To back yard breeders

Gracie is in heat. We want to breed her with Bolo..BUT Bolo wont mount gracie? We have tried assisitng in this...He doesnt know what he susposed to do??? HELP????!!!!!


Gracie was born April 9 2000
Bolo was born June 20 2000

[Marimat]

Gracie was Born April 9 2000 = 15 months
Bolo was born June 20 2000 = 13 months

Equals, TOO YOUNG for both of them, especially for Gracie.

From the Macquarie Concise Dictionary

breeding
// noun 1. the rearing of livestock to improve their quality or merit.

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Breeding checklist (partial)

All relevant and available screening for genetic heart disorders attended?

Screening for Canine Hypothyroidism and Canine Autoimmune deficiency attended?

OFA or Penn hip scores attended?

CERF certificate obtained?

Acceptable reason for wanting to produce a litter established?

Dogs registered with relevant controlling body?

Knowledge of breed standard attained?

Dogs assessed by experienced breeder or judge to see if they are worthy of being bred?

Conformational faults identified and selection against doubling up on undesirable traits achieved?

Knowledge on how to get a safe mating attained?

Knowledge of how to attend a male with an unretracted penis obtained?

Knowledge of how to treat possible injury after a "broken tie" obtained?

Knowledge of what equipment needed for a safe and comfortable experience for the bitch obtained?

Knowledge of whelping a litter obtained?

Knowledge of how to recognise & avoid whelping difficulties obtained?

Knowledge of what constitutes a whelping emergency obtained?

Knowledge on how to resuscitate "flat" puppies obtained?

Knowledge of how to care for a bitch post whelping obtained?

Knowledge of how to rear neonate puppies obtained?

Knowledge of how to manage orphaned or rejected puppies obtained?

Homes available and ready to receive puppies when they are set to leave?

Potential owners educated in puppy care?

Potential homes screened (inspected) for suitability?

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This is the tip of a very big iceberg.

Other experienced breeders could add to this list and make it 10 times bigger!

If you can give detailed answers to these questions BEFORE you breed you will be halfway ready to undertake breeding a litter. If not, and I don't believe you will be able to judging from your original enquiry, then do yourself, your dogs and the boxer breed a favour and avoid mating this pair, book them in for spay/neuter now. PLEASE

Breeding is not to be taken lightly, breeders are the guardians of their chosen breeds. If not undertaken responsibily all that will happen is we flood the world with more and more dogs of varying quality, usually not the best, and run the risk of supplying a less than healthy puppy to an unsuspecting new owner who has to then face the heartbreak of loss when or if a puppy from a poorly prepared litter dies prematurely from some avoidable problem

Gracie and Bolo are simply too young to be bred at this time. Gracie in particular may not be physically or mentally mature enough to cope with a litter.

To read a book - we must first learn how to read
To drive a car - we must first learn to control a vehicle
To be a lawyer - we maust first learn the law

To be a breeder - is no different - we have to learn to be a breeder, how, why, when, where etc

Breeding is a privilege, not a right

We should not undertake to breed lightly and we should go in with our eyes wide open.

Matthew

[Boxerworld]

We got many messages from back yard breeders on the board lately (Christmas time soon...) so I moved and shortened this thread to only keep the most important.
As Matthew wrote, breeding is not to be taken lightly.

The link to "Top 6 reasons people give to breed" written by Liz Philips from the American Boxer Rescue Association is here:
http://www.boxerworld.com/puppy/breeding

If you are looking for a puppy, do not buy a puppy during Christmas time, please wait. Most reputable breeders will not have puppies during that period as they know some people compare puppies to toys. They aren't and will not stay puppies forever.