mnp13 wrote:true... but health testing your dog is very frequently an excuse not to work the dog.
And, that is a lame excuse as well.
You're right, there is no room for being cheap when it comes to bettering the breed. I hope you rail this hard on all the people breeding show titled dogs that don't have working titles... (but I know that you don't)
I don't, do I? Anybody that knows me also knows that I have no use for dogs that are titled in conformation only. The dog better have some performance titles before it even remotely gets my interest. Do you seriously think that I've never tore into a show breeder for not putting performance titles on their dogs? You haven't been around the "online APBT community" very long. There used to just be one place for us, and it was populated by everyone from naive pet owners to dogfighters. Yet, there still wasn't the polarized personalities that there are today.
But, it's true, I don't hammer the show crowd like I used to. I used to tear into them pretty badly. But, the fact of the matter is, these people have a tough time getting a freaking CGC on their dogs. They are also breeding dogs that are very low in drive and energy because they can keep large numbers of them in crates with no problems. Deadheads are easy keepers, but not good performance dogs.
So seriously, what is the point? You have your morons that are smurfing up the breed by thinking that health testing only is a green light to breed. And, you have the other camp that seems to think that a dog jumping, catching hogs, or doing bitework is a green light without looking at the scientific health of the dog. Both are irresponsible, IMO. There are very few in the middle that are doing what is best for the breed. There is a lot more to breeding quality dogs than just working, and just health testing.