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08-09-2007, 06:50 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Birch Run
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| How long do they stay in heat? Roxie is just over a year and is now in heat. We plan on having puppies, but not her first time in season. How long will she be in heat and when will she be back into season? |
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08-11-2007, 01:46 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK
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| I think most stay in heat for around 3 weeks and have one about every 6 months, although just like with human women, they are all different. |
02-24-2013, 05:14 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Charlotte , NC mecklenburg
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| Question as to which pup to have fixed, I have both a female & male from same litter Will be 1 year old April 1st. |
02-24-2013, 05:34 PM | #5 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| This gives you about 6 months to do intensive research....you need to know about the pedigrees behind the breeding pair....are they both wonderful examples of the breed standard, so they will hopefully pass these specific traits on to the litter?.....this is ESSENTIAL to avoid genetic abnormalities. You may still end up with any of the genetic health issues Yorkies are know for being cursed with, but at least you can avoid doubling and tripling up on the same dogs on both top and bottom. You need to attend every AKC sanctioned dog show you can get to, all over the USA, in order to get familiar with dogs and owners that have an enormous wealth of information they MAY share with you, IF THEY TRUST YOU....usually it takes a couple of years of intense study and showing these people you are indeed serious about breeding and doing it "correctly", that is, in order to at least preserve the breed standard, and are not just going into breeding any two dogs you throw together, keeping your fingers crossed it all comes out OK.. You need to attend breeding seminars. Classes on reproduction and genetics would be most beneficial too. Read every book you can get your hands on, especially books authored by people notable in breeding Yorkies. Good luck in you start on the most gruelling, heartbreaking, gut wrenching, tender, labor intensive and EXPENSIVE adventure you will ever embark on. This is not anything you want to go into light heartedly or casually. And do not think you can do this and MAKE quick and easy money! You would do better going to Las Vegas and put it all on the crap table, especially if you have never played craps! Your chances of coming out ahead on the crap table is probably better!!! |
02-24-2013, 05:35 PM | #6 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Unless you are a longtime, experienced breeder who is ready for any and every emergency from the breeding, through pregnancy, whelping and then nursing and have had both the female and male health certified for the genetic clearances for assurance of betterment of the breed, I would not breed my female and take the chance. I was an inexperienced young person who bred my beautiful female Dobie girl her second heat with the help of her breeder and my mentor and on the 2nd day after whelping, her milk became septic and she died, as did two of her puppies. I was left to handraise a remaining litter of 4, while mourning losing my beautiful and wonderful Doberman girl. She was literally my best friend and she died because my husband and I chose to breed her in order to have puppies! I have always wished I could undo that decision and had allowed her to just live out her life without getting so sick so suddenly and having to suffer and then die, despite all the vets valiant efforts. The work involved in raising puppies without their mother and taking over all of her responsibilities and feeling so guilty all the while, sitting by their crate nights and getting so little sleep, worried they, too, might sicken and die those first few days, was horrible! They did make it but I almost didn't. Jimmy & I were so sorry we had decided that our beautiful Doberman pet should be bred and later we thought - for what? Why? Why was it necessary to take that chance? We could go out and buy another puppy - we didn't need to risk Cobra. We thought we would enjoy breeding Dobermans as a hobby. Well, let me tell you, unless you are quite wealthy and have a great deal of spare time around the clock, it is a money/labor-intensive project that only the experienced are probably better doing. I would ask you to ask yourself why you want to breed and whether or not it is really worth the risk of losing your bitch before you proceed. And really - think over the answer long and hard. Last but not least is the money that a complicated whelping can cost you. It was frightfully expensive, even all those years ago. I thought I would share my experiences if you are new to breeding, because things don't always go wrong, but when they do, it can be utterly tragic.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
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