Is it ok breed my dogs, even though they are on restricted AKC registration because they are pet quality?

You shouldn’t do this and expect to receive ANY money at all. If you do decide to do this, you should “sell” them for the price of their first vet costs plus a SMALL fee (no more than $20 extra) for the “raising” of them.

OMG finally someone who thinks the way I do! I believe totally that you should be able to get a good pet at a good price.

It doesn’t matter if the AKC registration is restricted. You just make sure you don’t let the breeder of your dogs find out. They will sue you if they find out you bred the dogs. Sell the dogs online they will be less likely to find out.
They’re your dogs after all right? You bought them, why can’t you do whatever you please. Who cares what the breeder did before you, you got the dogs now.

You go girl!

Pet quality means that there are potentially undesirable traits that may not appear to a high degree in your dog, but that could be passed down to its offspring. Your dog may be lovely and happy and friendly, but those are not qualities that necessarily breed true.

In addition, small dogs are often more difficult to breed, especially when you’re cross-breeding, because they are little and the risk of the pups growing inside them is greater. Pregnancy is always a strain on the dog, and a dog who has puppies is at a higher risk for physical problems and diseases, including cancer later in life. If you really want to spoil your dogs and give them the best possible life, get them spayed and neutered and let them stay your babies.

From reading your question you are someone that should not be breeding dogs.and i don’t say this to be mean I’m just telling you the truth.

Don’t do it!

Dog breeding is not a game or something to do on a whim. You are creating living breathing animals that will either live a very short painful life, or that will most likely live a long painful life.

It is one thing to breed two dogs from the same breed together because you know roughly what the puppies will look like. Where I live in New Zealand there was a story in once of the pet magazines that talked about this poor puppy that was a cross breed and the eye balls keeping popping out because the eye ball was genetically from one parent – and the eye socket was genetically from the other parent. I am not making this up. I personally had a German Shepherd Rottwheler cross that had to be put to sleep at 18 months because he got one leg bone from his dad and one from his mum – and after having him on powerful painkillers for 14 months we had to make the painful decision to put him to sleep.

Your dogs are not toys to play with, and you are being completely irresponsible if you carry through with this breeding. It costs a lot to breed good dogs, and you need to do it properly. The best thing you can do is get your dogs neutured and speyed and enjoy them rather than trying to make money out of them.

People can go to shelters and rescues and get a good puppy for a reasonable price. This is how most of them ended up there anyway. Breeding mixed breed dogs gives you mutts and there are plenty of them already.

You should spay and neuter your dogs and encourage other people to do the same because dogs (puppies) die everyday due to irresponsible breeding.

You don’t breed a dog because it is cute. You breed to better the breed. You can not do this by breeding 2 different breeds.
All you would be doing is creating mutts.

Do not breed your dogs. Why would you possibly think that breeding dogs of differen t breeds is a plus? It’s a crapshoot as to whether you get the best or worst of each breed. Breeding any dogs without doing the necessary genetic testing is a disastrous idea. Please check out this:

http://www.wonderpuppy.net/breeding.htm#breeding

Everyone does deserve a good puppy. You ca find them on petfinder.com.

I wouldn’t take any amount of money for my mixed breed rescue dog that I got as a puppy.

there’s also a lot more to breeding than just having a cute puppy. PLEASE don’t breed your dogs.

There isn’t a problem with it. Just make sure your male is smaller than your female so that it doesn’t kill her.

There is nothing wrong with having a mixed breed puppy or pet. Everyone does deserve a good puppy for a reasonable price. Some people charge downright outrageous prices.

What is wrong with breeding and making a little money. Some of you on here are down right ugly when it comes to breeding dogs. Just because there are strays in your area doesn’t mean there are alot of strays in other area’s.

I dont know why people are being so mean to you they are your dogs and YOU can do whatever you want with your dogs. I am sure that they are very sweet and spoiled dogs make the best parents as they they know how much you love them so then they love their puppies more. Besides, no one who sold you the dogs under the contract will ever know so you can do it and then make puppies and then people will have your cute puppies for Christmas!!!

If the breeder put your dogs on limited register (“restricted AKC papers”) they did it for a reason – because your dogs are not breeding quality.

There are many problems that you could have breeding your dogs, including issues with the b!tch’s pregnancy, the b!tch needing an emergency c-section which can cost more than $1000, puppies that are born still born, puppies that are born deformed, fading puppy syndrome, health problems that arise with the pups because YOU don’t know anything about dog breeding or genetics.

When two dogs of different breeds are bred, it is most certainly NOT a plus for the offspring. Majority of the time, the dogs bred from have not been health tested (and no, this does not been vet checked!!!) for breed specific health problems, the difference in size and structure can mean puppies have joint, hip and elbow problems, puppies characteristics and temperment are almost always impossible to predict because it can be any combination of its parents, grandparents or any other dog in its genetic history.

There are puppies at reasonable prices. They are in the local pound, bred by people like yourself. I also have two papered pedigree purebred dogs that were what I consider a reasonable price for well bred, health tested and structurally sound dogs. Please don’t breed your dogs. You are just another uneducated and naive backyard breeder who will be adding more unwanted dogs to rescue.

The reason they are on restricted pedigrees is because their breeders, who one assumes know what they are doing, do not feel that either of these dogs are of sufficient quality to be used at breeding.

As for the story that putting two different pure breeds together ensures hybrid vigour – it is a MYTH. Hybrid vigour is when you cross two subspecies NOT two breeds within the same species. Here with designer *mutts*, we are talking about centuries of breeding each particular breed, each with their own set of genetic hereditary issues, including health problems. The responsible breeder health tests all their breeding stock to reduce the risk of any of those problems being produced. They know the history of generations upon generations of their dogs. They ensure that they do all they can to produce a health, happy puppy. One of the many reasons pure bred puppies cost more than the mutts (a designer dog by any label is still a mongrel, still a mutt).

When you blend two different, yet highly genetically focussed breeds, you create an animal that can manifest BOTH sets of genetic problems, often in much worse levels. It takes upwards of 10 generations of concentrated breeding to ensure that those genetically blended problems are lessened.

So, while you believe in your heart that your two dogs are wonderful, are you willing to ensure that they are thoroughly tested for any health problems? Are you willing to provide each and every puppy buyer with a warranty regarding health? Are you willing to pay the big bucks necessary to ensure that if there are problems with whelping, that your girl is saved? Can you afford a Caesarian? Can you afford to lose some or all of the puppies. What will your reaction be if you lose your girl due to complications?

Is “Holly Mills” the name of your puppy mill,then? =0)

That would make them like 4 weeks old at Christmas! OMG that’s the PERFECT age to get a puppy!!!

Pet quality dogs should not be bred, period. Even if an AKC registered dog is bred to another of the SAME breed that is also AKC registered. The reason your dogs were sold on limited registrations is because they are NOT breeding stock quality. AKC registrations, while one of the the only U.S. registrations worth anything ,are still not worth much more than the paper they are printed on. The QUALITY of the dogs is much more important, and you were already informed that your dogs are qualified only as pets, not breeders.

It’s ridiculous to think that breeding two inferior dogs will produce a superior result…I don’t know where you got this idea, but you should NOT trust the person who gave you this information.

When you breed “pet quality” dogs the puppies are often just as “defective” as the parents…health problems are more common (luxating patellas, hip problems, allergies, etc.) and undesirable traits are passed on. Good puppies are reasonably priced even at $2000, your dogs are VERY unlikely to produce good puppies, in fact, they’re unlikely to even produce puppies that are GOOD ENOUGH. The breeder knew what they were doing when they sold these dogs on limited registrations, please talk to the breeders of your dogs for information on why your dogs are NOT qualified to be bred.

Yes, everyone desevers to buy a GOOD puppy at a REASONABLE price.

Let me explain – I am not a breeder of dogs, nor do I ever want to breed dogs, I am someone who has suffered at the hands of another who should not have bred dogs.

19 months ago I wanted a little mate to go running with (ETA – Rex never got to come for a run with me, he died before he was old enough!). I love Border Collies and when I was a kid you got your dogs from a pet shop so, off to the pet shop we went and bought a Border Collie.

The first night we got him home the problems started…..he cried and cried and cried. It didn’t matter how much we ignored him or played with him he would cry when he was alone. After 2 weeks we got him a little mate – still no stopping the crying.

Then we started to get him out into the world. He was aggressive towards other dogs from the outset.

THEN at 4 months he began to limp. By seven months we just about had his behavioural issues sorted out, only to find that the limp wasn’t going to go away and even with MAJOR surgery and 2 months in a crate there was no guarantee of a soloution to the problem, not to mention the arthritis he had already developed as a result of his GENETIC problems.

At seven months my poor boy was put to sleep because an irresponsible person had bred him without health testing. Into the bargain they had weaned him too early and not socialised him (I haven’t gone into the detail here, but it was clear to those who know dogs and knew him) so we had behavioural problems + health problems. 12 months later I still haven’t forgiven myself for what happened to poor Rex.

So to clarify, if you breed your two dogs they will NOT be GOOD puppies and anything you charge for them will not be REASONABLE…….IMO leave breeding to the professionals. If you really want to breed then go and learn about it and register yourself as a breeder –

Please, please, please do the right thing by your pups and the people who buy them and give them the best start possible, not a roll of the dice.

For the record, the little girl we got to keep Rex company is an awesome dog and is incredibly well trained (sheep herding, flyball, agility obedience), but given my previous experience not a day goes by that I don’t prey she does not end up suffering the same fate as my little man because of a genetic flaw somewhere in her make up.

Yes, they do but given that you clearly know nothing about dog breeding or genetics, I’d suggest you pull your head in and get your dogs desexed and don’t add to the millions of dogs who die each year in shelters. What makes you think that you’d get the best of both breeds? What happens when you get sued because your pups get the worst of both breeds? Will you take the pups back at any age? Will you provide continuing support to the owners? Are you prepared to fork out the money to a vet when something inevitably goes wrong when your poor dog gives birth? Even the most experienced AKC breeders have problems and you know nothing about breeding. People should be getting their dogs from shelters and rescue services or be going to ethical breeders which you are clearly not. The dog pounds are full of these crossbred mutts and so many of them die there because of people like you.

Every one does deserve to get a puppy at a reasonable price..thats why they have registered breeders who breed for the love of their chosen breed, and rescue dogs that you can aquire through a shelter pound etc. Why on earth would you want breed your 2 dogs, destroying the trust their breeder placed in you, and wind up with potentially 4-6 little problems?
Pounds are already full of adorable little ideas much the same as yours. Most of them dont make it out. do you really want to risk your dogs life carrying, whelping, and bring into the world little lives that will only be killed?
go get your dogs desexed, the pounds dont need your additions to them

How about you ring the breeders of your AKC registered dogs and see how they feel about your breeding plans??
Pretty sure they will be rather annoyed at you. When you purchased these animals you would have agreed to desex them at 6months as it is standard when purchasing a pet quality animal.
You should be ashamed of yourself. YOU add to the animals in the pounds. YOU add to the poor animals in the pet shops.
YOU are responsible for this.
You have no idea what goes into breeding and are willing to risk the health of your pets to make some cash?
Do you realise that an emergency c section can cost up to $2000.00? Do you realise that your female whilst in whelp must be fed puppy food for the nutrients and vitamins? Do you have a whelping box? Are you prepared to hand feed these puppies if your female does not take to them or dies in birth or tries to killthe pups? Are you prepared to vaccinated and microchip these pups? It is law that they be microchipped and vaccinated BEFORE they go to new homes, homes which they are not allowed to go to BEFORE they are 8weeks old. Are you prepared to look after them until then?

Think long and hard and ring your breeders, YOU are the reason so many breeders are desexing their pups BEFORE they leave at 8 weeks.