People have always been experimenting with dog breeding in order to get healthier, stronger and basically in order to get better or more ‘improved’ dogs. Breeding however becomes a problem when the female is reluctant to let a male dog mount her for various reasons. Devices like dog breeding stands are used sometimes in such occasions if the owner is very keen on getting puppies.
Most of you are probably aware of the furious debate that still continues concerning the moral 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 opposing views who claim that the dog breeding stand is perfectly ethical 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 usually used to produce fighting dogs because dogs which have been taught to fight all their lives might rip each other to bits when attempting to breed naturally so the female is attached to the dog breeding stand so that the whole process could be done in a safe manner. Due to the fact that the female cannot turn back to bite the male it allows the breeding process to be completed without danger. These critics also claim that this method is used to get puppies early before the female is ready to mate or before she hasn’t reached the right time 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 stands is reasonable in such a case.
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.