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bellemarie · 11-02-2010, 02:25 PM

firstly, sorry for the (once again) long winded question...
unfortunately, over here (in n.i) having a breeding mentor isnt really 'the done thing' but i insisted on having someone more experienced to give me a hand, and since i have not been able to get in touch with the UYTC this lady was the best breeder i knew... however...over the last few months i have been having disagreements with my 'mentor' as to her breeding ethics. she breeds chihuahuas as her main breed and yorkies as a secondary (as i said, she was deffinately better than nothing) but she has recently been breeding just to meet the demand for chis (imo) and has not been registering them etc- she has 7 chi girls and all have had non reg litters this year. i do have a tendency to speak my mind and have nearly gotten into some pretty heated discussions with her over the past few months about it...
another of my problems is, she owns the male that i am wanting to take missy to when she goes into heat, and with kuki hopefully getting ready for her maiden litter, i dont want to be on my own (although the owners of kukis stud is a Very knowledgeable and an excellent, experienced yorkie exhibitor and breeder and i know that that they will help me if needed, although i dont know them That well yet...)
what would you do in my situation; do i overlook the fact that my current 'mentor' is becoming too greedy until i have established a better relationship with the better breeder, or do i cut my loses and hope for the best with my new aquaintance?

also, to the best of my knowledge kukis day1 of heat was 21/10 so it is now day 12 and she hasnt really showed at all- she did swell but she is a reduiculosly clean girl, so is cleaning constantly and i only noticed a little staining a while back (sorry, i had the days written down but cant find it!)
but i took her to stud on 31/10 (day 10) because she was throwing her tail for our neutered male, but she wouldnt stand for their stud- i was told by them that she was probably over it, but could it be possible that she simply hasn't quite reached phase 2 yet?

i know this a little of an information overload, but any and all advise will be greatly appreciated...

11-02-2010, 02:25 PM	#1
bellemarie YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: belfast, northern ireland Posts: 520	mentor issue (and heat cycle question) firstly, sorry for the (once again) long winded question... unfortunately, over here (in n.i) having a breeding mentor isnt really 'the done thing' but i insisted on having someone more experienced to give me a hand, and since i have not been able to get in touch with the UYTC this lady was the best breeder i knew... however...over the last few months i have been having disagreements with my 'mentor' as to her breeding ethics. she breeds chihuahuas as her main breed and yorkies as a secondary (as i said, she was deffinately better than nothing) but she has recently been breeding just to meet the demand for chis (imo) and has not been registering them etc- she has 7 chi girls and all have had non reg litters this year. i do have a tendency to speak my mind and have nearly gotten into some pretty heated discussions with her over the past few months about it... another of my problems is, she owns the male that i am wanting to take missy to when she goes into heat, and with kuki hopefully getting ready for her maiden litter, i dont want to be on my own (although the owners of kukis stud is a Very knowledgeable and an excellent, experienced yorkie exhibitor and breeder and i know that that they will help me if needed, although i dont know them That well yet...) what would you do in my situation; do i overlook the fact that my current 'mentor' is becoming too greedy until i have established a better relationship with the better breeder, or do i cut my loses and hope for the best with my new aquaintance? also, to the best of my knowledge kukis day1 of heat was 21/10 so it is now day 12 and she hasnt really showed at all- she did swell but she is a reduiculosly clean girl, so is cleaning constantly and i only noticed a little staining a while back (sorry, i had the days written down but cant find it!) but i took her to stud on 31/10 (day 10) because she was throwing her tail for our neutered male, but she wouldnt stand for their stud- i was told by them that she was probably over it, but could it be possible that she simply hasn't quite reached phase 2 yet? i know this a little of an information overload, but any and all advise will be greatly appreciated... __________________ "...She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart; you owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion..." Last edited by bellemarie; 11-02-2010 at 02:26 PM. Reason: sp (yet again!)