Auslady, I am worried that you would post looking for a stud dog here - this is certainly not the place a knowledgeable breeder, one who is breeding for the good of the line, would look.
First of all, are you a member of the breed club within the SKG/FCI who regulates pug breeding?
In Switzerland most breed clubs require potential breed dogs (bitch and stud) to go through a selection process, called Ankörung, to determine if they are fit for breeding. This entails health testing and temperament testing as well as conformation.
And in Switzerland, most breed clubs will not allow puppies born of a dog/pair who were not properly angekört to be registered with the club -meaning any puppies born outside the club are not considered pedigreed.
(This is different from, say the AKC or British KC which are not so strictly regulated. And one of the reasons why the problem of poor breeding as well as homeless dogs is so much worse in those countries.)
So both you and any potential purchasers of puppies should understand that although your dog is pedigreed, if she is not bred within the SKG breed club's regulations the pups you produce will not themselves be pedigreed.
If you are serious about breeding I would recommend becoming a member of the Mops section of the Zwerghundclub - this is the breed club within the SKG regulating your breed.
http://www.zwerghundeclub.ch/index.php?id=31
Get to know other breeders, get involved in the club, enter their events - and work with them to determine if your dog is fit for breeding or not. If so, enter the Ankörung.
The breed club maintains a list of
Deckrüde, dogs who have passed the Ankörung and are considered fit to breed from. The person maintaining this list, as well as keeping the records and registration of litters bred is the cub
Züchtwart. This person should be your first contact, once you have joined the club.
The breed clubs maintain not only standards of breeding, but also regulate how a puppy must be raised and socialized, and sold. Most breed clubs require a breeder to subscribe to a code of ethics.
Be aware that the TSchV, the federal animal welfare law, also regulates breeding. Your set-up must meet certain standards - and if you were to breed more than a certain number of litters per year you would fall under commercial breeding, which requires additional education certification.
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Now... as y'all likely know from reading my many posts here on EF, I am not part of the breeding or showing world - rather quite the opposite - rescue is my thing.
So why am I passing along this info? I do so
because I am dedicated to rescue. You see, I spend my life picking up the fall-out from indiscriminate breeding, helping the dogs who are the victims of puppy farms, back yard breeders, naive or uninformed folks who don't understand that there is more to breeding that tossing two dogs together. Too many people breed with no thought for what happens after the tie - and too many dogs die, simply because there are not enough homes available for all those born.
(As an example, my beloved breeds - collies and shelties - have been almost ruined by bad breeding. The breeds' genetic and mental health has been severely compromised by those who breed without the knowledge and commitment to do it right. )
I want to see that stopped. And good breeders, the ones who understand the science of genetics, who are dedicated to improving health and temperament, who are committed to ethical breeding - are natural allies in that fight.
So yes - as someone who would myself will only consider adopting homeless rescue dogs, I do support breeders - I support those who do it right, who do so with ethics and responsibility always in the forefront. I want to stop the problem of homeless dogs at the source - which means those who produce the dogs.
Those of us who love our dogs, who want the best for them, who believe every dog born deserves a healthy happy life with his forever family, breeders and rescuers alike, should be working more closely together. For our dogs' sake.
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So, Auslady - if you are going to breed, please do it right.
Join the Zwerghundclub, get your dog properly angekört. Select a stud whose health, temperament, and line are a good match with yours. Once you are a member in good standing, work with the Zuchtwart to develop a waiting list of potential purchasers for your future puppies - because you must ensure before the litter is even born that every puppy has a good home to go to, a forever home, no matter what happens in those families' lives for the next 15 years.
I support ethical, responsible breeders - because I don't want any other dogs to suffer as mine have. I don't want to see any more broken, abused, unhealthy dogs ending up in rescue.
I long for the day when there is no need for rescue, because the only puppies born are happy healthy puppies from good breeders who ensure that their pups go only to people who are committed to them, their entire lives long.
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