Breeding
At the end of the puppy raising phase, dogs are recalled and returned to the Guide Dog campuses, either directly by the raisers or collected by the puppy truck. If the dogs have not already been neutered or spayed, they are screened as potential breeders before going into formal training. Guide Dogs also exchanges breeders with other schools both locally and worldwide to ensure sufficient diversity in the gene pool. Breeders are placed with families who are local to Guide Dog's San Rafael campus.
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Famous quotes containing the word breeding:
“A man’s own good breeding is his best security against other people’s ill-manners.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.”
—A.J. (Arnold Joseph)
“The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling “less than” another, comparisons only fan the fires.”
—Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)