Thanks guys. I appreciate your responses. I have decided not to breed her. It's not the cost that got to me so much as the thought that what I do could perpetuate, and as someone who's worked a lot with rescues, I would hate to think that something created by my beautiful little girl could eventually be a baby-making-machine. And I spent all day thinking about how much I would miss her if she weren't to survive childbirth.
When she ate chicken bones and I had to rush her to the vet I almost lost my mind. I can't imagine staring at her for 2 or so months, every day, trying to figure out if her pregnancy was ok. I could do it with my mom's Pomeranians, but like you guys said, she's -my- baby. I don't think be able to forgive myself if anything were to happen to her.
I'll probably just start looking for a baby for her to "raise" after 12 weeks or so. I'm pretty sure she would take to them as though they were her own. She loooooves kittens
Which leads me to another question (sorry >.<) Her color is kind of a bonkers color, and I'm -sure- it isnt to standard, but do you know of anyone who has/breeds pups in any way similar to her color or if theres a word for it or anything? I think she kinda looks like a little German Shepherd :P When I do buy a puppy, it'll probably be 6 months from now or so, but I might as well start researching
(she looks sad, i promise you she is just irritated with me for giving her a horn)
http://i.imgur.com/OCoYP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aImpb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CDPiY.jpg
And!! Here's her X-Ray photo in case anyone is curious what chicken bones in a tummy look like :P
http://i.imgur.com/99iR5.png
I really appreciate you talking to me about this and making me look at it sensibly. It might have turned out ok, but then again, the "what if" is a pretty huge one.
Thanks, I lurk a lot , and haven't posted much, but I really appreciate you and this forum.