breeding

[mitykat]

Hi I have my pet rottie who is now 10 mnths I am thinking of breeding har at some point but as I have never done it before not sure how to go about it though.Am unsure about when heat will be and when she needs to be near another dog.If there is any advice I will be most gratefull.

[kita1]

http://www.dogstuff.info/to_breed_or_not.html

All the information you require is in the article above.

Please remember that rescues are full of breeds like Rotties.

To be honest I cannot see why anyone would wish to put themselves or their bitch through the trauma of breeding a litter of pups that will probably end up in rescue (if they are lucky).

Or maybe your bitch is a top class (champion) show dog who has a zero hip score and has obedience/working certificates?

[lankeela]

Well said kita, now stand back and wait for the ' I only asked for advice I didn't want a lecture' speech. And the 'my dog is well looked after and I would find good homes for the puppies with my friends and family' not to mention 'who do you think you are telling me what to do' -

Mitykat, if you don't even know the basic requirements for breeding how on earth will manage to mate, whelp and rear a litter of anything up to sixteen pups that will eat you out of house and home, **** for england and chew your home to bits before they leave at 8 weeks if you are lucky, or 6 months if you can't find homes, because most people don't want a Rottie with a tail any more. Thats if she whelped ok and didn't need a C section which she might not survive nor her puppies, and which might cost you anything up to �1,000, plus the price of the stud (�500 ish) for a decent dog.

Take advice from experienced dog owners/breeders, have her spayed and love her for what she is, not for how much you can make out of her. If you want another puppy buy one from the breeder you got her from.

[mitykat]

Actually I myself had a staff bitch who fell pregnant by accident as we had got a rescued male and as for the listen to experienced dog owners if you have'nt got anything usefull to say don't say anything at all I have had dogs and cats and hamsters ,Rabbits fish and lots more animals all my life my step son is practising in veterinary care so I would say that yeah I am pretty responsible I only wanted to know a bit of knowledge from somebody who might have done it before .So please don't add anything else to this disscussion but if anybody does have anything else to say that is of any use that would be great .thanks

[gelda]

Mitycat,if you come on here for advice you get it, what I can't understand is if you have all that experience with all those animals why are you seeking advice on here? also if your stepson is studying to be a vet why haven't you asked him, People on this site really care about the welfare of the animals so nobody beats about the bush. As Lankeela and Kita say, why would you want to breed from a Rottie when there are so many in rescue.

[kita1]

"I myself had a staff bitch who fell pregnant by accident as we had got a rescue male"

Says it all really.

If you have a bitch in season and keep her with an entire male the resulting pregnancy is no 'accident'.

Just out of interest what happened to those pups?

And I am curious - what was the breed of dog you gave up in the reply to the question about giving a dog up?

So you did not find the article I gave any use then? Or did you not read it?

[gelda]

Mitycat owns three dogs!!!

[gelda]

Mitycat owns three dogs!!! Read the post about dogs chewing.

[lankeela]

So predictable. We've heard it so many times before.

[garner]

" ditto lankeela"

[lankeela]

What really gets on my t*ts is that responsible pedigree dog breeders are taking so much flak at present after that biased BBC programme, yet people like this think they can just put a dog and bitch together and get puppies, what about health screening, studying pedigrees, whelping and rearing correctly and socialising puppies before allowing them to go to previously booked responsible owners. If I am asked to recommend a breeder it would be someone who has done all the correct things, and offers a lifetime aftercare. How would this person cope if the bitch had 12 or thirteen puppies, and all the owners had to part with them at two years for one reason or another. Could they take them all back? I don't think so.

How could you recommend these puppies to someone when the breeder does not even know the rudiments of mating a bitch?

[babybow]

mmmmmmmm makes me wonder that some peeps breed their dogs as a money machine

[Ice.Maiden]

I have to agree with baby completely. Some folk see a bitch as a way of making "easy" money. In fact, I knew someone who deliberately did this with her 2 rotties. The bitch duly produced a litter of 10, but because they dog had no papers, she could "only" get �100 per pup. I thought it was disgusting when she moaned about this.

[wildwood]

Dear mitykat. You asked for advice and you got it. I am not usually one to go with the masses and I always root for the underdog but in this case; You got some very sound and indeed USEFUL advice. I can understand how you got in a bit of a titsy but now that you've calmed down, surely you can see that the above makes sense?

[terambulan]

Pure Rotts, KC reg, bred to order would be acceptable.

Find a quality stud dog, advertise for potential 12-14 for homes/purchasers (get funds up front) then think of breeding.