Wow - Testing Breeding Dogs?

Back in April we put up a new picture of Moose and were criticized by one visitor who told us that if we were responsible breeders we'd wait until Moose had titles and health tests to prove he was "worthy" of being bred. This came in response to the fact that we mentioned he'd probably be ready and available for stud later this year.

I just came across a quite "heated" article in regards to testing breeding dogs, but before I share that, there's just one thing to say about "titles."

There are NO UKC shows available in Hawaii and anyone who lives in Hawaii knows how big an endeavor it would be to take dogs up to the mainland to get them into shows so they could get "titles" and then bring them back home (with the quarantine requirements and such). So that's the ONLY major reason why we aren't entering our dogs into registered shows.

I DO know that Moose's siblings (offspring of his father Geronimo) ARE winning shows in the mainland US and we believe that he is pretty darn close to being as "worthy" of breeding as his show winning siblings.

Okay - on to that article I mentioned. This is written by a breeder with another perspective on health testing breeding dogs. She brings up some interesting points and facts. Read the article HERE.