I have lots of friends in the Ibizan Hound world and when their bitches title CH, they *may* have one litter in their lifetime.
Or they may never be bred at all.
In the 70s when Dobes were “hot’, a woman up the road bred a bitch my great-uncle gave her, to death.
Not to be dissuaded by that dog’s demise, she soon got another bitch and _bred her every cycle_ for about 2 years until that dog died, too.
They were the most horridly incorrect dogs I’ve ever seen but $35 a pup kept her in plenty of pocket money.
She also had a slew of little “designer dogs” in tiny cages on her back porch.
They just pumped out Malti-Poos and Cockapoos, month after month.
Exactly! My bitch that I campaigned, took to Eukanuba in CA, Westminster, etc had 1 litter. Three of the bitches from that litter got their Ch, among other titles. None of them will be bred. I had two contracts for the puppies, one for pet homes and one for show/performance homes. Show bitches I co-own and had to approve of any breedings were they to happen. Pet homes had a spay/neuter requirement. And all homes require regular communication as to the well being of the animal. If someone contacted me and I didn’t like them, so didn’t want to have long term regular communication with them they didn’t get a puppy. And all my puppies, out of a 10 puppy litter were spoken for before they whelped. And oh the money and time I spent through the whole process: cardiac clearance, cone degenration clearance, hips, elbows, thyroid, etc etc. And thanfully my bitch was a great mother! Puppies sold for $1k each and I did not make any profit. It’s a real shame what some people do with the bitches they breed.