how do you breed cockapooh dogs?

Question

want to breed my dogs

Answer 1

You don't. You spay and neuter your dogs, and you tell people to adopt one of the (literally) THOUSANDS of homeless cocker x poodle mixes that are taken into rescue or euthanized in shelters on a weekly basis.

Don't believe me? Go to http://www.petfinder.com and do a search.

I would not consider them "their own separate breed"....just because someone names themselves the "Cockapoo Club of America" and creates a website in order to promote their "hybrid" (a misnomer in itself), it doesn't make them legitimate. There is no reason to continue to create companion dog "breeds" when so many healthy companion-worthy dogs are killed in shelters on a daily basis.

Answer 2

The first questions you need to know; would be why do you want to breed mixed breed dogs? What are you hoping to get from the mix? If you are hoping to get dogs that are lower shedding and good for people with allergies, it will not necessarily be accomplished. We do not always get the best from each breed in the mixing of the the breeds. Did you know that there a widely known service training group used to breed dogs like labs to poodles by request to help those who needed service dogs but had allgeries to dogs. They stopped this practice because the majority of the dogs produced from these mixes still caused people to have their same allgeric reactions. They didn't go on just statements they would actually send in samples from the pups and have them tested for the specific people.

So if you still want to breed your dogs, you have a double duty since you are talking about 2 breeds being used instead of one.

You need to

1. Study what genetic problems exist in both breeds, what tests are available to use for these problems so you can test both dogs for thier breed specific problems.

2. You need to at the very least talk to breeders of the breeds and get an idea of what faults your dogs have conformationally and how to get away from those faults in your breeding. The dogs you have now may not be breeding quality dogs. AKC, or any other papers does not equal quality dogs, just that the pedigree is kept and known. Ideally you would take your dogs to shows and compete and get real judges opinions on your dog's faults and strengths. Even though you are intending to breed mixed breed dogs you still I am sure are wanting to breed good, healthy, tempermentally and conformationally sound dogs. Evaluation, from outside people is essential to that.

3. You need to study whelping. You need to be prepared for when the pups come. What will you do if the female has problems with whelping? What if the female rejects the pups? Are you able to take off work to nurse the pups? Are you prepared to pay for an emergency c section at 1 a.m.? Do you have all the stuff you need to take care of the pups?

4. You need to set aside money in case of problems. Depending on where you live a c section could be as cheap as $500 or as high as $3000, ask your vet, find out emergency fees ect. and then have that money ready before you breed, unless your vet will tell you now that you can run a tab and that they will be available after hours to help you, you need to plan on paying before service.

There is more, far more then can be answered here. Go out and buy a few books on breeding, talk to your vet about it and learn as much as you can. Anyone can toss together 2 dogs and end up with pups, but that doesn't mean a person should. There are a lot of problems that can come of breeding if done incorrectly or without thought.

Also be prepared, can you afford to keep pups from the litter 6 months or more. Even so called designer breeds do not always sell at 8 weeks as planned. If you have 4 or 5 left that don't sell quickly are you prepared for that and what will you do if that is the case?

Answer 3

At one time cockapoos were bred by combining cocker spaniels with poodles. Now they are considered their own separate breed. Before breeding any type of pet you need to educate yourself on responsible breeding. make sure your dogs are healthy and free of genetic defects. Also consider temperment. Breeding an ill-tempered dog will beget ill-tempered puppies. Good luck!

Answer 4

I agree. Clearly you know ZERO about breeding. You can't even spell cockapoo!!!!!! You would need to get health clearances on both parents first!!!! Cockers have a lot of problems and they need to be screened first!!!!!!!
But does the world need more mutts????????? It really doesn't. Puggles and all the other more popular designer mutts are more the fad anyway!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Cocker and Poodle....Their cute