Hello Patrick,
as my wife already said,it wasn't meant as a personal attack.
But I still don't agree with your breeding policy.
Breeding also means improving.At least the attempt.
Of course it is easy to take the stud dog "round the corner" or even your own.
That saves a lot of time ,money and risk.
Breeders for example, who always use their own stud dogs for their bitches (I mean the same or very similar pairings several times) are no breeders but producers.
The gene pool of this breed is still far too small to do things like that.
We have to think in international dimensions,because genes don't stop at borders and our dogs are spread all over Europe and even the world.
That brings us back to the point that it's sometimes necessary to travel hundrets or thousands of kilometres to find a certain stud dog.
If a breeder is not willing or able to do that, please don't breed.
The same with HD-regulations in the different countries,if there aren't any,every breeder got to control himself.If not,please don't breed.
Anyway,only care and devotion (I'm sorry Kat !) doesn't make an excellent CSW.
If you come to Germany in September we maybe could talk about things like that with a nice German or Belgian beer.
Regards,
Michael
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