| MarieGalligan |
| Posted 2/14/2008 5:55:55 AM |
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I bought a Chihuahua Long Coat, he is 10 nearly 11 weeks old, Oscar is his name. Now I only bought him as a pet, a posh puppy if you will, but I noticed on his papers there is an endorsement not to breed? What does this mean? I don't want to breed him, but is he handicaped because he has an endorsement? |
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| beaglebrat |
| Posted 2/14/2008 8:23:17 AM |
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When you say endorsement, I assume you mean signature. As in you signed something saying you would not breed the dog?
When people buy my PET Puppies as PET ONLY, I make them sign a spay/neuter agreement in part of my puppy contract.
If you want to breed I need to know a lot more about you and your plans for my baby that you are getting. |
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| maoseger1010 |
| Posted 2/14/2008 8:31:54 AM |
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| Quote MarieGalligan: I bought a Chihuahua Long Coat, he is 10 nearly 11 weeks old, Oscar is his name. Now I only bought him as a pet, a posh puppy if you will, but I noticed on his papers there is an endorsement not to breed?... |
I believe this is an English term, it is placed on Puppies registered with UKC or from the UK to keep any Puppies produced by this Dog from being registered. (could also be used in other places but the first time I heard of it, the Dog was from the UK) AKA to try to keep you from breeding the dog. Clearly the breeder you got the Dog from did not want this Dog used as a breeder. Only the breeder can remove the restriction, but likely will not do so. It doesn't mean that he's not a good dog, just that the breeder wants to keep control of their line and not let anyone else use it. |
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| beaglebrat |
| Posted 2/14/2008 11:08:39 AM |
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So basically like 'limited registration' with AKC? |
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| MarieGalligan |
| Posted 2/14/2008 11:23:14 AM |
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Well on the advertisement it said no breeders?
Edited by Gbat1stop
That's him on the far Left! I have him two week's now and he is a sheer dote! Totally head over heals inlove with him, but still when he's all grown up I might buy him a girlfriend. And I wouldn't like to breed but if they decide to have Puppies I'd like to know there is nothing wrong with them! |
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| NoSkiveez |
| Posted 2/14/2008 12:01:00 PM |
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If your Dog was sold to you on terms that it was not to be bred, you may be in violation of your contract. And I hope that the breeder strictly enforces the terms of the contract!!!
Being that it also states on the Ad "NO BREEDERS" I think that it would be very inappropriate for you to even consider such an act.
Saying that you dont plan on breeding them but if they decided to have Puppies you would like to know there was nothing wrong with them....that sickens me!!!
There may be a good reason that they are not intended to be bred. Maybe you should tell the breeder your plans and see how she reacts to this.
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| beaglebrat |
| Posted 2/14/2008 12:06:40 PM |
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Pet means pet, that the breeder did not want the puppy to go to a home where s/he would be bred.
If you thought you wanted something different, you should have bought from a different breeder.
It doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with your puppy, but it does mean that when you purchased the puppy that the breeder intended for you to neuter him.
I don't know anything about this type of registration, but I do know that with AKC if you breed limited registered dogs, you can NOT register the Puppies. |
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| christinadorris |
| Posted 2/14/2008 12:07:10 PM |
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Having Puppies is not something you just do. If you are to have them, it takes a lot of planning and yes you must know about the parents heredity.  You need to know everything about a year before you could "let" anything happen. |
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| MaryAndDobes |
| Posted 2/14/2008 4:00:09 PM |
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Your pets are your responsibility, and part of your responsibility is to make decisions for them. They don't "decide" to breed - they follow their instincts but only if you allow it. You wouldn't just leave a bag of Dog food on the floor and let him "decide" when it's time to open the bag, when to eat and how much, would you? If you let him "decide" when to get his vaccinations, do you think he'd ever "decide" to go do that? Those may be silly examples but there is nothing silly about breeding and all the responsibility that it entails.
If a puppy is sold on non-breeding terms, it generally means it is not of breeding quality. There may not be something wrong that you can see but your breeder is hopefully experienced enough to have graded their Puppies appropriately. It usually means that some conformational quality is "off" like the eye colour isn't quite right, or the ear set isn't right, or the neck set could be better, or the topline is saggy, etc. There are all kinds of things it could be. Responsible breeders want only the best to be bred, and presumably your breeder was careful enough to take care of that via the non-breeding terms. |
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| suebgone |
| Posted 2/14/2008 4:13:39 PM |
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if "they" decide to have Puppies.? OMG
how will you assure they are not related without doing all the research on the generations behind them?
will you do all the genetic testing as well as test for STD's etc?
are you aware how high a risk un-neutered dogs are at for cancer? the female's risk goes up by 80% if she goes into her first heat.
the males are subject to testicular cancer, prostate problems & anal tumors |
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