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SoCalyorkiLvr · 12-04-2005, 06:44 PM

Erin~

The quote is actually "I know OF plenty of vets and theriogenologists...." I don't know any theriogenologists personally, yet, but I have posted this quote from one several times on here so I guess you guys didn't see it, or forgot about it.

Bill Sones and Rich Sones
Richmond.com
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Q. From a Spokane, Washington reader: Recently I have noticed a lot of media attention given to artificially inseminated mixed-breed dogs. If a very small dog like a teacup poodle is inseminated with a large breed dog like a St. Bernard, would the mother (1) abort (2) have one live birth puppy (3) have her life endangered?"

A. Generally not one and three, more likely two which may also include a litter of live births, says animal reproduction specialist Dr. Margaret V. Root Kustritz, University of Minnesota small animal theriogenologist (from the Greek therio = beast, gen = birth, ology = study of). "I get this question all the time. Dogs are plenty driven by urges to breed or be bred regardless of their mismatched sizes so artificial insemination might not even be necessary."

Once the female is pregnant, the puppies will grow to the size available to them, so even though it seems counterintuitive, a small female dog can carry pups from a giant breed male dog. Even where there is no size mismatch, says Kustritz, if a female dog has only one pup, it will grow to fill the space, thus becoming larger and more likely to cause dystocia (difficulty whelping) than would pups from a large litter.
I have spoken to many vets about the subject but a telephone conversation or even an in person conversation would mean that I know them personally.

I really don't understand the need for this anyway since we already have confirmation from several other members in this thread that their vets say that breeding tinies is possible if done under very specific circumstances by very experienced breeders only. A tiny is anything under 5 lbs and even two of Villette's vets said it might be okay as did YorkieRose (who recommended against it but still said it was possible) so why do you need more proof? Do you not believe them?

12-04-2005, 06:44 PM	#43
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	Erin~ The quote is actually "I know OF plenty of vets and theriogenologists...." I don't know any theriogenologists personally, yet, but I have posted this quote from one several times on here so I guess you guys didn't see it, or forgot about it. Bill Sones and Rich Sones Richmond.com Saturday, October 15, 2005 Q. From a Spokane, Washington reader: Recently I have noticed a lot of media attention given to artificially inseminated mixed-breed dogs. If a very small dog like a teacup poodle is inseminated with a large breed dog like a St. Bernard, would the mother (1) abort (2) have one live birth puppy (3) have her life endangered?" A. Generally not one and three, more likely two which may also include a litter of live births, says animal reproduction specialist Dr. Margaret V. Root Kustritz, University of Minnesota small animal theriogenologist (from the Greek therio = beast, gen = birth, ology = study of). "I get this question all the time. Dogs are plenty driven by urges to breed or be bred regardless of their mismatched sizes so artificial insemination might not even be necessary." Once the female is pregnant, the puppies will grow to the size available to them, so even though it seems counterintuitive, a small female dog can carry pups from a giant breed male dog. Even where there is no size mismatch, says Kustritz, if a female dog has only one pup, it will grow to fill the space, thus becoming larger and more likely to cause dystocia (difficulty whelping) than would pups from a large litter. I have spoken to many vets about the subject but a telephone conversation or even an in person conversation would mean that I know them personally. I really don't understand the need for this anyway since we already have confirmation from several other members in this thread that their vets say that breeding tinies is possible if done under very specific circumstances by very experienced breeders only. A tiny is anything under 5 lbs and even two of Villette's vets said it might be okay as did YorkieRose (who recommended against it but still said it was possible) so why do you need more proof? Do you not believe them? Last edited by SoCalyorkiLvr; 12-04-2005 at 06:46 PM.