My 8th month old puppy is pregnant by her father. How will the pups turn out?

Answer 1

Despite what the uninformed will tell you, inbreeding is not necessarily a bad thing. It depends entirely on the genetics involved in the 2 dogs. If both of these dogs have excellent temperaments (as well as their parents before them), and have no genetic defects in their pedigrees for 3 generations back, the puppies will be fine. Problems crop up in inbreeding because you double up on all of the recessive traits (and if they're bad, you're in trouble). That's why you need a thorough knowledge of pedigrees before doing an inbreeding.

However, 8 months is much too young for any female to be pregnant. Her body is not even finished developing yet and you are risking permanent skeletal damage.

Answer 2

If the mating was recent, a spay is highly recommended. Inbreeding doesn't automatically guarantee that the puppies will be horrible or have deformities, etc, but it does increase the chances that indesirable genetic traits will surface. If possible, have the dog spayed to avoid this litter and future accidents, or speak with a vet about aborting the litter. Some vets will do this if you still intend to breed the dog, but talk with the vet about the risks and benefits.

Answer 3

Well inbreeding causes medical problems to say the least, you need to be more responsible when it comes to your pets, May I suggest spays and neuter. Do you have any idea how many animals are put to death in shelters because no one wants them, what do you think the chances are for these puppies, and your dog is entirely to young to have puppies, it will stunt her growth and take much needed calcium from her, and nutrients she needs to grow properly.

Answer 4

She is a baby, why did you breed her? Very young dams are more likely to have whelping problems or are to immature to care for the pups.

This close a breeding is only done by breeders who know all the dogs (and their littermates) several generations back. Do you know them? Do you know if you are doubling up on any genetic diseases in the background? Has the parents and grandparents been screened for eyes, heart, hips, and hearing and been rated good or excellent? Of course not or you wouldn't even need to ask on here. You may be lucky, but save up money because it could get very expensive in Vet bills.

If you cannot manage your animals properly, get them fixed.

Answer 5

ok dont sweat it the momma puup will b alright only complications that will come is she is too young, you should generally wait until they are 2yrs before breeding but people breed them younger than that all the time- this is what you should expect though as far as puppies- you will have some with dominant genes and some with reccessive- you will not have (forgive me ) retarded dogs- but you may have some with a trait you dont like from either dog or traits you really like-



breeders do this all the time to make say bigger heads on their bloodline of dogs by breeding a big head femal and a big head male- traits like that but you can also get an underbite instead of a perfectly straight jawline if its hidden in the family genes-

i dont reccomend breeding brothers sisters mommas daddys but your dogs should be fine-

with your momma dog being so young make sure she stays healthy because if shes only 8 mo shes barely a teenager in people years - so the birth of her puppies may be hard on her- good luck -

Answer 6

Why was she not spayed? Every time your dog goes into heat, her chances for cancer increase, not to mention that letting her get pregnant by her dad is messed up. Dogs die everyday in shelters because of people being irresponsible and not neutering and spaying their pets.

Answer 7

They will be fine. If she was preggers by her brother, now that could present a problem.

See, her father carries only half of her genes. This is how breeders reproduce certain traits in animals.

I am sure, puppies will be fine.

Answer 8

1st off this is really sad! You should have had her fixed. If she just got bred you can still fix her.
This is inbreeding & sometimes the litter will have alot of problems.
Inbreeding or over-breeding animals has spawned still other diseases. Ocular and skeletal dysplasia, which causes the animal to be blind and dwarfed and is common in Labrador retrievers, is often a result of an important breeding animal which carried the trait.

Answer 9

the pups could have serious health problems not to mention the momma dog is not mature enough yet to have babies and it could kill her(i'm not saying it will but there is always a possibility)and then if everything with the birth goes okay she may refuse to feed and care for them, I would call your vet asap

Answer 10

I don't think it is good for the mother neither the puppies, try talking to a vet and see what he suggests.