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04-12-2005, 05:34 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2005
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| Before Your dog becomes pregnant I can't believe how many posts I am seeing saying basically my dog is pregnant, now what do I do? All of these pregnancies are planned, why don't these people have that planned out yet. It frightens me. My girl is up at her breeders right now, getting artificially inseminated. Not only have I been reading what to expect, I recognize that I am not a breeder. I have no experience, nor have I ever been present at another dog's birth. Watching it on the animal channel doesn't count. The health of my little girl and her babies is far important than my desires. My breeder is doing everything. She is impregnating her, she is doing the genetic background...just having a dog with AKC papers isn't enough, an AKC dog can have a hereditary illness, my girl will spend her pregnancy with me, under personal the guidance of my breeder, and she will do the birthing. I hope I am there for that, but I know I may miss it. She will wean the pups, and she will find the homes. The cost of all this? We split the litter and expenses. My baby's well being is worth it. Please, I beg of you first timers...if you love your girl, PLEASE don't just wing this. Already I am being told things that weren't in the books...like do not supplement calcium (preemclampsia)_ do not give live (cleft palets) feed raw (healthier pups), puppy food the last 4 weeks, not before (too heavy) The list goes on. Do not rely on the internet! Get a mentor to help you. S. |
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04-12-2005, 07:29 AM | #2 |
BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California
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| I couldn't agree more. There's no way I'd be allowing any of my dogs (if I even had a female) to be pregnant without the guidance of a mentor, someone who's done this for many years... |
04-12-2005, 07:39 AM | #3 |
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| Sio99- I know that everyone wants what's best for their babies and even those who have allowed their dog to get pregnant, either accidentally or on purpose, and are now seeking advice, are better off asking for it now, after the fact but before the birth, than not at all. We all make mistakes, some bigger than others. Why are you breeding your baby? Just curious. I did not realize that it was a common practice for a "breeder" to take someone else's dog and breed it. I have never heard of that. Is it a business and done for the profit? |
04-12-2005, 08:07 AM | #4 |
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| like do not supplement calcium (preemclampsia)_ do not give live (cleft palets) feed raw (healthier pups), puppy food the last 4 weeks, not before (too heavy)S.[/QUOTE] Another reason you shouldnt calcium suppliment before whelping is the growth of the puppies, they sometimes get too large for the bitch to free whelp. Too much calcium during pregancy can sometimes bring on eclampsia. My Girl got eclampsia 17 days after whelping. She was @ emergency new years morning 4:00am. They administration of calcium intravenously and recovered within minutes. I gave her 1/2 of tums daily for next three weeks to suppliment her calcium and handreared the pups. Now I use pet tabs NOT with extra calicum or NuVet daily and after whelping I have included goats milk since my bitch is small with a large litters.
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04-12-2005, 09:05 AM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama
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| You know I don't and never have understood why half the people who decide to breed do so. Now I'm not knocking all breeders, trust me I know that without breeders I wouldn't have my little girl. I just don't understand why some people feel that just because they have a dog they must breed it. I feel that people like myself (all of my animals are spayed and neut.) just don't need to breed. I would love to have little puppies running around the house and I would love to make some family as happy as we were when we got our puppy, but I don't have the patience or know-how to breed. I wouldn't check into the health issues or needs of a pregnant dog. I would if I had to but I dont have to I have my animals fixed for this reason. I have been asked several times by people who own male dogs if I was going to breed her, and these are just first time owners who have never breed dogs before. I also feel that as a male dog owner you have just as much resposiblity, you shouldn't just breed your dog to anything. I just don't understand the need that everyone has to breed. Its a dog, not some money making machine. You don't have to breed them just because you can. I've heard so many people get a dog (who were originally getting a pet) and say well I got a male dog b/c my brother has a female so I can breed him. Why, just because you can? Well you don't have to. Like I said before I'm not in anyway knocking the good breeders, and you know who you are. There is a need for breeders, the ones that truely devote themselves to it and want healthy babies. I have much respect for those of you out there that are like this, and I hope I didn't offend any of you, but I feel that if you are a good breeder you know it and chances are you may feel the same way I do or at least (hopefully) won't be offended by what I said.
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04-12-2005, 10:47 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas
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| Hickey007 - i understand what your saying before me and my best friend got our yorkies we always talked about how we could breed them have puppies but after i got nala and joined YT and realized the work, effort, sleepless nights, vet bills etc that has to be put into it i realized that i'm not the person to breed dogs. i love them, who doesn't but i have no knowledge what so ever and have no business trying to attempt it. like you said i commend all the great breeders on YT and i also in no way trying to offend anyone. |
04-12-2005, 10:49 AM | #7 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
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| breeder As to the breeding arrangements SIO99 has made with her mentor, it could be one of many arrangements. Perhaps, the bitch came from the breeder and is co-owned. Some breeders have a cost, plus an puppy back or no upfront cost and split litters, pups back etc...no hard fast rules, whatever two people agree upon. |
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