It is good you are researching before just going out and doing it. Very smart. I'm sure after researching this you will realize just how risky this is for the inexperienced breeder (and inexperienced dog going through this).
Oftentimes dogs (and women) go into labor or have medical emergencies at the most in oppertune time. (I used to work in human med on call - emergencies are frequently at 2 am.) Are you going to be able to know when a medical emergency is taking place? Identifying that a situation is about to go very bad is important to being able to save the lives of the dam and the pups. Do you have an emergency vet that you trust and can count on if something goes wrong. Unfortunately, these little dogs have a high rate of complications requiring emergency medical care - which is expensive. Usually beginning breeders have a mentor that is going to be there in person helping them through the pregnancy and whelp. The mentor also has the beginner assist w whelps first before trying a pregnancy w their own dogs.
Just trying to give you some facts to review. You might also want to post on our breeders' talk area. I'm sure the exp breeders on this site could give you more info about the difficulty level of this breed to whelp/carry pups. It's kind of like ppl. Some ppl have easy pregnancies/births; some ppl are high risk for complication/death. |