maggiesmom_2007 | 04-15-2012 08:18 AM | I am having trouble understanding why anyone wants to breed mixed breed dogs. Like it's been said time and time again there are too many dogs purebred and mixed in shelters and rescues. What I also don't understand is how a person can come on here and ask a question like the OP did and think that it would be received with only what they want to hear. Breeding is not an easy way to make money not if it's done the right way. First you spend money to buy the best quality of the breed, then there is the expense of various tests to make sure your dog or dogs are healthy, then the possible stud fee, then taking care of your female while she is pregnant and the vet costs for xrays and checkups, the cost of whelping supplies, then the whelping day arrives, Possibly more money spent for c sect or a stuck puppy etc. Then you have to factor in the cost of raising a litter. Hopefully your female doesn't have problems after she whelps, because then you become the surrogate and have to nurse and clean the pups.Of course then you have to find homes for them all , but you should already have a waiting list. But then sometimes a person will back out of getting a pup and your left trying to find the pup a good home. So there is alot more to breeding dogs than because they are cute or whatever reason you would have. Which is why 90% of the members on here get riled up when someone comes on here saying they want to breed and they want to mix breeds but they don't want any negativity. My advice to you is simply this leave the breeding to the people that know what they are doing. And if you really love your babies like your post says get them Spayed and Neutered . Heck I love my 2 boys to pieces but I had them neutered because they are nowhere near good representations of the breed. |