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Originally Posted by Candy317  Just my opinion anywho, breeding should be left to the professionals who are there to improve the breed  But looks like I'm the minority here on that topic, so you do as what you believe is best for you and your dog. 
Nancy, really I never heard of that before. My sister's shih tzu was I'll say 8months when he bred with my dog, Princess and none of the pups had any sort of deformations, unless you count really cute bi-color eyes in one pup  But of course like with anything, it doesn't happen in all cases. Two pups didn't make it, because they became chilled few days after birth. But thats good to know, never knew that. Thanks for that bit of new information. |
I posted that a male that is too young could have deformed puppies. I have since found out that there is no scientific data to back this up, and a sperm is either viable or it is not. So while a younger puppy has less viable sperm then an older dog, and it would be more difficult to impregnate the dog, there is no such thing as immature sperm. I just wanted to clear this up; I would hate to spread unfounded information, for if we read something often enough, we begin to believe it to be fact. If someone has some scientific data to correct me, please post it. I see this thread has moved to the breeder's forum and I will let the experts take over. Best of luck to the OP, I hope everything works out for you.