Well obviously, you have seen some bad breeder's co-owns and taken that as what they are. We have a 'breeder' I call her a puppy mill in Ontario, who places her co-owns in pet homes and has them come back to her for breeding. She breeds them, makes profits off them, and makes the *****'s co-owner buy a puppy back if they want one, but it has to be a co-own. She probably has 50+ dogs in this situation, and breeds so often it makes my skin crawl. She is heavy on marketing and now is homing in Buffalo New York so she can offer "two locations to ship from".
Co-owns aren't always for breeding. But co-owns are for RESPONSIBLE breeders a way to keep their babies safe from PuppyMills and irresponsible breeding. Two signatures are necessary on litter registrations etc.
I would venture to say Linda and I do not mean this disrespectfully, because your opinion is just that and you are entitled, that in the obedience world it is far different, as intentions are not generally on breeding, if you were to want a girl next time, would your breeder sell a girl on full registration?
In the show world, you can't show on a limited registration (in the US anyways) so the breeder uses the co-own so that they still maintain some say in whom, when and how many litters a ***** (more often then a dog) is bred while the ***** can still be shown and exhibited by a new comer, or like I said, be shown in the bred by classes at shows.
Co-owns aren't a way for breeders to further their breeding programs, but it is a way to keep a dog in their loop. My Ruby would be spayed in a pet home if I didn't have her, which would be just as fine, but I gave my breeder the opportunity to have another of her breeding producing, and the option of a puppy out of her if she so chooses.
The only reason they co-own is for future breeding/pick of your litter or control.
See being different people means we see things differently, you seem like an inately distrusting person. Co-owning dogs is not about control or money, which you are making it out to be. I could breed my girl to pretty well any dog I chose, so long as I have thought it out and present my case well. Denise hasn't said NO to anyone I have chosen. Now, if I chose a horribly untypey dog or a dog that would not compliment my girl well, I would trust her to say so. I see it as guidence not control.
A GOOD breeder will do all of these things for you WITHOUT CO-OWNING the dog.
Absolutely! And a good breeder would also not place their dog in a home where it can be bred until the cows come home and leave again, not caring where they end up. If there were no co-owns, no one would ever get a nice ***** for themselves. They would all be washed out of breeding entirely. There would be no new breeders around, looking to make a name for themselves by doing things the proper way. Instead, they would go to breeders who would sell their dogs on full registration without a care in the world.
Does your breeder sell their bitches on full registration? If so, I would rethink your breeder
I am not Dani, but I don't think Dani is dead set against breeding, I think she is dead set against breeding irresponsibly.
Yes, breeders should offer support/encouragement and that is FREE for me, meaning I don't pay for a thing for it, but she is proud of both of us, and I know that!