I have an average Bichon Frise bitch that I show. For anyone wo shows/breeds dogs, please help me! I want to start breeding Bichons, I'm I am getting a really great Bichon male to show. I want them to be my foundation dogs. But Limerick, my bitch, is just average and hasn't been winning. But some people said she would be good for breeding. And if I get this awesome male, and breed them, there would be nothing wrong and the puppies would be nice, right? Well if hes a good sire. He also has great lines(I would wait untill he got his championship to breed him to Limerick. With Limerick, I wouldn't wait to finish her to breed her). And I could breed to better dogs and produce better dogs in later lines, right? In a few year I might get another bitch but I want to start with Limerick. Limerick faults are her pigment isn't great, her shoulder is up more than a 45 degree angle as is should be and goes up into her neck more. She is a little long is body, but my by much. Her tail is a litte lower than it should be, but not much. Her head should be a little thicker. But her movement is nice, she has great size, and she is average overall. When I get her evalutated by people they say she is a nice bitch. Except all the dogs beat her. All the other dogs are better because all the top breeders are in my area (NJ) and they always go to the same shows I do and beat us. So if she's nice and some people said she would be good for breeding, then that might be OK if I breed her to the really nice male I'm getting. Hopefully he's really nice. The breeder I'm getting him from has really nice dogs, so I'm asuming. If not, I will just find a stud if I decide to breed her. I really need some different opinions from different breeders though. I have talked to some breeders about it lightly, but not much and I will talk to them about it more. But what do you think?
Erin
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