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06-06-2005, 06:57 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Size of females Hi, I am new here! I am a Mini Dachshund breeder of 5 years and want to get 4 Yorkies to breed. I just bought my male, he is an AKC Blue & Gold, 6 years old, and weighs 8 1/2 pounds. My question is what size is too small to breed with him? is 7 pounds to small? I did not want to get into breeding the small size Yorkies? |
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06-09-2005, 08:13 PM | #2 |
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| Size Your female needs to be bigger than the male. This will help insure a safe delivery for the female. There are breeders who do breed bigge males to little females but c-sections are a higher risk as well as death to either the pups or the mother. Even smal yorkies can have big babies, and vice versa. Good luck with your descision to breed.
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06-09-2005, 08:20 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | The male should ALWAYS be smaller than the female. A friend of mine bred her 4 lb and 5 lb female with her 6 lb male. Her 4 pounder's second pup died. He was WAY TOO BIG. It took them over an hour of pulling and yanking to get him out. Her 5 pounder didn't have near the problems except after her water broke, she wouldn't push. They ended up having to do a c-section on her. |
06-10-2005, 12:23 PM | #4 |
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| Breeding One of the biggest mistakes is to lock yourself into a male before getting your females. Your male is too large to be used as a stud if you want to breed within the standard..and what other reason is there if you love the traits of the breed. I have bred Doxies myself..wonderful breed. I wasted 10 years, then got smart...find a couple tip top bitches and buy champion stud service..you will never regret starting on a solid foundation..have you ever heard the song.."a WISE MAN BUILDS HIS HOUSE UPON THE ROCK"? Well, it holds true for dog breeding also...best wishes |
06-10-2005, 01:06 PM | #5 |
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| I know thats prolly not what you wanted to hear....Sorry.....Yorkierose is so right. Im a breeder, and I didnt start with a rock solid foundation and now Im gonna have to back pedal..... A couple of my females are big 9 to 10 lbs and they dont always breed down with a small male either....take it from me bigger yorkies are harder to find homes for. A smaller male would probably be in your best interest. |
06-10-2005, 01:42 PM | #6 | |
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06-10-2005, 10:43 PM | #7 |
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| I can relate... We had a male for our girls and he got way to big... We had to find a smaller male... What a good pet he will be for someone but as far as breeding to my precious girls I didnt dare take a chance.... They mean to much to me to risk complications just because I wanted pups.. So, we finally found the perfect little guy and what a match.. It was kinda hard to get rid of a male that we had trained so well, but I look at it like we did his forever family a favor by all his training... Joy |
06-11-2005, 10:53 AM | #8 | |
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06-11-2005, 11:28 AM | #9 | |
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06-11-2005, 12:17 PM | #10 |
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| question May I ask what state you are located in? |
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