Hello all,
I have a question that directly relates to an experience I had this weekend.
I met a lady in the park that just got her French bulldog 2 days ago from a family that didn't want her anymore. Supposedly, the dog is a 7 month old female.
We talked about how the house training is going and general things. She then asked me if I had my dog fixed (Bri is a rescue and they don't adopt unfixed dogs out, so yes). She said that it's a shame, and that she is holding off on the spaying since in the house across from her lives a male frenchie and she is thinking about approaching the owner for mating these two.
I tried to explain to her that it doesn't really make sense, since she doesn't know where her dog comes from, what kind of genetics are involved (she didn't get any papers, and I'm quiet sure she doesn't know about the male genetics either) and if she really would want to go along with it, she needs to have extensive (and expensive) health testing done on both, the female and the male side.
I don't know if I overwhelmed her with my answer (I tried to not be too offensive in my voice and tone, but it's hard to judge objectively if I managed to do so). In my head the wheels were just spinning in high gear, with hearing she only had the dog for 2 days and she's already thinking about breeding her.
She stated she had dogs when she was a kid, but this is her first own dog.
How would you have approached the situation? She told me that she wants to come to the park more often and I am there a lot anyways, so if the topic comes up again, I'd like to be somewhat more sympathetic, but still brining the points and info across, if you understand what I mean?
I don't want to scare her off or maybe thinking these "crazy rescue people are against breeding in general anyways" (if it's not too late for that).
Thanks in advance! And sorry for the lengthy post...
I have a question that directly relates to an experience I had this weekend.
I met a lady in the park that just got her French bulldog 2 days ago from a family that didn't want her anymore. Supposedly, the dog is a 7 month old female.
We talked about how the house training is going and general things. She then asked me if I had my dog fixed (Bri is a rescue and they don't adopt unfixed dogs out, so yes). She said that it's a shame, and that she is holding off on the spaying since in the house across from her lives a male frenchie and she is thinking about approaching the owner for mating these two.
I tried to explain to her that it doesn't really make sense, since she doesn't know where her dog comes from, what kind of genetics are involved (she didn't get any papers, and I'm quiet sure she doesn't know about the male genetics either) and if she really would want to go along with it, she needs to have extensive (and expensive) health testing done on both, the female and the male side.
I don't know if I overwhelmed her with my answer (I tried to not be too offensive in my voice and tone, but it's hard to judge objectively if I managed to do so). In my head the wheels were just spinning in high gear, with hearing she only had the dog for 2 days and she's already thinking about breeding her.
She stated she had dogs when she was a kid, but this is her first own dog.
How would you have approached the situation? She told me that she wants to come to the park more often and I am there a lot anyways, so if the topic comes up again, I'd like to be somewhat more sympathetic, but still brining the points and info across, if you understand what I mean?
I don't want to scare her off or maybe thinking these "crazy rescue people are against breeding in general anyways" (if it's not too late for that).
Thanks in advance! And sorry for the lengthy post...