Should I breed my furbabie?

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Limelitediva

Now she is 3.5lbs I think?? Definately bigger than before, and she is 8 months old. Still growing a lot. Every week she is getting bigger! Any thoughts on breeding her?

At this point.....don't even think about it.......Way to small to even think about it. There are other factors that figure in besides weight. The room in her uterus, how many puppies she may concieve, will she be able to carry them to term. Does she come from a long line of free whelpers.

[chachi]

Shes still too small. She needs to be a minimum of 5 lbs

[Yorkiekids]

I wouldn't risk the life of my baby at only 3lbs. As othes mentioned there are a lot of tests that need to be done before you make a decision, and believe me they aren't cheap.

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

At this point.....don't even think about it.......Way to small to even think about it. There are other factors that figure in besides weight. The room in her uterus, how many puppies she may concieve, will she be able to carry them to term. Does she come from a long line of free whelpers.

I agree- if you read all the posts- no one thinks it is a good idea and many of the commenters REALLY know what they are talking about. I'm sure she would make beautiful puppies but it is not worth the risk- she is still way way too tiny .

[Limelitediva]

I definitely respect all the responses I have received, and definitely DONT want anything bad to happy to my beautiful Penelope.

[yorkie_mama22]

Originally Posted by Limelitediva

Now she is 3.5lbs I think?? Definately bigger than before, and she is 8 months old. Still growing a lot. Every week she is getting bigger! Any thoughts on breeding her?

I hardly see her hitting 5 lbs being 8 months already. My girl was 5 lbs at 9 months and she is a year now and still about 5-5.5 lbs.

[yorkie_mama22]

Originally Posted by Limelitediva

I definitely respect all the responses I have received, and definitely DONT want anything bad to happy to my beautiful Penelope.

WHy don't you go read in the breeders section. theres TWO people in there who just had to get c-sections for their babies and there babies were bigger then 5 lbs. Its not that cute and dandy as you may think.

[Limelitediva]

Originally Posted by yorkie_mama22

I hardly see her hitting 5 lbs being 8 months already. My girl was 5 lbs at 9 months and she is a year now and still about 5-5.5 lbs.

It might happen, it might not. She is the first dog I am raising on my own, I grew up with two dogs but I was little when they were pups so my mom raised them. She keeps growing more and more every week. She is 75% then when I got her and she was 5 months old at the time, so who knows. I will be happy either way.

[yorkie_mama22]

Originally Posted by Limelitediva

It might happen, it might not. She is the first dog I am raising on my own, I grew up with two dogs but I was little when they were pups so my mom raised them. She keeps growing more and more every week. She is 75% then when I got her and she was 5 months old at the time, so who knows. I will be happy either way.

Yorkies don't tend to gain much past 8 months. From 3.5 to 5 lbs that is ALOT for a yorkie! Don't get your hopes up. Even at 5 lbs that is a risk. Go read about it. My girl is 5-5.5 lbs and I wouldn't imagine her having babies. I would never consider breeding her. Maybe if I had a female that was 7 lbs like my moms I would feel comfortable. Just enjoy your tiny baby as a pet.

[topknot]

From my own experience - she is going to be way too small to breed. She is just not going to be big enough when grown to be able to breed safely. The others are so right. I know you are still young (20s) and have high hopes and wants, but the reality is she is too small.

You have to remember that you would not be able to go to work or go to school when she is due and at least a few days after she whelps. I do not think you may have known about this. Also the pet insureance covers certain things - things they need and usually do not cover things that you made happen by choice - like breeding. I am not completly sure, but from what I heard. So it will be some things for you also to consider.

I had an experience just a month ago where my champion female (5.5 pounds)went into labor early and we had to do a c-section (reason - a pup was in both horns blocking things up). At least it was during the workday, so it was only 700.00. She had 3 pups and the next day we lost one pup, the next day another one died, and then the 3rd day the last pup went. We tried everything and still nothing worked, their lungs were just not developed enough. We even built an oxygen tent and paid for oxygen - not cheap. I was up the whole time, so no sleep for 4 days. Also the mom had a really hard time coming off the anthesia - took 10 hours and I had to sit with her the whole time, so she would not do anything crazy and to make sure she came out of it okay. It was kinda scary for the first 7 hours, the way she looked and just not acting right. I was really afraid that I was going to loose her too.

So take my word of advice for the safety of your girl - don't even hope to breed your girl.

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by Limelitediva

Now she is 3.5lbs I think?? Definately bigger than before, and she is 8 months old. Still growing a lot. Every week she is getting bigger! Any thoughts on breeding her?

She still has a long way to go before you can determine if she should be bred. You have no idea at this point if she will be big enough to be bred safely and you have no idea how she will develop as an adult and if she will be of a quality that *should* be bred.

I would suggest that in the meantime, while you are researching and waiting for her to grow up, you find an experienced breed mentor to work with. Get some hands on experience and advice from someone who's been breeding for a while.

[Limelitediva]

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

She still has a long way to go before you can determine if she should be bred. You have no idea at this point if she will be big enough to be bred safely and you have no idea how she will develop as an adult and if she will be of a quality that *should* be bred.

I would suggest that in the meantime, while you are researching and waiting for her to grow up, you find an experienced breed mentor to work with. Get some hands on experience and advice from someone who's been breeding for a while.

Thank you so much for this response! In the meantime I am searching for a good mentor, but no luck in finding one yet Hopefully I can find one soon. There is a lady at work who I am friends with that fosters rescue dogs, and trains them n such. She said she has been to dog shows before. She is the closest thing to me finding a mentor thus far.

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by Limelitediva

Thank you so much for this response! In the meantime I am searching for a good mentor, but no luck in finding one yet Hopefully I can find one soon. There is a lady at work who I am friends with that fosters rescue dogs, and trains them n such. She said she has been to dog shows before. She is the closest thing to me finding a mentor thus far.

What about the breeder that you got your girl from? Surely, given that she sold you a dog with open registration to breed, she would be interested in working with you?

Also, in regards to CH bloodlines...that could mean a multitude of things. It could mean that there are numerous CH on each side of her pedigree in recent generations, or it could mean there are one or two CH several generations back. It makes a big difference when it comes to how much of the "Champion" genes you mention are being passed down. I say this just to point out that saying she comes from "champion lines" doesn't really give enough info to other members that they can base an opinion on. (Does that make sense?)