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Originally Posted by Sir Bentley  Did he show any sings of being a little male doggie at this age. Our vet said we should have him done at 5 to 5 1/2 months to stop all of the male things.
Our little girl is 3 lbs and he said not to breed her unless the male was really small like her.
So were thinking of having her fixed at first heat and saving Sir Bentley because he comes from good champion blood lines.
Any opinions on what you think? Or have them both fixed |
I am sorry....I tried to just pass over this, but I just can not do it.....I tried to underline your sentence above about what the vet told you....for a vet to make a statement like that is just a little frightening to me....YOU MUST NEVER CONSIDER HAVING A 3 POUND FEMALE BRED, EVEN IF THE MALE WERE TO WEIGH 12 OZ!!!! IT IS NOT WHAT THESE TWO DOGS WEIGH...IT IS WHAT IS BEHIND THEM FOR GENERATIONS THAT DICTATE HOW BIG THE BABIES WILL BE!!!!!! A 3# female is toooooooooo small to be bred by anything!!!! Her little uterus is only maybe the length of your middle finger...now, imagine putting a puppy, or even 3-4 puppies in the length of your middle finger, even if it stretches to twice its size!!!!! Can you say, "RUPTURED UTERUS"? Can you say, "HEMORRHAGED TO DEATH"?
I am in stunned amazement that a VET would advocted breeding a 3# Yorkie, period! Going one step further, I am in stunned amazement he does not know that it is genetics that determine how big the babies will be, NOT STRICTLY the size of the sire!!!!! One expects to hear this coming from people that do not know about breeding and genetics....I thought vets KNEW about these things!!!!!!...........I am sorry....I will take my soap box and go looking for something else to get into!
