BREEDING YOUR DOG!!!

Coxer sounds more athletic bollie? sounds like rain:p

My grandad had a gorgeous dog(pure mutt) for many years, he was asked the breed so much that one night after a few beers he said it was an austrian pigeon hound:D of course someone knew of one owned by a friend of a friend.

I get asked this too when I walk my two dogs, everyone only ever focuses on the Akita and asked when she's been breed, poor Hudson never gets a look in because he's crossed between a Labrador and a German Shepard. When I say they're both neutered the look of shock on peoples faces. :mad:

I was even offered a male Akita for free so I could breed her as the owner couldn't handle him. :eek: Needless to say I declinded.

Years ago I remember going to the vets with my dad and we were getting our second dog neutered (German Shepard) and our other dog was getting a check up (German Shepard cross with a Rotti). The vet refused to neuter the dog, said he'd buy a pup from my dad, he didn't realise the other dog was ours too and turned around and said not to neuter her because she'll only turn out to be a fat slob like the dog behind you.:eek::mad:

I was so annoyed at this that I made my dad not go back to them. We told him that Wolfy the other dog had many conditions wrong with her that he was treating her for and that's why her weight went a bit out the window and she was there for her check up, hence the checkup appointment!!!

lrushe wrote: »

For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would want to breed their dog. Between the expense of the breeding (not to mention the lead up to the breeding), the possible health implications for the bitch, the blood, sweat and tears that goes into rearing a litter and then the worry that you've found just the right homes (no home would be good enough for me ). The stress of that would be too much for me, not to mention the guilt if I found out a dog I'd bred ended up in a pound or other bad situation.
Nope, I think I'd rather leave the breeding to those with the knowledge and stomach for it

So much agreement here! We inadvertently found ourselves with a litter of pups when our Rosie turned out to be pregnant after we got her from the rescue. Now, I have to say that, after the experience of our previous dog being put down from heart failure, to see six little creatures was very life-affirming and a lot of fun to watch them develop but I was a nervous wreck! I weighed them every day, I watched over them with an eagle eye to make sure that nobody was getting harrassed and that everyone was getting fed. I even had heater on in front of them when they were napping so they'd be warm in the middle of a humid June/July which my made my late grandmother think she was dying, she was that warm!
And that was before I had to find them homes, which luckily we did, but again it kept me awake nights about the kind of homes they'd end up and I quizzed every single person and looked them up and down who came in to see about getting one.

So while I loved the experience and am glad it happened, I would never breed a dog just because it was pedigree. It's just too stressful.