone else i know look for the same. If i were that person, i would look for a breeder (with above titles on their dogs) to get a dog from. Work with said dog and go from there. A good breeder will mentor you and such. i'm not a breeder, nor will ever be. With so many pit bulls dying in shelters everyday, and with so many being banned, i feel only the ULTRA responsible should breed. And that takes a whole lot of work. More work than i want to put in! i'm a pure bull and terrier consumer