Breed Showing

Breed Showing is the arena where the future of the Breed are shown and where potential buyers can see the best of the best, ask questions of the breeders and make informed decisions about which blood-lines they wish to purchase, be it for a home pet or for their own breeding programme.

Much of the information held in the section on buying a puppy is relevant to Breed Showing, and these notes continue on from there.
 

Breeding:

You will now need to choose a Stud Dog that is compatible with your Stud Bitch, or vice versa if you have the Stud Dog.

Talk to the breeder of your bitch and watch the Breed shows to see what the dog is producing and the type.

Both the Dog and Bitch should be hip x-rayed.

The owner of the Stud Dog will require you to fulfil certain obligations: Blood test the bitch, swab for infections, etc, but these will be discussed at the time.

The mating will take place with either one or two visits as dictated by the stud dog owner.

And then there are the FORMS:

Kennel Name:

You will need to register a kennel name.

Mating and whelping form: To record the dates of these events.

Registration form: to register the puppies under your kennel name.

To breed a healthy litter is costly, the stud fee, the vet visits, registration fees, feeding the bitch, feeding the litter, vaccinations, worming. These all add up to quite a considerable investment. But happy, healthy, well covered (body condition) and clean puppies will encourage buyers to come back and have another look at your litter.

First impressions do Count.

And the condition you keep your own dogs in also influences puppy buyers.

Birth of the litter, Champagne all round!

Raising of the pups and now to see all those prospective puppy buyers.

Isn’t this where you came in two years ago?

“SERIOUS STUFF” Yes it is, but you are now one of the guardians of this wonderful breed and this responsibility should be taken seriously.

But at the end of the day, all of the above means nothing, if your dog means nothing to you.

Its nice to win in the Breed ring or competitive arena, but ask anyone at the show and they will all tell you that they are still taking home the Best dog there.

Club Address: South Island German Shepherd League P.O. Box 2133 Christchurch
Cell: 025 230 9284
E-Mail: info@sigsl.org.nz