#rusticity

This is a question that anyone with an intact female Dogo Argentino needs to ask themselves. If you feel the answer is yes, there are probably a bunch of follow up questions that will surface over the years.  I am not going to write this in the form of questions for you to ask yourself, but I would think after reading it, you might have formed some of the questions on your own.

Over the decade plus that I have been involved in this breed, there have been many so-called breeders come and go.  It starts with the "solid white" puppy that they purchased from the "high end" breeder.  Many times, before they even receive the puppy, the "future breeder" decided to "invest" as little as possible, in an effort to get a better return on investment.  This entails a couple of white lies to the breeder of the puppy they are courting.  The first lie is usually, "I just want a beautiful pet, solid white, with no faults.  You know, show quality, but I have no intentions to show." This is accompanied by, "I want to make sure that I will have the papers, just for a birth certificate and so I know who the parents are."  This is the beginning of what is to come, in the future of the so called breeder.  The first year will go by, and the puppy is so beautiful and friendly, and "wouldn't hurt a flea," so the decision is made to breed her.  This decision is usually made, on the 7th day of the pet females second heat cycle.  Two reasons why...They dealt with the first heat cycle(the bleeding, the whining, the possible false pregnancy) knowing that the "big pay day" was coming in about a year or so. The second heat made them realize that they don't want all of this blood in the house, and will be spaying her after she has the chance to "experience motherhood." So after a week of bleeding all over the kitchen, hallways, and maybe even the master bed they decide to contact someone with a male.  Often times, this is another pet dog with no valid reason to be continuing on his gene pool. The two Pet owners make an appointment to get their dogs together and let them loose in the backyard until the "magic happens." [As a sidebar, I would like to offer an alternate possibility.  The pet female contacts a Real Dogo Breeder who offers Stud Services from their Proven males.  The pet female owner get the price from a Real Stud and either a) Is completely blown away by the cost or b) Pays the cost and is now even more money hungry than before.]  So in the best case scenario(for the Pet female owner, not the Dogo World), the female is pregnant and the excitement is starting to build.  The pet female owner now starts to call other breeders, to get "a feel for the market", and asks about costs, registries, guarantees, etc.  After their slyness has paid off with a lesson of what other breeders do when attempting to find good homes for their puppies, the Pet female owner is now ready to start selling puppies.  They know little to nothing about the bloodline of either parent, and in order to "compete" with the knowledgeable breeder, they sell pet quality, disqualifying dogs to homes without a contract and with breeding papers.  This further ruins the breed and creates new "So Called Breeders."  That is one type of So Called breeder.