The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture by V. Stephanitz

Author:V. Stephanitz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Read Books Design
Published: 2011-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

In making this computation, we must notice that a breeding dog, who has been well looked after in his youth, remains capable of breeding beyond the completion of his sixth year, and that in all probability, more than thirty bitches will be brought to him, and also that the cost of maintenance, if it is to be at all commensurate with the present conditions, will be extraordinarily high, and that therefore they will also decrease to reasonable limits again later on, when the times have become more favourable; and that, finally, in accordance with these times, the worth of the dogs is placed very high. Whoever lays on a “fancy” price must, and can, bear the fancier’s risk.

The demand often made that, instead of a Stud Fee, a pup from the litter should be given to the owner of the dog, has this to be said for it, that the owner of such a dog in such cases is in the position of being able to dispose favourably of all the superfluous dogs which possess a strain which he does not require. The owner of a dog can and wishes to avail himself of such an offer, only when he desires to secure progeny from his dog. with a certain particular bitch for his own Kennel. The arrangements for this too should be made in writing, and the time and the manner of the selection, the sex of the pup, and the compensation to be paid, should there be no litter, or in the event. of its premature death, must all be fixed and settled. On the other hand, the owner of a dog can, and certainly will, make an exception for breeding shepherds, and when he does not wish to keep a pup from a service dog litter, he can always pass it on to the S.V. as an endowment for the training of service dogs.

The Stud Fee is the remuneration for services rendered, and for the work of the dog, but this, however, implies no further obligation with reference to the fertilisation of the bitch, as is so often falsely imagined. The Stud Fee is therefore a lawful debt when the dog, at the time of copulation, and emission, in spite of all his efforts, cannot achieve his object, on account of the unwillingness of the bitch; an occurrence which is by no means so rare, when the bitch is brought to him before she is really ready. In such circumstances, the dog exerts himself very much more and has many more emissions, because he will always persevere in attempting to bring the proceeding to its natural conclusion. If the bitch does not conceive, that does not give her owner the right to demand the return of the Stud Fee; this is only permissible in the event when the dog, after many instances, has been proved to have been, or to be impotent. This proof can only be established by microscopic examination of the semen, and would even then still not be decisive retrospectively.

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