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Miss Pixie
Topic Started: Dec 11 2008, 09:58 AM (182 Views)
Bane
A relative of mine owns a Miniature Pinscher puppy. She is a beautiful dog; flashy black-and-tan markings, dainty body, and quick dark eyes. I don't know much about the breed itself, so I couldn't say whether she is a poor specimen of the breed or not. Anyway, the family also owns a liver Doberman Pinscher named Sable. Sable and Miss Pixie (the Miniature Pinscher) get along marvelously. Miss Pixie is fragile, but very rough-and-tumble. She has a nice personality.

My relative told me that she was told that "her parents were a Show Champion father and just a pet mother. They didn't mean for the breeding to happen." [shrug]

Well, I believe she's been taken in. Even if Daddy was a "show champion" that does not mean in any way that Miss Pixie is the same quality. And, if the people were responsible breeders, they wouldn't have had this accidental litter. They would have spayed Mommy.

So anyway, she wants to breed Miss Pixie when she's older so "[my son] can see it." This bothers me. It's just as easy to rent a video or sit down and explain things. He's an only child and about 6 years old. He doesn't understand that Miss Pixie is even fragile!

She's a small, small dog. I know a good number of Miniature Pinschers, and she's rather small for one, (although I don't know breeders or show/pet quality). I'm afraid she'd need a C-section or have a puppy get stuck.

Err... I don't know what to say to change her mind. Help?
Edited by Bane, Dec 11 2008, 11:42 AM.
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Horror stories work quite well, it seems. xD

Srsly though; find some breeder horror stories that went wrong during/after pregnancy, especially look up the ones in the Min Pin breed and other small breeds [I've had people tell me 'it won't happen' to their dog because of size/breed difference]. Tell her about miscarriage, eating puppies after they're born, bitches dying/getting severely injured during birth... the list goes on.

And then tell her about the cost of puppies and how many dogs are homeless in the shelter. With the combo of all three of these things, it usually works well enough to scare them away from breeding.
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I agree with Penn. Tell her all of the horrible things that could happen to her beloved dog. When my friend wanted a Siberian, I tried to talk her out of it because she just lets her little beagle roam all over the valley and hills where she lives and hasn't spayed or housebroken her yet. [she's 3 years old already] I finally convinced her to not get one by telling her that they have a high prey drive and if you don't train them right, they could go after smaller pets like beagles. At even the thought of her poor beagle being hurt by a prey driven or just very excited Siberian Husky, she dropped the idea and hasn't brought it up since. lol
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It's frustrating because even though I'm almost legally an adult, my father's side of the family still treats me like I'm a child. The relative I'm referring to is my aunt - a great person who's just a little misguided.

Thing is, I mentioned how Pixie could die giving birth, and she just kinda shrugged it off. I got the distinct impression she didn't want me talking to her about it. She's the kind of person who knows what she knows and won't take stories for what they're worth. Ugh.
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Aww, that IS frustrating. I have an aunt that I adore and look up to so much but she has a male dog that she says she'd like to experiment breeding to her friends farm dog to see what kind of pups they get. I really am uncomfortable with that idea but it's hard to confront her. I know where you are coming from. You don't want to speak out and then have your aunt think of you differently from then on and not accomplish anything.
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It's not a definite "this is gonna happen"-type thing, but there's a very good chance that she will try. She believes Pixie to be a worthy specimen of breeding because her father was a "champion". She doesn't even know what that means and I'm sure it was just a gimmick by the byb'r.

People are too damn curious. Hmph.
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Even thow this dogs father is a show champion it doesn't mean that little Miss Pixie is a good dog for breeding.. I guess that "Pixies" owner just like the idea of the beautiful father.. ;)
Half her genes comes from her pet-mother..

Well... I guess that nothing you'll say to them will change their mind, not even horror stories of what may happen to little Pixie.. she may not even come out from this alive and there they are with a bunch of tiny puppies who must be fed every two hours the first two weeks.. (ask them if they have got the strenght for this?) ;)
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