| Breeding Philosophy |
| We breed our dogs for the whole picture, including health, temperament, and conformation. Without health, they are nothing. Without a good temperament, you can't do anything with them. Without correct conformation, they can't do their jobs. Without the whole picture, they are only as good as their missing piece. |
| All of our breeding dogs are fully registered with the AKC and UKC. We reserve FULL AKC registration ONLY to pups meeting show and breeding quality, and will designate which, if any, pups in any litter that meet this requirement. Show/Breeding Quality is a projected expectation based on overall potential by 8 weeks of age, and Autumn Royal gives no guarantees on specific actual mature adult quality. Pups with FULL AKC registration will only be released to APPROVED homes under a Co-Ownership. ALL other pups are sold as pets under a spay/neuter requirement with LIMITED AKC registration. This registration is issued only after the spay/neuter certificate has been received by us. UKC registration will be available upon request. ***We DO NOT crop our Danes, NOR DO WE ALLOW OUR PUPPIES TO BE CROPPED! If you must have a cropped Dane, please inquire with other reputable breeders or rescue an already cropped adult or adolescent.*** ***We are a raw fed household. All of our dogs are fed only a raw diet. Our puppies are weaned to the Whole Prey Model Raw diet. We do not feed or wean puppies to kibble!*** Please see our Raw Feeding page for more info on this diet. We encourage as much continued contact as you would like; however, we do require at very least a current birthday photo of the Dane sent to us each and every year. We also require that, should you be unable to keep your Dane for any reason at any time, the Dane is to be returned to us. Qualification of any amount of refund for the returned Dane will be made at our discretion. Moving, divorce, "getting too big", etc are NOT valid excuses deserving of refund. We do everything we can to ensure our puppies arrive in appropriate, Dane ready homes, but we can never expect to be 100% accurate 100% of the time. So PLEASE do your homework and be absolutely sure you are ready for a giant breed dog before you commit to adding one to your family! |
| Our ultimate goal is to produce a litter of puppies that not only exceeds the quality of both its parents, but also exemplifies the best of the line for the next generation. Every breeding is done with the intent to add to our breeding line through our own in-house keep pups and through those we 'keep' through co-owns. These 'keep pups' are our objective and what we are breeding for. Our pet pups are simply the pups that don't quite fit the very stringent requirements and expectations we have for carrying on the next generation of our line. This does not mean that there is anything wrong with our 'pet pups' or that they are lower quality dogs. It simply means that we want only the very best genetics of the litter to carry on with. Every puppy is a unique individual, and as such, not every puppy in every litter will possess the exact mix of all qualities that we are looking for. In this manor, every litter will have a mix of 'show pups' that will be held back for future breeding consideration, and 'pet pups' that will be placed into loving homes under a spay/neuter requirement. All of our breeding bitches are bred appropriately as fitting with the individual bitch, health tested, and OFA and CHIC certified. We also make use of color DNA testing, as needed. We make careful selection of all of our studs as to accurately match them to our bitches. This selection starts a year or more before the expected breeding. We look at the stud's whole picture: his conformation, health/OFAs, pedigree, titles, conformation of his ancestors, puppies he's sired, bitches he's bred, type of temperament, where he's going in life... in short, his past, his future, and his present. We breed only to studs that would produce a litter we would consider to keep ourselves. We strive to breed our bitches to CHIC certified studs with passing scores. After we have selected a small handful of possibilities through this initial search, we will only then look at his genetic color. When breeding our Great Danes, we make every effort to stay within color standards for the breed; however, we will NEVER sacrifice health, temperament, or conformation for the sake of color. This includes Harle x Harle (Harle x Merle) breedings! Our Harle/Merle Danes will NEVER be bred to another Harle or Merle, as such a pairing nearly always produces MM merliquins/whites with health issues. This "color pure" breeding compromises our 1st requirement of health, and we refuse to ever be responsible for knowingly producing a defective pup! http://www.gdca.org/health/deafness.htm Something Is Rotten In Harlequin Danes Should the crossing of color lines ever be made for any reason, such as any necessary improvement in our lines, full disclosure will be made and all pedigrees will be marked. For such litters, DNA color testing will be completed for no additional fees, for show/breeding potential puppies only. |
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