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Originally Posted by fannie  Same here.
Some people just honestly have no clue and we have to do what we can to protect our dogs. |
As someone who has bred their smaller female, I would really have to agree with this. Sicily is about 3.5, and two vets as well as the stud owner never questioned me breeding her. I had honestly had no clue about the complications of breeding her when she was so small. Even after her first c-section, they never told me it was due to her size or bone structure- only that the first had gotten stuck breech, and caused her too much stress to push the other one out.
After switching vets, it was then that I learned that she should have been bigger to breed. (This was during one of her prenatal appointments for her second litter.) I really felt so guilty that I had done it again without doing enough research. I had just trusted the vets in the situation, who said that it wouldn't be a problem as long as I used a stud that was under 4lbs.
Unless you know for sure that she knew the risks involved, I wouldn't be too horrible to this other person. Maybe pass along the information that you do know, because it's not only the breeders who are uneducated about it. I did talk to my vet, thinking that was the best source, but I would have never taken the risk if I would have known in advance.