My husband's cousin has a registered Rottie female. There were planning on breeding her to a registered male. She got away from them one day and mated with a Shepard mix. So obviously, her first litter was mixed breed. Now, I can understand that would lower her breeding value because she is now considered "unpure". But the way it was explained to his wife was that even if she mated with a registered Rottie in the future, the puppies couldn't be registered because they couldn't be positive that there wasn't in Shepard in them.
Now, biologically, that make no sense to me. I know kittens of the same litter can have different fathers, and maybe it is the same with dogs, I don't know. But as long as she doesn't get away and only mates with the registered male, that would mean all the pups would be pure bred, right? I mean, mating with the first dog didn't affect her DNA or anything. Is that really the way breeders look at it?
Now, biologically, that make no sense to me. I know kittens of the same litter can have different fathers, and maybe it is the same with dogs, I don't know. But as long as she doesn't get away and only mates with the registered male, that would mean all the pups would be pure bred, right? I mean, mating with the first dog didn't affect her DNA or anything. Is that really the way breeders look at it?