That question on breedability (a new word!) makes me ask you all some questions. I have been puzzled and annoyed that in order to show your dog needs to be able to reproduce.(AKC) Now, if I were you, and had a stud dog that I wanted people to see what he could produce, I would look for his offspring. I think we should be able to show in a altered class. (UKC only) Would that not make sense for AKC to have more people showing who want to show how wonderful their dogs developed and not want to breed them? With horses, there has always been classes for geldings. And wisely not every horse should be a stallion. Why not for dogs?

If I were looking for a stud dog, I would love to see how consistent he was and what type of bitch crossed best with him.

Just because the purpose of AKC was for breeding stock, times have changed in a hundred plus years. We are so overpopulated and with the designer breeds getting attention, I wish we would could show spayed and neutered dogs and get rewarded for the conformation they have.

Any thoughts?