Why You Should Wait Until Your Dog Is At Least Two |
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| Title: | Why You Should Wait Until Your Dog Is At Least Two |
| Price: | AED 00,000,000,000.00 |
| Description: | If you are keen to have a litter from your bitch and are counting down the weeks until she is old enough to mate and carry a litter, make sure that you don’t cut corners or rush into things! Before you even decide that you definitely want to breed from your dog at all, you should of course also ensure that your dog is a good example of her breed, and that she is physically and mentally fit and healthy enough to handle the conception, gestation and delivery. Accepted wisdom when it comes to breeding dogs states that bitches should be two years old at a very minimum before mating, and in some cases, even older. In this article, we will look at why it is so important to wait until your dog is at least two to breed from her, and some considerations to bear in mind. Read on to learn more. It can take time for the dog’s full traits to become apparent It is important to make sure that any dog that you are considering breeding from is a good example of the breed, both in terms of their conformation and appearance, and their temperament and core traits. It is important to critically assess your bitch’s temperament, personality and responses to things whilst making this decision, as a lot of these traits are apt to be shared with her pups, either through genetic heredity, or because puppies learn from observing the behaviour of their dam. This means that if your bitch is very shy or nervous, can be unpredictable, or is a little temperamental, they are not a good candidate for breeding, and it is important to find this out before the event, and not after! You should take time to map your dog’s heat cycles Successful breeding means finding the optimum time to mate your bitch in order to enable conception, and this means keeping track of the dog’s heat cycles, in terms of how often they occur, how long they last, and when your dog is the most fertile. You will not be able to examine this data in any meaningful way until your bitch has had at le |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | abu dahbi |