the daunting task of breeding and breeding correctly is never ending, a good breeder will always breed for quality not quanity.
A new breeder has to consider the life of her mom. Am I breeding for selfish reasons or am I serious about learning how to acheive the perfect pup? Is my darling little companion a strong sound canidate in every way for breeding or it doesnt matter mentality, I think she is cute, she will have cute babies?
For the first time breeder, the excitement of their first breeding for example all goes well whelping (lucky her/him) then what, you wake up to find a puppy death. The "I just wanted to breed her once so I could have another puppy" or "my friends all wanted one" or "I paid so much for her it would be nice to get the money back" theory is out the door.
this is a dated article but nonetheless its a rude awakening of what can happen before and after eventhough it seems you have a healthy litter, can you identify or relate to any of this?
http://www.dogstuff.info/diseases_of...d_lanting.html