PRO and CON of owning a Labrador Stud Dog

[blackrivers 0]

I'm thinking of buying my first ever Labrador Stud Dog.

 

He got a brilliant bloodline of champions throughout with a very low hips scores. He could be come a Field Trial Winner.

 

I own couple bitches but i dunno if it would cause the dogs to barks and cause lot of problems.

 

Do anyone know what the pro and con of owning a stud dog well as colection of bitches.

 

Thanks

[blackrivers 0]

any advice would be great!

[Tyla 3,179]

i had a very good working lab that was used as a stud. He wasnt kept with any bitches but he knew whenever anything was in season within a wide radius and he was hell bent on serving every one of them! He was like Houdini and the garden was like Fort Knox! He was worth it though, worked as hard as he played!

[rickyspringer 15]

personally I would leave a stud dog alone, how many bitches have you got??

 

My reasoning for this is he isn't going to serve a bitch every season they come into, this will cause alot of frustration on his part and potentially alot of noise from him.

 

You have another dog to exercise,work and feed.

 

I would rather use good quality stud dogs who you go to and pay a stud fee. Alot easier in my opinion.

 

The positives though are you have always got a stud to call upon, another potential good gundog, you could make money on using him as an open stud to others (think of the more dogs being born and where they are going)

 

Its a tough one but personally i would keep to my bitch's. I must add though Blackriver I am being a hypocrite as I have recently acquired a dog pup! Complete accident as he was given to me ad I can't stop thinking of where he will go when my bitch is in season, I currently can't see him being used to cover my bitch when the time does arise aswell as others.

 

Do let us know what your decision is and if he does come to your kennels get some images up.

 

Kind Regards RS

[Steve McHardy 2]

personally I would leave a stud dog alone, how many bitches have you got??

 

My reasoning for this is he isn't going to serve a bitch every season they come into, this will cause alot of frustration on his part and potentially alot of noise from him.

 

You have another dog to exercise,work and feed.

 

I would rather use good quality stud dogs who you go to and pay a stud fee. Alot easier in my opinion.

 

The positives though are you have always got a stud to call upon, another potential good gundog, you could make money on using him as an open stud to others (think of the more dogs being born and where they are going)

 

Its a tough one but personally i would keep to my bitch's. I must add though Blackriver I am being a hypocrite as I have recently acquired a dog pup! Complete accident as he was given to me ad I can't stop thinking of where he will go when my bitch is in season, I currently can't see him being used to cover my bitch when the time does arise aswell as others.

 

Do let us know what your decision is and if he does come to your kennels get some images up.

 

Kind Regards RS

 

i have dogs and bitches in my kennels different breeds so cant make any mistakes my terriers are the worst when one of the gundog bitches comes in they are a pain. i live on a farm so dont have to travel to exercise just let them into nearby field the terriers wont go if a bitch is in just hang round the kennel whining and trying to get in and niether of them has ever served a bitch so i can only imagine how bad they would be if they had. i used to have a lab dog also as it was good to have a dog to work when the bitches were in but its a pain to have a mix if you dont have the set up.

[rickyspringer 15]

i think that is it, you just need the right set up!!

[Clover 0]

I'm thinking of buying my first ever Labrador Stud Dog.

 

He got a brilliant bloodline of champions throughout with a very low hips scores. He could be come a Field Trial Winner.

 

I own couple bitches but i dunno if it would cause the dogs to barks and cause lot of problems.

 

Do anyone know what the pro and con of owning a stud dog well as colection of bitches.

 

Thanks

 

Is this an adult dog that you're thinking of buying or a puppy? If it's still a pup, then there's no guarantee that it will turn out to be good enough to be used at stud, no matter how good its pedigree. And if it's a pup, then you won't know if it will turn out to be a suitable stud for your bitches.

 

Personally, I would never recommend that someone buys in a dog as a stud for their own bitches. Rarely is the dog that you've got the best possible mate for your own bitches.You have the choice of lots of really good dogs out there and you will be doing the breed no favours if you do repeated litters with the same dog. I have owned dogs and bitches of the same breed (not labs) for about 25 years but have only ever used my own dog on my bitches twice in all that time.

 

It is a tough life for a male that has been used at stud to live with entire bitches. He will have a lot of frustration to deal with. And that frustration can lead to a lot of noise and destruction My advice to you would be to stick to your bitches

[druimmuir 1]

I have stud dogs that are used regularly and entire bitches, and to date have never had any accidents, none of my boys make any noise, escape nor go off their food and regularly stay in the next kennel to bitches that come in and out of season, all down to the set up and how you manage your male dogs and the respect they have for you etc.

 

Nicola