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I can tell you that you would enjoy ~rescue~ much more than breeding.

There is nothing like bringing a dog back from the depths of despair and giving it a new, wonderful life.

I am not one of those who counsel to ‘never breed because shelters are full’ because if that happens, pure breeds will eventually cease to exist and that would be a terrible loss.

*However*, it’s a huge decision and even greater responsibility.

When you bring a litter of pups into the world, whether you keep them or not, you *are* responsible for everything that happens to them for the rest of their lives.

When I was doing Dobe rescue, I spent months getting the dogs ready for their new homes, training them to -guarantee- there would never be any issues that would cause them grief.

The adoptive homes fully understood that I was going to be “in their lives” for the life of the dog and that if I ever saw anything amiss, the dog would be taken back, by force if necessary.

Since the adopters were always people I knew well and who lived nearby, they never dared to mistreat the dogs because they knew I was not kidding.

Can you offer that level of “crazy” to the new owners, for the sake of those pups?

I do understand your desire to enjoy the breed but perhaps you should buy a pup every year or two and create your own nice little “staggered” pack.

There would be youngsters around to offer the puppy-happiness and older dogs to offer the calmness of maturity.

Or start rescuing those who have no family of their own.