how do you?

Question

become a experianced dog breeder i have a girl dog answers u have to put it that way lhasa apso who has won so many awards every one keeps telling me to breed but on answres every one says dont do it if you have not done it b 4 so how do you start

Answer 1

go find out your 411 make sure you know what your doing or find a beeder who knows 100% of what they are doing... make phone calls do research...

Answer 2

Talk to your Vet about whether your female is at the right age and in good condition to breed.

Talk to your dog's breeder about choosing a suitable male dog. If your dog is so well bred and qualified you should be looking for a champion stud dog

Buy some good books on dog breeding -

you need to know how to care for your pregnant dog,
how to tell if anything is wrong and
how to know that she is about to give birth.

You also need to realise if anything is going wrong during the whelping and be able to deal with it yourself or be aware that a Vet is needed.

When the pups are born you need to know what post-natal care your dog needs,
how to care for the pups,
you need to know whether your dog is feeding and cleaning them properly,
you need to be able to spot potential medical problems in the mother and pups,
you will have to learn how to wean the pups at the right time.

I'm sure there is more that you have to learn but my final point is that you have to advertise your pups responsibly and make sure, as far as you can, that they all go to good homes.

Everyone has to start somewhere whatever you want to do.

However, the reason so many dog lovers try to dissuade people from breeding is because of the huge number of dogs that are unwanted, abused, used as puppy-producing machines and generally ill-treated.

Your intentions may be good but if you do some checking you will find that there are rescue societies specifically for Lhasa Apsos. Presumably the breeders of the Lhasa Apsos that have ended up in Breed Rescue kennels or Dog Pounds had good intentions as well but why did their dogs or progeny end up unwanted?

P.S. READ EVERY SINGLE WORD OF ROBIN D'S ANSWER AND THINK AGAIN.

Answer 3

You need to find someone that specializes in that dog or need to find another pure bred. Most likely you will have to go through a specialist and you will get to pick the stud. After that its just all about reading up on how to give birth with dogs. One more thing if you want to sell these dogs get papers for your dog if you do not have them explaining the lineage and all the sires and so forth in the bloodline.

Answer 4

The best way is to work for an experienced breeder. If you work cheap or volunteer, they will usually teach you everything you need to know.

Look up good breeders in your area on the AKC website. It doesn't have to be the same breed, but it should be similar - for example, you could work for a shih tzu breeder.

http://www.akc.org/breederinfo/breeder_search.cfm

When you see how much work it is and how little money you make, you may decide not to!

Answer 5

go to a local pet store and pick up a dog fancy mag. or if they sell (razing books) find a dog or puppy book, most of them hav a chapter on breeding. But i have breed beagles, a toy poodles, and varias birds, and cats a few times. It's quite easy, if you want to do it naturaly (thats wat i did) just find two dogs, (lol guess u already knew that) make sure both are very nice and if you had to buy one or both just to do this, then before purchase ask to make sure they aren't altered (spay/neutered) and then while you're at school/work, lock them in a room together, not anything very large but not excactly walkin closet size either, somethin inbetween. Just have them be buds and hang with each other for a while till they get used, then seperate for a day or two befor the female is about to go in heat, when she gows in heat put them in the medeum size room together alot.
They should go ahead an dget you started. :) that sounded odd.if you have anymore questions, u can e-mail me at [e-mail]

good luck!

Answer 6

find a mentor in your breed. ONe that has a lot of experience breeding, raising and showing dogs.

Keep in mind, if they tell you that you shouldn't breed your dog, they aren't telling you that out of jealousy, they want to make sure that quality dogs are bred, and while your's may be a wonderful pet, that may not make her the right dog to pass on her genes.

Answer 7

I personally beleive their are to many breeders out their. And its better if she is a show dog to not breed her until your done in the show ring. If your serious about breeding you need to be prepared to pay big money. To make money you have to have a litter reg with the akc. IS YOUR DOG AKC REG? iF SO YOU HAVE TO FIND A MATE OR HIRE A STUD DOG, COULD COST IN X CESS OF 500 DOLLERS. THEN THEIR ARE THE VET BILLS, VISIT AKC TO GET MORE INFO.

Answer 8

Not a capital or coma, or full stop, I cannot understand your question? I hyperventilated a couple of times though!

I would imagine you need to write out breeders certificates, competition forms, you need ENGLISH! Its not just down to the dogs.

Answer 9

hi there i breed terriers, have done for years am happy to give you advice, but its an in depth answer and not easy to do via this so please feel free to contact me direct. However i will say it takes a lot of time devotion and patience , and it is not right to over breed a dog, i stick to no more than 3 litters per *****. and that's the absolute maximum!!!

Answer 10

The dog already knows how to act. the trick is to train the trainer how to get the dog to act the way you want it to. There are great training tools from snacks, a whistle , a clicker or a shock collar.

Answer 11

i'm against breeding full stop, there are enough amateur breeders as it is, breed it why? just cos its cute? why? buy another one from a shelter or just accept the compliments, breeding just adds to the population of unwanted animals