What do you think about my dogs pedigree?

[Officially Retired]

[red504]

I know that I am talking to men who have dedicated their lives to learning and breeding gamedogs, and I am humbly doing so. Thank you.

I posted my original post about 1 hour after I bought my first subscription to this site. Thus didn't take the time to upload Red's ped. Sorry. I have since tried but ran into a problem with Reds dad being under two different names (or something), but I have reached out for some help...so as soon as I get that figured out ill upload his ped.

Jack I just read The 5 Keys to Success and it was truly an eye opening read. Thanks

I do love my dog. I have keep him away from the ppl who gave him to me who have begged me to let him hunt. I did not let them, due to me being afraid of him getting hurt. Recently he slipped his leash and ran into a neighbors pit/mix. He was happier than I ever seen him. I realized then that if I truly loved my dog, I need to let him hunt and show everybody how good of a hunting dog he is. That is when I started joining forums and trying to learn as much as I can.

I know that some ppl said "if ya have to ask strangers on the internet....." WELL not everybody is fortunate to have a true dogman at their side that they TRUST who has their best interest in mind.

By learning as much as I can, using the ONLY resources I have, I am doing the best I can to "manage the intangibles" by not letting someone let me put my dog to a hunt without his and my best interest at heart.

I now realize that time is not as crucial as I thought. Because dogs produce later in life than I thought. I have allot to learn and I will not breed him until I am ready.

Pics coming when I get home.

Thanks for all the help

Respectfully,
RED504

[Macker]

Looking forward to seeing the pics man.

[red504]

Here are some pics I took on a few days ago.

[red504]

a few more pics of my RED.

[red504]

http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...p?dog_id=43701

I'm having trouble putting the photos that I just uploaded to this forum into his pedigree. It says that file is larger that 150. Can someone please help with that? Thanks.

[Officially Retired]

Thanks for putting up the pedigree.

You can add 4 of his photos if you'd like.

I will provide further comment later on ...

Jack

[Nut]

I'm having trouble putting the photos that I just uploaded to this forum into his pedigree. It says that file is larger that 150. Can someone please help with that? Thanks.

open it in paint, and resize picture to smaller size.

[SGC]

Nice looking dog… and you have gotten some good responses here to consider.

I'll add a little too. If you are thinking of basing a "yard" on your male, do you have the space and time to devote to a yard of dogs? Having one dog as a pet is far different than having a yard of bulldogs. What if the bitch has 10 pups? What would you do with them all?

Giving them to friends and family is not always the best choice and often results in bulldogs running loose and getting in trouble. These dogs are not for everyone. It takes a lot of time and dedication to bred a line and keep a yard. Would you be able to cull (kill) the pups or dogs that did not work out?

It is all part of being a breeder… Plus it helps to study genetics and what the great breeders of the past have put together.

Looking quickly at the pedigree you posted, it looks a bit scatterbred to me. So how would you breed him? Back to his mother? To another unrelated bitch? Study how line breeding and family breeding works, and also inbreeding, which is an important tool to "set" a line.

This thread will help with some of that --

http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...28%28-lt-lt-lt

Another thought… does he really need to be bred? What make him worthy of breeding?

I've owned some well bred dogs in the past but never bred them. A couple were worth breeding but most were not, even though they were good dogs in their own right. I was also told by old timers back in the day that "you can buy a better dog than you can breed yourself". Meaning that serious breeders know what they are doing.

There is a huge amount of "pit bulls" out there. Go look in any shelter, the majority of dogs there are pit bulls and pit mixes… most of which end up being put down. And many of them came from well meaning people who bred 2 dogs for whatever reason.

With today's negative perception of pit bulls and what they are bred to do, one should consider if starting a yard of bulldogs is a good idea…

Not to trample your dreams but these are real life things to be considered.

And again, these dogs are not for everyone.

Is Red your first pit bull?

[red504]

You all are right. Im going to sit back and learn for a while. Im not interested in breeding RED at this time anymore. I am going to research line breeding and if i have any questions i will post them on a new forum. Thanks.