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Looking to find out the time framing I have in the female dogs cycle?? What is the best time to be sure we will be successfull?
I'm trying to mate a yorkshire terrier for my first time. Is there any important things that I need to know about this breed?
I welcome any comments. Thank you all so much for your time and help in this matter.
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You need your bitch and the dog to have health certifications. (not just a vet check, certification of eye, hip, and any other problems in the breed)
Both need to have proved themselves in the show ring as outstanding specimens of their breed, you need to have facilities, a full knowledge of breeding dogs,a good vet, the money to pay for emergency surgery, and a waiting list of prospective puppy buyers you have checked out and approved. You also need to be willing to take back any puppies that don't work out.
If you don't have and/or can't get these things, spay your dog. The world does not need another back yard breeder or puppy mill dumping poorly bred puppies into the dog population. Many will have health problems or end up dying at the pound.
Do everything Fritz said & then shell out the money at a good reproduction vet on progesterone testing the see which pat of your dog's heat she is fertile in...Breeding responsibly is not cheap!
Also, read this & substitute Yorkie for Lab...It's all the same. www.woodhavenlabs.com
If you are asking this you are no where near ready to breed. Breeding dogs is more than putting 2 dogs together and seeing what happens. There is a lot of time thought and money put into breeding. Get your dogs spayed and neutered we already have enough badly bred and homeless dogs.
don't forget to research the pedigrees to find out how much in-line breeding has gone on in both lines and to see how closely the dogs may be related.Faults/health problems could crop up even tho both prospective parents are healthy.If ONLY proven winners in the show ring were bred we would soon have a couple of problems.Only those winners would breed and many of them are from the same few lines, and dog ownership of a preferred breed would be limited to the very wealthy.There are dogs out there that have become champions even tho they were NOT bred from champions. Had their parents not been bred then there would be LESS genetic diversity in those chamionship lines.I agree with most of what the others have written, but not many on Dogster would own a dog if dogs were only bred under their criteria. There definitely IS a place for small,home breeders who realize it is NOT a way to turn a quick buck,but rather provide a better pet to those who want breed specific charateristics.
"Is there any important things that I need to know about this breed?"
Only about a ton. Not only about the breed, friend, but about breeding itself. Breeding is risky enough when you know what you are doing. Your question is something that I learned early on in my research on breeding, and after more than three years of research I'm still not ready to breed a litter. Please, don't breed when you obviously don't know enough about to conduct it responsibly. My advice is to hold off the breeding until you've had a couple years of research, and have found yourself a reputable and experienced mentor.
Here's two excellent places to start your research: www.woodhavenlabs.com learntobreed.com
A dog's estrus cycle is usually about three or four weeks. Usually the second week is the time to breed, but it can vary greatly depending on the dog.
As you can see, we here feel strongly about breeding. Please do not take our reactions the wrong way.
My website is an *introduction* to the world of responsible dog breeding:
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~Tiffany, breeder-in-training
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