I let them know if they would like to breed I need to see the dog to see if I feel if it is of breeding qaulity. If yes, then they need to be willing to show their dog to show its breeding quality as well as OFA their dogs hips and elbows. Once OFA is done (and passed) they must be willing to have me on as a co-owner to ensure the bitch is not bred until she has been proven breeding quality at shows if they wish me to change the registration. Usually once they hear everything involved they change their mind. And I have even had people who have gone through all the steps, get a Major on their bitch and then decided they would not want to breed after all once they realize hwow much is involved, and then went to spay their girl. Ann Marie www.amarigsd.com Home of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadelwald TC ROM OFA Ch Amari's Beware of Foxy Roxy CGC TC OFA Amari's Elizabeth Taylor (Major pointed/Best in Show Bred-By winner) Breeder/Owner of R/Best in Futurity Ch Amari's Ava Gardner TC OFA Ch Amari's Bandit of Broadcreek OFA (Multiple Group Placer) Amari's Blissfull Jazz CGC TDI (Major pointed) Amari's Cinderella von Hornberger (Ch pointed) Amari's Chances Are (Ch pointed) Amari's Ella Enchanted (Ch pointed @ 7 months/Major Reserve @ 11 months) --- On Fri, 6/4/10, Kathy Sawler <kgsawler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Kathy Sawler <kgsawler@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Question and Litter Announcement! To: "GSD-List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 11:15 AM I'm curious what you all tell people who have bought a puppy from you and a year later say that they are so in love with their dog ( and so is everybody else) that they want to know if they can breed it? I do explain things to folks when they purchase the pup that it is a pet, on a limited registration, and that not all dogs should be bred. But, ironically, after a night of whelping four boys and a girl from BOF, Best in Olympics winner, champion pointed Bill-Mars Ms Trouble (Trouble daughter) who was bred to Bill-Mars Tank (Alvin son), I get an e-mail from a man who is inquiring what the process is to breed his girl. I've been down this road before with folks but am so tired right now I cannot think straight. Just curious how others handle this. Besides, don't we need a new topic! Kathy Sawler _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================