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Moorfine {Empire of Unruly Unicorns} - Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all May 6th, 2021 4:20:03pm 1,915 Posts |
I need your help! As some of you know, our family got a Golden Retriever puppy in February and he is so dang cute and special. He is the best boy and stole our hearts within the first day! Now for the help I speak of.... I have been breeding and training my Boxers for Now 29 generations, this next pup will be 30th! I have been considering breeding these two and training up the 30th and then "retiring" my Boxers. I would then switch my focus to Golden Retrievers! I don't have the funds to keep both breeds in private shows, and I don't know how I would feel if I just public trained my Boxers from here on out (they have pretty much always been private trained) and then private training the GR's. What are your thoughts?!
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Jaya • Survive The Night May 6th, 2021 8:29:16pm 27,490 Posts |
puppyyyyyy! |
Panthera Onca .:. finally moved...catching up D: May 7th, 2021 10:51:26am 29,640 Posts |
Personally, I guess. If the boxers were still something near and dear to my heart, I would keep them on? As long as you felt you had the time to keep them. I myself go back and forth with my breeds, giving a different one more attention each generation. Otherwise, if you wanted to just bring them to a halt, there's always retirement breedings. :P |
Tragedy [upgrades 280mill] May 7th, 2021 10:54:31am 1,757 Posts |
Pants makes very good points. Cutting back on them may give you more ability to maybe do some private training with them as well as public? But you cna always do retirement breedings when you have the funds to focus on both or just really miss them.
You puppy is absolutely stunning. |
`NEKE-A-SAURUS → up in smoke May 7th, 2021 11:16:48am 12,807 Posts |
Honestly, I would likely save the boxers on a retirement and start the GRs if it were me. |
City of Angels - Home of Calamity May 7th, 2021 11:19:49am 3,993 Posts |
It depends what you love about the game as well. I love swapping lines, so at the moment we have a ton of blitz lined dogs mixed with ours, and I'm always keeping an eye out for good quality lines. I am not sure there are many public boxer lines (could completely be wrong though!). Is there anyway you can split the private shows between the two? Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this... |
Moorfine {Empire of Unruly Unicorns} - Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all May 7th, 2021 11:29:55am 1,915 Posts |
I have loved my boxers for so long and they are very dear, my Uni's and Boxer's are my longest lines and started them in the beginning. I only have 2 Boxers in training, so it wouldn't be a hardship to keep them going, but if they were only 1.5 Miller's instead of 2-3millers, would that make the lines "less" somehow (yes I know that sounds stupid haha)? After they have been so highly trained up until now? I would still be proud of them no matter what though. |
City of Angels - Home of Calamity May 7th, 2021 11:40:30am 3,993 Posts |
What about hand training Moorf? You can easily do that to keep them around 2 mill, and if you look at them about a month from retirement and think "they need a bump" you can always put them in for a week or two? Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this... |
Jaya • Survive The Night May 7th, 2021 12:27:36pm 27,490 Posts |
I mean, for what it's worth, a lined dog should hit 2mil from just public training. So it'd really just be the store you'd have to give a nudge to. :P That being said, I follow the Marie Kondo-method for HP. If a breed isn't giving you joy anymore, ditch it. You can retirement breed it later, no biggie. |
City of Angels - Home of Calamity May 7th, 2021 12:34:57pm 3,993 Posts |
Problem is public shows have been so flooded lately I wouldn't guarantee a dog would hit 2mill. Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this... |
Kyuubi || Rise of the Z May 7th, 2021 2:07:24pm 48 Posts |
I second the retirement breeding considering I am going to be doing that when I have time for more breeds again, I have downsized my breeds to two horses as of right now. |
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