Experienced Breeders I have some questions about your Best Breeding Days you prefer from your Experiences of Breeding and other questions about the stud and bitch used during your breeding sessions. When/If we choose to breed Sage and Galahad (They both are owned by us and live with us in our house, we do have a Yorkie Room) this will be both their 1st times breeding ever to any Yorkie. Sage will be 16 Months old and in her 2nd heat cycle and Galahad will be 2 yrs and 2 months old. Galahad is NOT a regular stud Yorkie...He will be used ONLY in our own Breeding Program.
I didn't go by days for my Teddy and Tiffanie (Didn't know to then, now I do lol) I have read breeding books and studied the subject since our last breedings of Teddy and Tiffanie
. Please answer all questions in details for me and others hopefully to learn from these detailed questions I'm asking. Thanks for all your input and wisdom on this Subject. It is valued dearly by me! Please put your answers beside my questions in color.
1. What Breeding Days of your bitches Heat Cycles you prefer (9, 12...)?
2. Why do you prefer these days
3. Is it due to what signs your bitch shows you?
3. a. If it is due to what signs your bitch shows you (Flagging, flirting with male and such), can you explain what those signs are in detail?
4. Is it due to the signs your stud shows you?
4. a. If it is due to what signs your stud shows you, can you explain what those signs are?
5. How do you know the days you choose are best for breeding?
6. Do you skip days?
6. a. If you do skip days, what days do you skip and why?
7. Do you always hold your female and help your male during their breeding?
(Reason ask this question, I never helped my Teddy and Tiffanie, they did their own thing..Sad but true then
...I had no idea then we we're suppose to help them!!! Learned a lot since their breedings
!)
8. Have you ever had a female to try to roll on you during your breeding session?
(Reason I ask this question is due to Sage wanting to roll onto her back to play with any of our other 4 Yorkies (Male or Female) and she wants on her back ALL the time to have her belly rubbed, she don't want petted on her head or back, it's her belly LOL)
9. Have you ever had a female be afraid to breed with you present or while you was holding her for the stud?
(Reason I ask this question is Sage doesn't like to be held down such as being held tightly, she is very smart and can be stubborn when she doesn't want to do something you want her to such as rinsing her during her bath with the sprayer even on low with almost no water coming out she will fight you with those long legs of hers lol and she is a private little lady...Will NOT potty with us in the room or with you watching her, she will hold it till you turn your back or leave the room, so I'm wondering if we (Me and Hubby)can hold her during a breeding due to her being this way????)
10. If you have a bitch that fights you while you are trying to hold her for the breeding session, then how do you deal with this without instilling fear into the bitch?
(Sage is a VERY strong Yorkie...She can be very very stubborn if she choose to be. I need to know the best approach to her for her 1st time breeding experience without her having fear...I don't want her 1st experience to mark her for future breedings. Does that make sense??? She still is timid so this worries me about her. Should I be worried about her being timid?)
11. Have you ever had a stud be afraid to breed with you present?
(Reason I ask this question is Galahad is one that will not do anything he wants to do in front of you...Such as rub his pony out, or rub his oil off his body, until you leave the room or turn your back...So I'm wondering if he will perform for us while breeding Sage if we're holding Sage for him to breed her. Also he is stubborn and timid as Sage is, they make a good pair lol, he knows Sage is his, he sniffs her everytime he is around her and marks everywhere wither any female is in heat or not in our house lol...Teddy our other male could care less lol)
12. If you have a stud that fights you while you are trying to help him during the breeding session then how do you help him with this without instilling fear into the stud?
(Galahad as Sage is a VERY strong Yorkie...He can be very very stubborn if he choose to be. I need to know the best approach to him for him 1st time breeding experience without him having fear...I don't want his 1st experience to mark him for future breedings. Does that make sense??? He still is timid so this worries me about him. Should I be worried about him being timid?)
13. Say your stud and bitch both are showing signs of wanting to breed and they don't/won't do their actual breeding with you there in front of them, then what do you do???
13. a. Do you try to help them?
13. b. Do you leave them alone, step outside the room and close the door? (I know you never leave them 100% unsupervised)
14. We have a Yorkie Room and a total of 5 Yorkies should I remove my other Yorkies (I know I will have to remove Teddy our other male lol) when they have their breeding session? I'm thinking I will or my other 2 little ladies will want to play too lol or distract them during their session.
Hugs
Lee