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YorkieRose · 06-24-2005, 01:01 PM

Your friend is buying a service and should tell the breed how many times to breed....the breeder sounds like she has learned little her 30 yrs.

There is no need to breed that many times..totally unnecessary. The sperm can live for 3 to 4 days, breeding day in and day out for a week is not what a knowledgable breeder should do.
Two to three breedings is enough. You can breed 2 days and skip or every other day. If you have a female who has missed, then I would try 3 breeding a day apart...that is a span of 6 days.
I have bred a female once on the 12th day and had 6 pups..3 times and had 1 pup.
Some people ask me to breed 3 times so they can have 3 pups..and when they got 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 they would question me.

If such a long spacing the larger pups were probably 5 to 7 days older then the tiny thumb size baby.

06-24-2005, 01:01 PM	#10
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	breeding Your friend is buying a service and should tell the breed how many times to breed....the breeder sounds like she has learned little her 30 yrs. There is no need to breed that many times..totally unnecessary. The sperm can live for 3 to 4 days, breeding day in and day out for a week is not what a knowledgable breeder should do. Two to three breedings is enough. You can breed 2 days and skip or every other day. If you have a female who has missed, then I would try 3 breeding a day apart...that is a span of 6 days. I have bred a female once on the 12th day and had 6 pups..3 times and had 1 pup. Some people ask me to breed 3 times so they can have 3 pups..and when they got 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 they would question me. If such a long spacing the larger pups were probably 5 to 7 days older then the tiny thumb size baby.