Hope this helps you with your friend.
In any mating there is a risk of losing your bitch even to seasoned, 'know what they are doing breeders'.
Be prepared for a c section and know if one will be required or you could lose bitch, puppies and everything. C sections usually happen in the middle of the night and emergency c sections can run anywhere from about $1000 and up. There is a risk after all that of no puppies no bitch, all died.
Be prepared to take time off work to be home watching the bitch a week before whelping is due in case something goes wrong and she is early then at least a week or two after whelping to keep an eye on puppies and bitch.
Be prepared to be up all night if whelping happens at night and at least three or four times during the night for the next week to keep an eye on puppies.
If one pup is weak, you are up every couple of hours tubing it or whatever it takes to try to save that puppy which you could lose anyway.
Be prepared to be up every 2 hours 24/7 for three weeks if your bitch doesn't want anything to do with the puppies which is a higher risk if this is your pet.
Do you know anything about the genetic issues of this particular breed? Will you give refunds to puppy buyers assuming you produce puppies if health issues are a problem. Are you ready to be sued if you refuse?
For any puppy born are you prepared to take it back at any time in its lifetime if the owner can no longer keep it? YOu brought it into the world so its life is your responsibility not the animal shelters.
You cannot breed a bitch on the first season, nor the second. Third is better. Are you prepared to keep your male and female separated for 3 weeks while she is in season and prepare for territory marking from your male forever more once he realizes an intact bitch is in the house.
Have they been tested for the issues known to be a problem in your breed? If not, you have no business breeding them.
To enjoy your dogs as the pets they were purchased as, spay/neuter both and enjoy them.
Suppose you get to the point of live puppies that make it and you have been cleaning up poop and feeding them after mom has weaned them for several weeks now/ Now you are selling them. Do you know how to interview and screen buyers so your pups don't end up with someone that doesn't have the time for it which happened to your bitch puppy? Do you know how to interview so it isn't tortured by unruly children? Do you know how to interview so that a new home knows how to take care of it and willing to spend the money on any health issues that may come up? Can you keep your precious puppies out of puppy mills that may even be small breeders but in deplorable conditons?
breeding is a huge responsibility if you want to do it right and not contribute to the problem of dogs in bad situations and overpopulation of dogs and puppies that is going on now because of irresponsibility on the part of breeders. |