Breeding & Training Additions.

Simm · June 2011

Right at the moment I am breeding my Capes. & Man it is so tiring to have to neuter and release all these pups that don't have the right speed. I breed like, 30 litters per pair.. and keep 2 pups total. Because I am in a sleep-deprived state of mind, I had an idea. I'm still not sure if I even like it or not. -.- You know how Boarding, Prestige and Rescue kennels each have an additional page when you click the little tiny icon thing? What if Breeding and Training** Kennels had them too?? For the breeding kennel I was thinking: A list of all the dogs in the kennel (say, 20 at a time?) with their name, breed and age. Then next to that, check boxes of some sort that you could check for neutering and releasing of pups. (possibly a retire too) And a "submit" button at the bottom. So, as an example. Say I was breeding my Capes, and out of 30 litters (150 pups on average) I name and move the 2 pups that I want, but really don't want to go through each individual pup to neuter and then release it. Then you could just check the neuter/release box/es and bam. $500 cash for neutering, and dogs deleted. All in one go! [another idea could be Neuter & Release, Neuter & Retire buttons on dogs pages] **For training kennels: When I train dogs, I bookmark them by numbering them and then writing what I've done (eg. 5 years groom, 2 years RH) .. but this causes my bookmarks to get uber full of numbered dogs, and it's hard to find other dogs or kennels that I've bookmarked. So, like the breeding kennel, training kennels could have an extra page, like a bookmarks page that has a pre-set numbered list of dogs you've trained. & to get them on the list, there could be a second bookmarks box on dogs for training kennels only, that automatically send the info to the Training bookmarks thingy. I don't know. I feel that I'm rambling now so.. I'm going back to training. *waves*

Alabama · June 2011

This is just my personal take on neuter and release. I don't think it should be made any easier than it is. It's already not that hard to open the dog's pages in separate windows/tabs when you first look at them and then pick the ones you want to keep, name them and close the named dog's windows and release the rest from the windows that are still open. This actually makes it easier to compare the dogs to my way of thinking anyway. The game requires you to look at the dog and then to confirm you want to neuter and/or release it for a reason.. No one can say the game neutered/released the wrong dog when they had to look at the dog, click the button and then confirm they want to neuter/release the dog. However, your idea did spawn something different along the same lines. I like having a readily visible notes section directly on the dogs in the overall kennel view and I like breeding and training having a separate section like the other sponsor accounts. What if breeding and training both had a sort of boarding kennel in miniature? On a breeding kennel, when pups were born, they would automatically move to a "whelped" or "baby" section so that further turns could be taken without aging the pups. Nothing but newborn pups would be here, as in you couldn't physically move pups into this section, the game would do it when it ran the code to create the pups. I see this as a help to breeders who breed for the public, as well as breeders breeding lines like you do with a few litters. I know when I'm open for public breeding, I often have a line waiting as I have to wait for people to claim their own pups. With this, you wouldn't have to wait, you could return the female and accept the next one. The notes section could be helpful for remembering who pups belong to in case they don't/can't claim the pups immediately without having to do a bloodline search. For training kennels, say up to 20 dogs could be moved into the training section (regardless of whether they were on contract or not) where they would not age while other dogs were being trained. The notes section could then be used as you say to keep track of what was done on each dog. This shouldn't hurt boarding kennels too much as there would be the same limit as on a novice account. But the trainer could start and stop dogs on contract to train a different dog without aging the others already in the kennel.

Aziu · June 2011

Alabama wrote:

On a breeding kennel, when pups were born, they would automatically move to a "whelped" or "baby" section so that further turns could be taken without aging the pups. Nothing but newborn pups would be here, as in you couldn't physically move pups into this section, the game would do it when it ran the code to create the pups. I see this as a help to breeders who breed for the public, as well as breeders breeding lines like you do with a few litters. I know when I'm open for public breeding, I often have a line waiting as I have to wait for people to claim their own pups. With this, you wouldn't have to wait, you could return the female and accept the next one. The notes section could be helpful for remembering who pups belong to in case they don't/can't claim the pups immediately without having to do a bloodline search.

I like this idea. Would save a lot of time throwing newborn pups into boarding! And, no accidentally aging the newborns.

Meeko1 · June 2011

I love the breeding kennel idea! That would make life so much easier. Not sure how I feel about the training kennel though, I personnally couldn't see myself using it much if at all.

FlyTM · June 2011

All the way for the breeding idea! would save my but when I seem to forget if I boarded my pups or somehow took more than my counting 10 clicking take a turn o.o.

3Eagles · June 2011

I really like both ideas! I know when I'm trying to breed dogs on my ipod I sometimes go over a week or two on accident. The training one would be extremely helpful to me. I would use it a lot I know. For example if I have this long 12.5.0 groom, I get halfway through it. Someone messages me and asks if I can do a quick 280/200 or 2 year groom. I'd being able to throw the long groom into 'holding' and do the quick dog. This could also be done by allowing dogs on contract to be boarded but I like Bama's idea better. The boarding while on contract would be could for showing dogs or for breeding kennels.

Frostbight8 · June 2011

I'm in love with the breeding idea! I've actually started ignoring people who ask me to breed for them (sorry) because it just seems like I breed for one person and 5 others all of the sudden need me. Then it gets stressful as you have people getting impatient while I have to wait for the person in front of them to bid. Especially since I'm married to my iPod, and rarely on the computer, breeding is much harder and takes longer on the iPod.

Kazuko · June 2011

Bama's breeding idea is wonderful, and her training idea is great too, but I'd say lower the amount to five dogs or something. Because really, we don't need twenty dogs on hold when we're training. If you have that many in your kennel, find a real boarding kennel. They pay money too. D8

GiftyLover · June 2011

Kazuko wrote:

Bama's breeding idea is wonderful, and her training idea is great too, but I'd say lower the amount to five dogs or something. Because really, we don't need twenty dogs on hold when we're training. If you have that many in your kennel, find a real boarding kennel. They pay money too. D8

I second this.

Baseballboi355 · June 2011

I dont mind the breeding one, but putting a dog on "Hold" while youre training seems really bad for boarding kennels to me. I suppose if you could only put dogs that where out on contracts on "Hold" that's be ok but what would be the point of boarding kennels then? I know that when I train I put the dogs in my kennel into a boarding kennel so I can train. If I could just put them on "Hold" instead of paying a boarding kennel I would do that though. But then boarding kennels would lose money. Dont underestimate how much money boarding kennels make off of people who are training needing to put their dogs somewhere. I think boarders would lose a lot more money then you suspect now.

Alabama · June 2011

brutis355 wrote:

I dont mind the breeding one, but putting a dog on "Hold" while youre training seems really bad for boarding kennels to me. I suppose if you could only put dogs that where out on contracts on "Hold" that's be ok but what would be the point of boarding kennels then? I know that when I train I put the dogs in my kennel into a boarding kennel so I can train. If I could just put them on "Hold" instead of paying a boarding kennel I would do that though. But then boarding kennels would lose money. Dont underestimate how much money boarding kennels make off of people who are training needing to put their dogs somewhere. I think boarders would lose a lot more money then you suspect now.

This is why if it were implemented for training kennels, you would need to have a limit on how many dogs could be held in their own "holding" kennel, to avoid hurting the boarding kennels too much. A sponsor training being able to "hold" the same number as a novice account really shouldn't hurt boarding kennels, after all, the sponsor could simply create another novice and contract their dogs over there instead of paying any type of money to a boarding kennel. At least that's what I do. I actually board very few dogs and those that I do are there because I don't want to risk turning them by accident and it's a bit easier than contracting a dog if there's a boarding kennel online. Boarding kennels make their money from people who have a ton of dogs they don't want turned, not just a handful. I doubt any boarding kennel that's now in use would see a significant drop in their earnings with the implementation of a training kennel being able to keep a few dogs.

Meeko1 · June 2011

I think it would be a good idea for the "holding" to only be able to be used for dogs that are on a contract at that time.

Baseballboi355 · June 2011

Alabama wrote:

brutis355 wrote:

I dont mind the breeding one, but putting a dog on "Hold" while youre training seems really bad for boarding kennels to me. I suppose if you could only put dogs that where out on contracts on "Hold" that's be ok but what would be the point of boarding kennels then? I know that when I train I put the dogs in my kennel into a boarding kennel so I can train. If I could just put them on "Hold" instead of paying a boarding kennel I would do that though. But then boarding kennels would lose money. Dont underestimate how much money boarding kennels make off of people who are training needing to put their dogs somewhere. I think boarders would lose a lot more money then you suspect now.

 This is why if it were implemented for training kennels, you would need to have a limit on how many dogs could be held in their own "holding" kennel, to avoid hurting the boarding kennels too much. A sponsor training being able to "hold" the same number as a novice account really shouldn't hurt boarding kennels, after all, the sponsor could simply create another novice and contract their dogs over there instead of paying any type of money to a boarding kennel. At least that's what I do. I actually board very few dogs and those that I do are there because I don't want to risk turning them by accident and it's a bit easier than contracting a dog if there's a boarding kennel online. Boarding kennels make their money from people who have a ton of dogs they don't want turned, not just a handful. I doubt any boarding kennel that's now in use would see a significant drop in their earnings with the implementation of a training kennel being able to keep a few dogs.

With the new event regulations, boarding kennels are already losing money from people who wont rot their dogs anymore. A "Holding" place in my mind would take all the point of having a boarding kennel away. Do we really need to take MORE money from boarding kennels?

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