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Originally Posted by motherhen  Thanks for the info about breeding. I do keep an eye on them, and record when I see them doing it. I didn't know it was better to limit them to the number of times. Figured as long as we were getting a decent amount of puppies that it was fine. Ok, so out of those 7 days, how many days do I let them? |
It really depends on the female. What I do, I introduce the male and female on her 9th day. If she is interested and I get a tie then I will usually wait two days and breed them again. So I am breeding on the 9th and 12th day. Sometimes I will do a 3rd breeding on the 14th day. Females are in heat for 3 weeks and often a female will accept a male all the way to the 21st day or longer. I have had some females accept a male very early in her heat cycle and others that would want nothing to do with the male until the 14th day. They are all different. Some breeders do progesterone testing so they don't have to guess.