Can a few here help me (us all!) out by finding a few links to explain about how the AKC (other such registries) work? I've gotten another of those notes from a DOLer saying her dogs, who are disqualified under the standard, are breedable as the "AKC told her so" by giving her papers on them--that means (she said) they are breedable! We need to go over this again, as again we have a new crop of enthusiastic would-be breeders who need access to the very, very basic info--so anything to help. Please?
The other thing is, any links out there to try explain to people that to want to breed purebred dogs is to love what they are, not what you want to make of them? Breeds have standards, so Golden Retrievers must be golden, Flat-Coats must have flat-coats, Chihuahuas must be small and Danes must be big. You can love a small Dane, but you cannot love Danes as a breed & a breeder if you want to breed 26" Danes, Danes all with yellow eyes, or take Danes from their own tradition of color and make them like Greyhounds (a "color immaterial" breed). Might as well say so many have snipey muzzles, so we ought to breed for lack of lip, as to say, so many come in other colors, we ought to do away with known colors--or that we can breed a "mini" version--why not--lots would like an apartment-sized Dane, so what's wrong with that, you are only then sharing what you love?
What's wrong with all of this is that a purebred is preserved thru its standard. You don't have to love purebreds, but if you have fallen in love with some breed, the first place you go to see what makes that breed distinct IS its standard and the last thing you would do, loving that breed is to start saying what is wrong with the standard, how it should be changed to accomodate what you like (esp. if you are new & must admit your journey in the breed then is just started!). We are supposed to dedicate ourselves (as breeders) to preserving this breed, it's not ours to play with, turn into something we like "better" & I'd submit if Danes won't do as they are, maybe there is a breed that would fit those folks better? After all like 700 breeds out there, so surely a better fit if you come in to this breed and the first thing you do is complain about it and want to change it?
Most here love the breed for what it is & want to see it endure (for all THAT is not easy for a giant dog like the Dane in the 21 century!) So can some here provide some inspiring notes and/or links for folks who are restless in this breed & think it should be other than it is? THey can then read this, fall in or out of love with Danes, learn to appreciate the breed as it is, or maybe find one that suits better. It's like falling in love. You don't do this & then try to change the person. You either love them as they are, or you don't love them enough & need to move on. Deep knowledge brings with it delight or dismissal? Help find a few things to help folks who like this breed but are not sure they really are "in love" yet? Thanks.
The other thing is, any links out there to try explain to people that to want to breed purebred dogs is to love what they are, not what you want to make of them? Breeds have standards, so Golden Retrievers must be golden, Flat-Coats must have flat-coats, Chihuahuas must be small and Danes must be big. You can love a small Dane, but you cannot love Danes as a breed & a breeder if you want to breed 26" Danes, Danes all with yellow eyes, or take Danes from their own tradition of color and make them like Greyhounds (a "color immaterial" breed). Might as well say so many have snipey muzzles, so we ought to breed for lack of lip, as to say, so many come in other colors, we ought to do away with known colors--or that we can breed a "mini" version--why not--lots would like an apartment-sized Dane, so what's wrong with that, you are only then sharing what you love?
What's wrong with all of this is that a purebred is preserved thru its standard. You don't have to love purebreds, but if you have fallen in love with some breed, the first place you go to see what makes that breed distinct IS its standard and the last thing you would do, loving that breed is to start saying what is wrong with the standard, how it should be changed to accomodate what you like (esp. if you are new & must admit your journey in the breed then is just started!). We are supposed to dedicate ourselves (as breeders) to preserving this breed, it's not ours to play with, turn into something we like "better" & I'd submit if Danes won't do as they are, maybe there is a breed that would fit those folks better? After all like 700 breeds out there, so surely a better fit if you come in to this breed and the first thing you do is complain about it and want to change it?
Most here love the breed for what it is & want to see it endure (for all THAT is not easy for a giant dog like the Dane in the 21 century!) So can some here provide some inspiring notes and/or links for folks who are restless in this breed & think it should be other than it is? THey can then read this, fall in or out of love with Danes, learn to appreciate the breed as it is, or maybe find one that suits better. It's like falling in love. You don't do this & then try to change the person. You either love them as they are, or you don't love them enough & need to move on. Deep knowledge brings with it delight or dismissal? Help find a few things to help folks who like this breed but are not sure they really are "in love" yet? Thanks.
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