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Originally Posted by tammy8833  ok..im sorry this is so long
my gidget has had 3 litters
she used to go every 9 months and we let her breed, each time. she did very very well. she is about 10lbs (now..shes gotten chunky as of late) she had each hefty litter in about an hr each time. everyone did great each time..and they are growing happy and healthy in their approved homes.
gidget came into heat at 6 months last time and she did tie with my male but he was very young. and she started to show i thought i felt one or two pups but in time she either absorbed them or it was a false. The heat was in Sept.
my older female we can not spay because we found out last year she has a bad heart mumor. so she came into heat this month..for a week i have been giving her and my male who is 10-11 months old now. alternative times in the crate.
Now Gidget has come in to heat again already, 4 months after the last heat and false pregnancy. I took her to the vet just for a rabies..i had the kids with me and really wasnt thinking to much about anything but getting in and out. well my oldest (hes 5) mentioned to the vet that gidgey was supposed to have babies but didnt and i piped in that i thought it was strange she was in heat already..and the vet mentioned that it might be a cycst on her ovaries and she might need to be spayed. her advice was to not mate on this heat and wait and see if the next one come in the following 6 months and then breed her.
im perfectly cool with waiting. i noticed that she just started her heat and she still has the dark blood and i wasnt concerned with her tieing with my male. my son yelled to me this morning that they were stuck! im so upset!
I know god laughs at plans..but i had goals...Teddy my new male is my first akc male with a nice background, small petite frame and silky long coat. gidget has great features and a healthy stocky body..i am really excited about the outcome of puppies from them. But now i feel like that might be up in smoke now. My goal was to breed her one last time..and any profit i get from that goes into a akc female. thats how i got teddy last year. But gidget is my first concern, shes my heart.
i dont know what to hope for..puppies or nothing. i dont know how to handle this. i pray that she doenst have any medical concerns
i guess im posting here to see if any one has any experience with what im talking about or advice on the heats and cycst, breeding and so forth.
thanks if i dont make sense please feel free to tell me because i have my young'uns coming in here every 2 seconds finding reasons to get out of bed. |
I'm no professional but i think letting her breed every heat cycle is just absurd. Of course she's gonna have health issues pile up because her body has never really had any time to rest. You say she is your HEART, so choose. Do you love "her" or the possibility of those puppies and profit? I personally would have her spayed right away so i wouldn't have to jeopardize (sp?) her and her health anymore