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01-22-2009, 02:32 AM | #1 |
Love my little flowers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In Gorgeous Montana!!!
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| Using a 3lb yorkie for BREEDING???? I am NO Breeder...however my daughter told me that she came across someone that has a 3 lb yorkie and She BRED her...on purpose for puppies..! ...AM I wrong or should the females be much larger if they are going to be bred...or do people do this all the time?? What are your thoughts???
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01-22-2009, 02:37 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada
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| To avoid this kind of situation , all my puppies are spayed or neutered . |
01-22-2009, 05:27 AM | #3 |
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| No, you are right. That is far to small to breed a female. Most who are ethical in their breeding practices tend to follow the general rule of around 5 lbs being the minimim weight for a brood bitch. And even then, consideration has to be given to the pelvic structure of the female. |
01-22-2009, 07:00 AM | #4 | |
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Some people just honestly have no clue and we have to do what we can to protect our dogs.
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01-22-2009, 09:34 AM | #5 | |
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As someone who has bred their smaller female, I would really have to agree with this. Sicily is about 3.5, and two vets as well as the stud owner never questioned me breeding her. I had honestly had no clue about the complications of breeding her when she was so small. Even after her first c-section, they never told me it was due to her size or bone structure- only that the first had gotten stuck breech, and caused her too much stress to push the other one out. After switching vets, it was then that I learned that she should have been bigger to breed. (This was during one of her prenatal appointments for her second litter.) I really felt so guilty that I had done it again without doing enough research. I had just trusted the vets in the situation, who said that it wouldn't be a problem as long as I used a stud that was under 4lbs. Unless you know for sure that she knew the risks involved, I wouldn't be too horrible to this other person. Maybe pass along the information that you do know, because it's not only the breeders who are uneducated about it. I did talk to my vet, thinking that was the best source, but I would have never taken the risk if I would have known in advance. | |
01-22-2009, 09:41 AM | #6 | |
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That's too bad that your vet didn't explain more to you. Thankfully, your girl was ok.
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01-22-2009, 10:03 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member | Any size female don't go without risks. I just don't want people to think just because they have a 5 or 6 pound female it will all be ok...sometimes it's not. Things go wrong..
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