Upper Snake River Valley Dog Training Club

02/01/2024

All breeders are not the same and how dare anyone imply that.

I passionately support preservation breeders and purposefully bred, purebred dogs.

A preservation breeder cares about the quality of their chosen breed. You know what type of temperament to expect with your puppy, and that your dogs appearance is being bred to their standard. They carefully chose stellar examples of the breed to pair them.

A BYB throws any two “purebreds” together - often the two dogs they own. They care nothing regarding the quality example of the breed. The BYB lacks passion and only see money to be made. Purebred does not equal WELL BRED. AKC papers or any papers are NOT a sign of quality - papers simply acknowledge it’s a purebred dog. It can be a crappy bred purebred dog - know the difference.

A preservation breeder cares who is getting their puppies, asks questions and possibly checks references. They take their puppies/dogs back if something happens and would be horrified if one of their puppies end up in a shelter.

A byb doesn’t care who gets their puppies - if you have the money, they have the puppy. They couldn’t care less what happens to the pup after money is in their pocket - they were paid.

A preservation breeder is passionate about their breed. They study the history, the standard and do their best to create beautiful examples of what their breed should be.

A BYB just throws two of the same breed dogs
together.

A preservation breeder health tests the mating pair of any known issues their breed might experience and often tests beyond the basic/minimal health testing requirements. This can include a deep look at their heart health, possible blood disorders (such as vWD), checking organs (such as kidney and thyroid), x-ray hips and elbows, having eyes examined- and many more breed specific tests. The tests run many hundreds of dollars.

A BYB might take their breeding pair for a quick once over by a vet. Maybe.

A preservation breeder titles their breeding dogs in sport to try to prove a solid and stable temperament and/or also title in conformation (Ch title) in a respectful venue to show the dog structure is bred to a high standard. It’s not easy to title and not cheap. It costs THOUSANDS of dollars to achieve titles .

A BYB usually has zero titles but claim “Ch lines” from a dog that is in pedigree. News Flash - vast majority of dogs will have a titled dog somewhere in their pedigree. They are not personally titling their dogs and could care less if dog has a solid temperament or has standard to breed looks. They are not spending a dime to prove anything. They have “purebreds” and they will sell you a puppy. Often the puppies looks and temperament are wrong for the breed - but they don’t care.

A preservation breeder works on the puppies early experiences - they introduce new surfaces, noise, environment, people including children , plus start crate training and housebreaking. They won’t let puppies leave until they are of the right age.

A BYB interacts with the puppies as little as possible and want out of their house ASAP - many let pups leave even when illegal or not recommended to do so . *8 weeks is the minimum age by law in most states!*

Please DO shop.
For what makes a good breeder or a good rescue. Research. Dig.

“Rescuing” that dog off Craigslist for $200 or “rescuing” that puppy for $500 - yeah congratulations you just most likely paid a BYB. 🙄 but you “rescued” so that was the moral high ground - btw that’s sarcasm in case that’s lost on anyone.

Please don’t give money to BYB who line the shelters, sell sick dogs or neurotic dogs and certainly could careless about their well being.

A step in stopping the extreme animal rights propaganda is by telling our story with regarding who a preservation breeder is and why you should support them along with rescue.

A preservation breeder is a warrior for dogs and the purebred kennel clubs are often the biggest supporter of their breeds rescue.

Don’t be fooled - by BYB breeders and the extreme rhetoric of Animal Right Propaganda who hardly have a dogs best interest in mind.

I 💗 PURPOSEFULLY PUREBRED DOGS, PROUDLY BRED BY PRESERVATIONISTS.

Feel free to copy and paste with pictures of your well bred, purebred and very loved dog.

01/30/2024

01/26/2024

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Let’s set the scene. This may become a bit sensitive for some, and I apologise in advance.

You’re out somewhere. You might be at a restaurant, a bar, a public park on a sunny day enjoying the sunshine with your family. It may be that you’re on your way home from work or trying to catch the bus. You’re just minding your own business.

Suddenly, a person comes straight up to you. They give you anxiety. What is this person going to do? I don’t know! The person is walking with a friend and the friend sees you’re a bit anxious and calls out to you saying “Don’t stress, she/he’s all good!’’ But they keep approaching you. And when they finally reach you they randomly hug you. Touch you. Walk circles around you. Start talking to you. Don’t let you leave.

What would you call that? Harassment? Assault in severe cases?
How would this make you feel?

Now, after the initial shock you find your courage and you ask the person to go away. Leave you alone. But the person doesn’t stop and instead touches your arm or your hair. “Oh come on, we’re alright. I’m not doing anything bad I’m friendly! Just let me be around you.’’You get upset and might push the person. Shout at them. If you’re a bit more of an assertive person you might punch them. Who knows.
Then the person and the friend get upset. Well? WHY are you here then? What are you doing in this public space if you don’t like being around other people? You have no business to be here, minding your own business in this park with your family without allowing me to sit with you, play with you, touch you, talk to you. Actually, you know what you should do? You should be more social! You should go more often to random groups of people.

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Do you see what I did there?
If you thought any of the above situation is not okay (and I sure as heck hope you do), then why do we think it’s okay to let dogs run up to strange dogs and say ‘It’s okay he’s friendly’?

What we do in the dog world is the exact opposite what we should be doing. We label the harassed dog as aggressive and the harassing dog as the victim.

Dogs have emotions. They have feelings. They have their own characters and personalities. There are many, many dogs that are not interested in making new friends or being with dogs they don’t know they can trust.

And sure, some dogs love playing with other dogs. Those are the extraverted dogs. Just like we have people that LOVE hugging or love making new friends even as adults, but to be honest.. how many of those people do you know? I think if you put it into a % its lower than the people that rather just are with their select group of people and be left alone by random strangers in public spaces.

So don’t assume the dog your dog is running towards on the beach, is willing to play with your dog. Being in a public space means you need to have your dog under effective control. And if you can’t call your dog back, it should be on a long line until you can.

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In case you’re interested.. after quite a few requests I made a video version of this blog as well.

Your dog is NOT friendly, he's harassing others
https://youtu.be/YlWf02MHKCo

01/16/2024

Winter obedience/rally and Agility handling classes are now online at our website USRVDTC.org