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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  Ya know, I gotta ask...why would any reputable breeder have placed such a small girl with you and allowed her to go on open registration so that she could be bred--I would think to protect her based on her size alone. Was she not placed w/ an s/n agreement?  |
Good point....But limited registration doesn't prevent breeding--it only prevents the resulting litter from being registered. Same with a spay/neuter contract. People breed unregistered/unregisterable dogs all the time.
While I totally agree with everyone posting that this bitch should not have been bred....the ease of delivery is not so much dependent on the weight of the dog, but more upon the pelvic structure. You can have a 7 lb. bitch with a very small pelvis who will always have trouble.....and a 4 lb. with a large pelvis (large in relation to her body) who may not have any trouble at all.
I am not at all saying this to condone breeding this small baby. Even if (and that's a BIG IF) size had nothing to do with it, she's too young......just trying to think positively now that it has been done.