Experimenting with dog breeding and dog grooming with the hope of getting dogs or dog breeds with a better physical condition or qualities is not something new. Breeding however becomes a problem when the female is unwilling to let a male dog mount her for various reasons. If dog owners are very eager to get puppies things like dog breeding stands are used in these types of situations.
Most of you are probably aware of the furious debate that still continues regarding the ethical aspects of the dog breeding stand. Critics believe that the use of device is cruel and their attitude is revealed by the fact that they call these devices ‘rape stands’. There are of course those people with conflicting opinions who state that the dog breeding stand is absolutely moral and defends the use of the device. Deciding whether the use of the device is ethical or not is indeed tough and perhaps its best seen as a tool in the hands of dog owner and the morality depending on the decisions of the owner.
What critics of the dog breeding stand say is that the device is generally used to produce fighting dogs because dogs which have been trained to fight all their lives might rip each other to bits when trying to breed naturally so the female is attached to the dog breeding stand so that the whole process could be completed safely. The device allows the male to mount her safely as she cannot turn back to bite the male. These critics also state that this method is used to get puppies early before the female is prepared to breed or before she hasn’t reached the correct point in her ‘heat cycle.’
However those who support the use of the dog breeding stand argue that it’s one method to assure the safety of both the male and the female when the dogs in question are simply too fierce. They also say that when it comes to breeding between dogs that have a significant height difference the dog breeding stand is a good option. The fact that the female could lie down if she is exhausted while breeding is going on is another point that used by the group to argue their case. They believe the use of a dog breeding stand is reasonable in such a situation.
Options like artificial insemination are open to those dog owners who are not willing to use the breeding stand in the case of an unwilling female and advice should be sought from a breeding expert in such a case.
