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Content Moderator Moorfine {Empire of Unruly Unicorns} - Back from the land of the dead
May 6th, 2021 4:20:03pm
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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 • Those who don't try never look foolish
May 6th, 2021 8:29:16pm
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puppyyyyyy!




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Event Coordinator Panthera Onca .:. The Night Floof 🐆
May 7th, 2021 10:51:26am
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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




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Tragedy [genre : sadboy]
May 7th, 2021 10:54:31am
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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.




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May 7th, 2021 11:16:48am
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Honestly, I would likely save the boxers on a retirement and start the GRs if it were me.
You can always retirement breed ♥




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City of Angels - Home of Obsidian and Gunsmoke
May 7th, 2021 11:19:49am
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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?




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Content Moderator Moorfine {Empire of Unruly Unicorns} - Back from the land of the dead
May 7th, 2021 11:29:55am
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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. 




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City of Angels - Home of Obsidian and Gunsmoke
May 7th, 2021 11:40:30am
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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? 




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Jaya • Those who don't try never look foolish
May 7th, 2021 12:27:36pm
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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.




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City of Angels - Home of Obsidian and Gunsmoke
May 7th, 2021 12:34:57pm
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Problem is public shows have been so flooded lately I wouldn't guarantee a dog would hit 2mill. 
I look at shows twice a day and the last couple of weeks it hasn't been great 




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Kyuubi || Loveable Zangersheides
May 7th, 2021 2:07:24pm
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I don't think not having the solid 2m - 3mers would make the lines any "less" worthy. My COs don't have solid anything as I've added in public trained dogs for pairs to go with the main ones. I also then have the project dogs in the lines which go above and beyond. But that's just my thought on it. I'm actually planning on reducing my Holsteiners to more of a not completely private trained in a few generations, will that make my main line any "less", I don't think so. Just my thought on that matter though.


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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