What Would You Do?

[Elaine]

Here’s something that comes up from time to time. We were approached by a very nice gentleman, married, three kids ages 4 – 9. He does not want to show in the conformation ring because it is too expensive and too political. He has never shown. He wants to breed... to breed Dobermans. He has not owned a Doberman, says he’s had Rottweiler’s and Sheppards. At one point he claimed he was “working with” a Sheppard breeder who just went out of business. Later he said he did not breed the Sheppards. The guy is a high school football coach. He was attracted to Warkant. I spent an hour with him, gave him the speech about it taking years to understand structure and movement, the breed and bloodlines. I explained why showing was (in theory) important as an independent evaluation of our breeding choices. I gave him all the gory details about what breeding Dobermans entails, especially in 2010. I flat out said there is no profit in breeding Dobermans unless you are cutting corners somewhere. I told him that there were better ways to make money, and even easier breeds to breed. Eventually I told him to contact Ron Babics for a Trotyl son... I gave him some other breeders names too. (probably should have sent him to Cindi's friend :rolleyes::D ) I should stress, he is not your average “get rich quick” dog breeder. He is focused and determined (his words). He has a life history of working hard to achieve goals.

So here’s the question: Do you try to take this guy under your wing and guide him, cause he’s going to do this anyway, or just walk away.

[doberdogsfd]

Yikes!
You pretty much did what you can do. Let him know what the deal is and see if he returns for more Dobermans 101 and Beyond. You might be able to guide him on the road to being a good Doberman owner first.

This guy reminds me of someone I know at work that claims to love "his breed" and in the next breath told me he makes a ton of Xmas money breeding a litter just before the Holidays, does it every year and has for many years.
The bitch lives in a run in the back yard and he sells puppies for 300.00 bucks to the unwittingly stupid Main Stream.

Find out who the GSD breeder was/is...easy for me to find out if they are for real or not. :cool:

Myself, I'd avoid him becuase of the human off spring and the fact he thinks he has any right to be breeding at all without paying his dues in the trenchs over the next decade or so.......

Reminds me of those folks who do not own a Doberman, but level critisism of one's dogs as if they have a clue.

Cheryl