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Originally Posted by rcb722  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. |
And see, that's a whole other issue. Too many people think that as long as the stud is small that everything will be just fine. You absolutely have to know what the dogs have in their lines. Plus, it makes a big difference in the size of the puppies depending on where they are placed in the horns and how many puppies there are.
That's too bad that your vet didn't explain more to you. Thankfully, your girl was ok.