I want to know too!

I've printed so much imformation already ...I think I've already got you're book. :)

I read an article that you wrote in a Yorkshire Terrier magazine and it was really interesting . Is there others articles from you ?

Really, that was so long ago. I think I had two, but not sure if both were TY mag or one in Dog Fancy??

You see Pat==I'm not the only one wanting to pick your brain;;Oh yea==ignore any who laugh at your writings;
Do I send the money for your book ahead of time??

inbreeding
 

that just sounds gross. :eek:

My Yorkie is pregnant by her son
 

I am so upset, my Yorkie is pregnant by her son. My husband and I went out of town and my neighbor who has her son was to keep an eye out my damn for one day. To our surprised, she was in heat when we returned. My neighbor said he kept them apart from each other the whole day BUT that's not true because she is VERY much pregnant. I am so scared, I do not know what to do. This was around September 6th, so I am pretty sure the pups will be here any day now.

That's not good. I can't offer any advice on what to do or precisely on what to expect, but I just wanted to acknowledge the situation you're in and how worried you are. I can definitely understand you being very worried. As others have mentioned, you want genetic variance otherwise the odds of things like weird deformities and whatever else goes up. I can't believe your neighbor lied to you like that. You live next to each other so you kinda expect the courtesy of honesty at the very least.

Hello and welcome to YorkieTalk. You posted on a thread that is about 10 years old so if you need help then please start a new thread.

Your story makes no sense. When a female comes in heat it usually takes 8 to 12 days before they would allow a male to breed them. The heat cycle lasts 3 weeks. Most likely if she was bred it was while she was in your care. Did you keep them separated for 3 weeks after you noticed she was in heat?

As for the mother to son breeding, it is impossible to know how it will turn out without knowing the bloodlines of both parents. Most likely the pups will be just fine but as with any breeding, you really never know.

All you can do at this point is get her to the vet and find someone to help you with whelping the puppies. Please let us know how it goes.

You can always abort the pregnancy....you are half way through it.....Do you know anything about the pedigree of the breeding pair? Personally, with the knowledge of what all can go wrong with inbreeding of questionable pedigrees behind the breeding pair, I would opt to abort the pregnancy....you certainly do not want to bring a litter of babies that will be sold/given to unsuspecting people, only to have their hearts broken when the genetic issues may start to arise and they have to deal with the often horrendous, heartbreaking effects of this type of breeding. This type of breeding is done by VERY EXPERIENCED BREEDERS, with extensive knowledge of their pedigrees/linage, and it can still be dicey......but the people that do this type of breeding are VERY experienced and knowledgeable of their pedigrees for at least 12-25 generations back, and they strengthen their lines doing this.

Knowing how difficult a delivery CAN be for yorkies, and questionable/limited knowledge of pedigrees and linage behind this line breeding, I think you should opt to have the pregnancy aborted and your female spayed, rather than risk bringing babies with questionable genetic health issues into the world, that will have to be dealt with emotionally and financially, by someone.

This conversation has gone a few different directions, but I thought this article was worth to share as it will enrich the discussion and conversation.
It can be interpreted but it ads for the discussion.
As far as a good idea, I am so happy to hear most people's opinions about not give continuance to the practice of inbreeding.

https://davidcavill.wordpress.com/a-...line-breeding/

Xoxo

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Certainly not something I would ever do or recommend.