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Originally Posted by Ladyhawk  A toy dog can ejaculate 300 -400 million sperm every day for 5 days without a noticeable loss of semen quality or libido. Studies have shown tha sperm quality and quantity will begin to decline after 5-7 days of daily collections. Fresh sperm will live for at least 4 - 6 days which is why I breed every other day. The eggs take about 2 - 3 days to ripen and once ripe live another 2 days. That means they have 2 days in which to become fertilized so it's good to have a fresh supply of sperm waiting for them. |
Well said, I guess we all have our ways to doing things. I know the eggs don't all drop at once so my biggest fear of breeding only one or two times, and if timing is off, you may just have one puppy and that to me puts the female at a greater risk, since singletons have a tendency to get big. During my 10 plus years of breeding Yorkies I have not had a problem with underdeveloped puppies being born. Not to say that it can't happen.