Over the years we Show Dog Breeders have problems that we have
difficulty understanding, and for which the Veterinary profession has no
answers.
Dogs that we hope to stand at stud, have a poor sperm count and never
manage to fertilize a bitch, are not interested in mating a bitch.
Bitch’s that have funny seasons, rarely or never ovulate, would sooner
fight the stud dog than mate.
Dogs and Bitch’s that have strange temperaments, Nervousness, Fear-bite
Overly aggressive etc.
In my experience in over Forty Years in Bullterrier breeding, most of
the problems arise when we try to fight nature.
I am sure everyone has heard the saying ( Survival of the fittest), this
is nature in action.
In the wild, the leader of the pack who is the toughest dog mates most
of the bitches, resulting in a pack that has very masculine dogs and
feminine bitches who have no trouble whelping.
In the Show Ring the dog that wins the most awards is heavily used at
stud, very often it is the elegant dog that takes the Judges eye, one
might say slightly pretty, they tend to be a little quieter maybe they
have a few more female hormones, a little less Testosterone, his bitch
pups tend to be a little more Doggy, the dog pups a little less
masculine.
The doggy bitch has fewer pups, they are bigger, often the bitch cannot
pass them, result without human intervention one dead bitch.
( Nature has a wonderful way of solving problems).
We as breeders also propagate the problem by having caesarian’s to
remove puppies that the bitch cannot pass then we breed from the suspect
progeny.
The standard of our breed has the perfect answer
Irrespective of size Dogs should be masculine and Bitch’s feminine.
