dog breeding
Producing purebred puppies
Dog breeding is the practice of mating dogs selectively to produce offspring with desired traits—appearance, temperament, working ability, or conformity to breed standards.
Professional breeders maintain pedigrees and may specialize in particular breeds: She got into dog breeding after falling in love with border collies.
The term covers everything from careful preservation of rare breeds to controversial puppy mill operations.
- puppyJuvenile canine
- kennelEnclosure for hounds
- puppy millCommercial mass dog breeder
- litterScattered waste or debris
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
whelping · studbook · reproduction · stud fee · animal husbandry · domestication · mutation · hip dysplasia · sire · outcrossing · dam · show · feed · bitch · pedigree · offspring · champion · dog shows
- animal carepet care, pet ownership, animal health, pet wellness, veterinary care
- animals and humanspets, cats, pet ownership, companion animals, domestication
- animal hobbiesdog training, pet grooming, bird watching, horse riding, pet sitting
- animal breedingmating, gestation, birth, whelping, lambing
- breedingmating, hybridization, hybrid, outcrossing, stud fee
- dogsdog, beagle, bulldog, boxer, collie
dog breedingdesexing
Sterilizing an animal surgically
population control · euthanasia · birth control · fixing · culling
dog breedingdog adoption
Acquiring a shelter canine
dog rescue · rehoming · fostering · animal rescue · rescue work
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