Liesje:My breeder took her homebred bitch in heat to the show, and after watching males for three days straight she chose Gorbi and bred her bitch to Gorbi after the show.
I guess it was the right place if the purpose was to evaluate breeding stock.
I could swear in the pics you've shared of Nikon, has some slope to him. Maybe not enough to be a factor and it's hard to tell when they are just stumbling puppies.
I figured you were going to get into breeding, anyway. The posts about your breeder's comments about Nikon, your post about what it takes to enforce a neuter clause in the contract. As in, what could your breeder actually do about it if you just breed Nikon by your own design, which is not to say that you won't do a good job. You might do better if you go by working lines and such criteria as SCH. I think your breeder has some faults in the lines and they are unsalvagable. You might be doing a favor to the line by breeding away from that. Momma carries all the genes. Breeding a male out of the line offers a 50 percent chance of taking a step away. And then you will find how hard it is to enforce a contract. But, hopefully, it will remain hobby breeding for you and others, who truly desire to have rock solid dogs for SCH.
I would like to think that even though 3 days may help in evaluating a dog that there is more to the decision to breed than just "mm, good color." I think that's a wrong criteria. The moment you look to something like color or even a particular gait, you take your eyes off temperment and workability. Workability will certainly dictate some structure.
Liesje: would make myself a note in my catalog, but then I would talk to the breeder or owner, go meet that dog, and make a final decision
That might make a suitable list of bitches for Nikon in a year or two.
The way you treat your dog in this life determines your place in heaven. - chukchi proverb
