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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  If you want to breed you will need to go to dog shows to find a mentor and earn there respect this could take a while and hopefully they will help you with getting two excellent examples of the breed to breed as well as ones that come from great backgrounds. The female you have isn't going to work because breeders who have these great lines don't give just anyone breeding rights like your breeder gave you with there dog because they want to protect the lines they have worked very hard for. Breeding the reputable way is absolutely not a way to make money and should only be done by those who want to better the breed. If a female is under 5 pounds it is extremely dangerous for her to have a litter but it still can be very dangerous for any female to be pregnant and whelp especially if the the person breeding doesn't know all the signs of distress and what they are doing. There was one lady on here who's female got pregnant and had to have a c-section and the female would not accept the puppies for a few days so she had to feed the puppies every two hours but she got lucky and the female accepted the pups but sometimes they don't and your stuck feeding the pups every two hours for 7 or 8 weeks which means no sleep for you because you have to be there mom and clean them, feed them, keep them warm and so on. It also is pretty expensive keeping puppies until 12 weeks you have to dock tails, remove dew claws, and shots plus regular vet check ups and so on. You also have to do genetic and health testing that you will have to go to a specialist for. Spaying before there first heat really reduces the risk of mammary cancer even spaying after there first heat reduces it a pretty good amount. Spaying will also keep them from getting certain infections that require immediate operation. Before any one breeds I strongly suggest they go check out there local shelters. |
Excellent answer.
After reading a wealth of information provided on YT, I decided to have Barney neutered. It wasn't worth the risk for me. We take him with us when we travel and I don't want him "tempted" by an unaltered female. We didn't fix our oldest dog, Max, and he paid the price. When he was 5, he got away from us and was mauled by a larger male going for the same female he was after. I have read that dogs can smell a female in heat up to 3 miles away.