intrepidstaff

Hi, Thanks for the advice i have taken notice of many comments and have just mailed my family membership to SBT Society of NSW. I will continue to attempt to locate a mentor as I believe this is the most important and best thing for me to do, because i do value thier opinion and advice.....even the cranky ones. I totally understand the blues have been flogged to death and i for one am sick of the amount of people doing this purely for profit and ruining the breed, some of these so called blues dont even look like staffies....dont worry it angers me as well. I love my blue male, and I believe he is one of the better males I have seen, (he was purchased from a reputable breeder in Victoria) but he doesnt have to form part of my breeding plans, my interest in breeding did not now or ever stem from wanting to breed blues, if i never breed him i dont care he is my mate. My all time favourites are the reds. Thanks again for your comments.

Thank you for your words of support, i would rather not do it at all if i cant do it properly, god know there are swarms of people out there doing it for the wrong reason.....i am proud to say iam not one of them. tahnsk again.

Are you sure you have a "fantastic" male? Can you assess your dog honestly and objectively, with an experienced eye, pit him against the breed standard and say hand on heart that you have a fantastic male specimen of the breed, worthy of being shown, worthy of being bred from? Have you had a fresh, independent pair of eyes assess him? Maybe even a judge? Is he health tested, conformationally sound, of good temperament and is his pedigree worthy of continuing? Only when you know the faults can you progress "for the betterment of the breed". If the first thing you think about when looking to breed is what colour the bitch should be, then I suggest you do a hell of a lot more research before taking that next step. Colour is, as Sandra777 has said, utterly irrelevant and there are a lot more important issues to address first. Yes I totally agree with you and please excuse my ignorance as this is my first time into all things breeding, but we all have to start somwhere, ask dumb questions, and get abused by other breeders, we dont just evolve as top notch breeders first time round equipped with all the right knowledge and answers. Yes my male has been tested and cleared of herediatary diseases, and been reviewed by a family freind who is a long time show goer who has advised that in their opinion my male is as I said a "fantastic specimen" with all the right attributes. The only reason I asked about the colouring of the bitch was I had heard that crossing certain colours can have adverse effects on the offsrping such as dilution of colouring and other defects which I want to avoid (hence my statement of the betterment of the breed). Whether this is actually true or not it was meant as an inocent general question. Again I am sorry to have upset any of the established breeders as this wasnt my intention. I will direct all my questions now to my vetinerian and be guided by them instead of using this forum.

Thanks so much for your comments. It is hard to find a good breeder around here though but I will look, because if I cant do it propoerly im not going to do it at all. Im not like these people who just pucnh out blue pups for the money........these people really s@#t me.

Sensational idea, I think thats what I will do for sure. Yes we would like to show as well

Thanks for the advice..im googling it now

Already have a breeders prefix INTREPIDFIRE membership # 2100057399

Thanks for the advice. will do

Thanks for the advice, i did know there is no such colour as black only black/brindle i was just generally describing. Just wanting to do it properly or not at all. Only new to breeding as previously stated and still getting the basiscs down. I am not ready to begin breeding for about another two years, so getting in early to learn as much as I can. thanks again.

This question is probably more for the breeders section but unfortunately being new to dogs online I cannot participate in this forum at present. My question is a new breeder of pure bred Staffies I have a few questions I would like answers to before fully setting up, I have had staffies for the past 25 years but not been into breeding. Firstly I would like it known that I am in the breeding for the betterment of the breed and not the finacial gain as I see alot of people are into....obviously, particulary the blue breeders. I have a fantastic blue male because I love the colour and would like to know for sure what colour bitches are best to breed from to strengthen colour, pigmentation etc. I have heard that you shouldnt breed blue with blue as it dilutes, but have also heard the same about breeding with blacks. Does anyone have a definitive answer to this question, as I very much so want to get it right. I do understand there are many factors which come into play with clours that you get but is there a general rule of thumb???? Thanks in advance.