I have thought about this a lot. That is always a dangerous thing for me. There are not that many great stud dogs that I want to breed my bitch to. I think long and hard about who I would want to use, and then who will match with my bitch. I study the lines, look at what has been produced, how the bitches worked with one dog or another. Then, to be honest, I ask Tedi what I want to do. However, I have never seen a situation where I want to divide a litter in order to "test" or something the dog or bitch with two males. I just can't think of any advantage. If you get good puppies from one and not the other, that is no promise it won't be different in the next breeding. Maybe it is because we at our house usually breed a litter one time every two years or so. But, if we did more breedings, I would want the biggest litter possible from the best bitch to the best male I could find. Maybe this discussion should begin with a statement as to what advantage there is in breeding to two males at the same time? I must be missing something. Or, maybe it is like robbing banks. I think it was Dillinger who when asked why he robbed banks, he said, because that is where the money is. Evan L. Ginsburg gsyrfund.com Asgard German Shepherds _http://www.asgardgsd.com_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) Where Type Movement and Temperament come together In a message dated 1/22/13 8:18:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, DARLINBOO@xxxxxxx writes: The breeding we did with dual sires was with both stud dog owners knowing and in agreement. In fact, we did AI's with the younger dog followed by natural breedings with the older dog. Both owners were OK with this. Interestingly, all pups were by the older dog and the natural breedings???? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================