I did put my female in the crate, separated from my boys. For some reason, I have no idea how she got out! No! I am not trying to mate her yet! I had them since puppies and never tried to mate! I did not allow it to happen! It was an accident! Well, maybe I don't have the money to buy hundreds of gates, just to keep them separated. I have her in the crate and a gate but she got out from her crate and jumped the gate!

Thank you, yes I got them since they were pups,. They are all registered by AKC.

i came here to ask for guidance and help., I never thought people here can be so cruel and very judgemental. i love the bred to, and would not do anything to disgrace it. I paid alot of money towards them 3, more than what I spend for myself. People who criticizes me, look around you... are you who says who you are?

usually 18months to 2 years of age is a good time to breed for the first time (second or third heat depending on dog).

Yes, you can register the litter if they are AKC by doing DNA on mother, both sires and all the puppies. Expensive to do all and I think they have a large fee they charge in addition to the fee for each puppy. I have heard of this before and you can call AKC for details.
Even now that you are not sure if a breeding took place, in order to register through AKC you will need to do this entire DNA workup.

I know you love your babies.:aimeeyork
Hopefully it was to early in her cycle and they didnt breed.
But if they did we're here for you.
Just be open to listening to them and,
You'll find great info and people here.:thumbup: :thumbup:
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If she just came in to heat 5 days ago, she wouldn't be ready for the male yet..here's a wonderful website that my old vet has up..
http://animalpetdoctor.homestead.com/Reproduction.html

Ok you can call me mean and rude. You have had your dogs for years, and said you had them health tested and intended to breed this whole time, and now you come on asking the simple basic questions about if your males could get her pregnant? I mean come on now....... :thumbdown What did you do the other times she came into heat? If you don't have the $$ to buy pens, crates or whatever to do breeding properly ,and keep them seperate, and know when they were bred and to which male bred them. Then don't breed ! The next question will be how long till she has her pups, and how do I know if she is pregnant and how do I care for the pups?? All of these questions need to be researched way ahead of time ! Honestly , if you don't know what day your female came into heat , or what day of her heat she is fertile , or if both males could breed her, then you are FAR FROM READY TO BREED YORKIES!! It's ok to ask questions, but the basics should be known way before you intend to breed !! Again, call me mean, but you have owned your dogs for enough time and planned on breeding them for this whole time that you should have done your research. There are so many books, internet sites, your vet that did the health testing, to ask these questions ahead of time so you would be ready when the time comes.

advice doesn't need to be nice IMO it needs to be honest, that's the whole point of asking right? :wink:
I also agree that all these questions should have been done BEFORE breeding, and if you don't have money for crates how will you afford her pregnancy, a possible c/section, vaccination puppies, etc, etc, etc..? :confused: Nobody is doubting your love for your babies or judging you, but you must admit its an irresponsible thing to breed without the proper knowledge and you cant expect approval when doing so

:thumbup: Intead of focusing on if the advise was nice or not (and remember you can't read tone over the internet)...why not focus on the good advise given?

Thats what I was wondering about too! Why havent you already done the research in the 4 years you have had them??

Don't worry about it. Dog people always argue. Welcome and join the club :) Now if your post was ignored, that would be something to be upset about. So get a thick skin and stick around.

Thanks for clarifying. :) Guess that since I've been a responsible breeder, I've not had to "cross this bridge". It was something that I had heard and I know that when registering a litter on line, one question that is asked is something to the effect of "can the breeder guarantee that no other males bred with the female".

Either way, seems that there is a hefty fee to pay and one that I hope I NEVER have to pay.

:confused: :( take it easy :ghug: