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Originally Posted by ragincajun  And I'm sure every single OBGyn fresh out of med school REALLY knows what to expect when that baby begins to crown? I would doubt that. Nothing replaces hands on experience.
However, how does one garner experience? It's to do it. Typically, and highly suggested, with an experienced person there to supervise and backup...just in case. In your doctor's example I wouldn't want that fresh out of med school doctor anywhere near my wife. But if the weathered veteran doctor was there then I'd feel alot better.
So, in rereading this thread and his initial post...he was asking for advice (i.e. HELP). Help is NOT bashing someone. Help is giving them proper advice to help them out. In this case, it would be something to the effect of:
1. Get a mentor who is in the profession.
(This should be doable. He obviously knows a breeder already, and is using that breeder's male dog so that breeder has a vested interest.)
2. Work with the mentor in his breeding to see first hand what to do.
(Again, if it's a reputable breeder I assume they are willing to help in this way.)
3. Ensure the breeder/mentor can attend or be available at the birthing time.
Now, I know nothing about breeding and don't want to. However I know that we NEED breeders to bring the dogs we love into the world. And yes, shelters are great. All seven of my pets have come from shelters. However, it is extremely difficult to get a pure breed from one and certainly impossible to get one from a particular line that you own or want one from so suggesting a shelter in this regard is a waste of time because it has nothing to do with his question or what he is trying to accomplish. |
Of course they don't. That's why they don't turn fresh OB-GYN's loose all by themselves. It takes years and years of
supervised practice before an ob-gyn is allowed to do deliveries by themselves. An newbie, unsupervised breeder is just as dangerous as that fresh faced M.D. And while you would never allow a doctor whose got a whopping one or two deliveries under their belt at you, watching or helping with one or two whelpings isn't much different.
As for finding a mentor, this is from the OP's other post:
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Hi thanks for replys. The breeder speaks only Spanish and my best friend who speaks fluent Spanish talks on my behalf for me. The stud dog is also from my breeder and is champion dog. The only problem is the fact he lives 5 hours drive away and would be very hard for me to keep going backwards and fourths every weekend for mentoring. Money is not an issue with my dam and I would not want to put her in a situation were her life is at great risk. Thats why I asked about getting her fully checked out.
Is there anyone on here willing to mentor me? |
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/3655976-post11.html
The OP does not have someone who is readily available. The advice given by the experienced breeders on the other thread was to find someone who was close by so they could be hands on.