I know that smaller breedings having smaller litters is supposed to help "realism", but I suspect it's also due to the whole breeding economy worry. Frankly, this change is going to be devastating to many smaller breeds, which are struggling already. 1) The small breed dogs are not overbred. At the time of this posting, I saw 7 pap, 6 JRT, and 10 corgi for sale. The only small breed with more was the sheltie. In contrast, the GSD & Borzoi have 4 pages each and the Aussie & border collie have 2 pages each! 2) The small breeds have a smaller breeding pool due to lack of popularity Less dogs = less breeding partner options in an already tiny pool. It's hard already to find higher TP dogs that aren't related. Smaller litters will only make this WORSE, especially if a year cooling period is added. 3) it serves as an incentive to not breed smaller dogs If you are new, you won't want to become a small dog breeder as less pups for sale = higher prices you can't afford. This makes even less small dog breeders over time, ruining the breed even further as time goes on. Current breeders may also be deterred as selling pups will be less profitable for small breeds than large ones. ---PROPOSALS--- Either would work. Support/not support individually, please. 1) Make large dogs have the same 1-3 pup litter limit. This makes things fair and, as the larger breeds are the ones being overbred, it will help curb the overbreeding. 2) If small breeds keep small litters, give them more advantages Look at it this way: why breed a small dog that is hard to find a mate for, expensive to buy/breed, and has no advantages over the cheap, easier to breed big dogs? New markings won't fix it, I'm talking stat tweaks here! Maybe better speed or drive due to smaller size? After all, little dogs need less space to turn (they're "faster" at it) and have big attitudes. :) --------- Please consider this for all the small dog breeders of ala, current and future. Thank you!