Kennel Size

This is for anyone who owns a kennel. What size kennel do you prefer? A large kennel with a lot of dogs, or a small one with a minimum amount of dogs and why?

 

Should be quality over quantity anyday...I'd much rather feed a small yard of good honest bulldogs, than a big yard of dogs with ? marks over there heads any day of the week.

BB

 

I totally agree with my brother on this one.

 

I perfer a large kennel of dogs so it gives me more to play with (different weights) in competitions. Anyways I don't mind feeding them all

 

i am going to agree with bbk on this one.

 

Hey have as many as you like ... As long as you can keep them fit and not starve them to death... Just my 2 cents worth.. PEAcE..

 

thats the truth

 

I think that they should be taken care of no matter how many you have. treated fairly with happy lives.

 

I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS TO MYSELF ABOUT THE COMMENTS MADE PRIOR TO THIS ONE.
BECAUSE FAR TO MANY TIMES, THE NUMBER OF DOGS ONE MAY BE FEEDING OR BREEDING IS ALWAYS VIEWED DIFFERENTLY BY ALL.
A KENNELS SIZE WILL VARY BY FUNCTION.

FUNCTION (1) FANCIER (OCCASSIONAL BREEDER)
5-10 DOGS IF THAT IS CONSIDERED A KENNEL
IF YOU ARE JUST FEEDING A FEW HONEST BULLDOGS, THEN YOU ARE DOING ONE OF TWO THINGS:
1. SIMPLE FANCIER OF THE BREED. ENJOYING THE DOGS YOU HAVE. AND IF I MAY ADD, (MY OPPINION) SHOULD NOT BE BREEDING THESE ANIMALS.
OR
2. FEEDING BROOD STOCK OF PROVEN PRODUCERS, OCCASSIONALLY BREEDING AND SELLING MOST IF NOT ALL. AND IF I MAY ADD (MY OPPINION) THIS IS THE BEST SMALL KENNEL OPERATION, PER SAY, OF THE TWO.

FUNCTION (2) BREEDER (SHOW/SPORT)
10 PLUS DOGS
EVERYTHING BRED OR LOOKED AT FOR BREEDING PURPOSES SHOULD BE APPROVED BY THE KENNEL OPERATOR'S (& PEERS) STANDARDS. (FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS POINT PM ME).
1. BREED PROVEN CROSSES OR REPEAT BREEDINGS OF SUCCESS. WHILE STILL SELLING MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE OFFSPRING TO KEEP NUMBER DOWN, FOR A SMALL KENNEL. OR KEEPING BACK FROM ALL BREEDING WITH REGUARD TO THE PURPOSE OF THE BREEDING, FOR LARGER KENNEL OPERATIONS.
2. SHOWING YOUR BREEDING STOCK, TO BE APPROVED BY PEERS AND OTHERS.
3. SHOWING OFFSPRING OF YOUR STOCK, IF PUPS ARE KEPT BACK, FOR THE SAME REASONS. TO FURTHER PROVE THE SUCCESS OF THE BREEDING PROGRAM.

EITHER FUNCTION, A FANCIER WITH DOGS IN NUMBERS THAT REQUIRE A KENNEL LICENSE OR REGUARDED AS A KENNEL. OR BREEDER OF THIS FINE BREED, I WILL NOW INTERJECT SOME PERSONAL THOUGHTS BEFORE THE FRATERNITY.

IF YOU HAVE TEN DOGS. 5 FEMALES AND 5 MALES. AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED PERFECT MATCHES FOR BREEDING (BREEDING, WHICH IS A SUBJECT ALL IT'S OWN). AND THEY ARE ALL CONSIDERED REAL BULLDOGS BY ALL CONCERNED. AND YOU MAKE THESE BREEDINGS. ALL FIVE, AT THE SAME TIME OR DIFFERENT TIMES, DOESN'T MATTER. YOU BREED ALL FIVE LITTERS. NOW NONE OF THE BREEDINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE. SO, WE WILL CONSIDER THIS KENNEL, A GRASS ROOTS KENNEL AND NOW WILL DECIDE WHAT TO KEEP. SAY EACH LITTER WHELPED 8 PUPS. ONE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE, DO I LET SOMEONE ELSE RAISE MY DOGS TO SEE WHAT I HAVE PRODUCED, OR WILL I DO IT MYSELF. 40 PUPS. IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO RAISE SOME OF THEM GIVE THEM TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS FIRST, MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. BUT JUST AS A RULE OF THUMB, YOU WILL NEED TO DECIDE TO KEEP 25% OF THE PUPS (10), OR 1/3 OF THE PUPS OR BETTER YOUR CHANCES WITH 1/2, 50% OF THE PUPS. WHAT EVER YOU CHOSE YOUR YARD JUST GREW BY 10,15,OR 20 DOGS.

LETS SAY FOR GRINS YOU CHOSE TO KEEP 10 PUPS.
NOW YOU HAVE JUST DOUBLED THE YARD. WENT FROM TEN TO TWENTY DOGS. NOW WHAT??? WELL FOR THE NEXT 18-24 MOS OR LONGER YOU WILL BE RAISING AND SCHOOLING PUPS.
DO YOU TRY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THE BREEDINGS MADE PREVIOUS, DON'T KNOW YOU ARE STILL RAISING PUPS. IF YOU CHOOSE TO BREED AGAIN, BEFORE YOUR PUPS ARE GROWN AND CHOSE TO SELL OFF OR GIVE AWAY 75% OF THE LITTERS AGAIN AND THE NUMBER OF PUPS BORN WERE CLOSE TO THE SAME, (BY EXPERIENCE LITTERS GET BIGGER AFTER THE FIRST BREEDINGS), HOW MANY DOGS YOU FEEDING NOW. LET'S JUST SAY FOR GRINS ONCE MORE YOU KEPT TEN PUPS. NOW YOU HAVE 30 DOGS, TEN BULLDOGS AND TWENTY PUPPIES.

I THINK BY NOW SOME, IF NOT ALL OF YOU ARE GETTING MY POINT. TO BE CALLED A KENNEL BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF DOGS AND YOU BREED AND SELL DOGS IS CORRECT, WHETHER BIG OR SMALL. BUT TO OWN, BREED, RAISE AND SHOW THIS BREED IS SOMETHING FAR MORE THEN TO JUST CALL ONESELF A KENNELS OWNER, WHETHER BIG OR SMALL.
BUT CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW SOME OF THESE SMALL KENNELS ARE PRODUCING AND PUTTING SUCH GREAT BULLDOGS OUT THERE IN OTHERS HANDS, AND REMAIN SMALL. JUST DO THE MATH AND TELL ME EXACTLY HOW. ONE WAY I KNOW OF IS TO INHERIT THE FIRST TEN DOGS, AND THEY ALL BE PERFECTLY MATCHED FOR BREEDING AND PRODUCING.

LOL, REAL HARD.
Onac

 

Very well said Onac.

 

Nice post Onac. You're always good for a detailed conversation.