My golden retriever has already 1 year now I want her to have puppies at like 3 years I just want to know at what age is good to star and and what age is not the best for her to have puppies. Thank you!
2006-12-24 12:50:12 · 16 answers · asked by g-g-getwithit 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The best time for her to have puppies is after she is 2 years old. However, before you breed her, please have her genetically tested to make sure that she does not carry any genetic defects that would make her a bad candidate for breeding.
Also, please do a lot of research on your breed, talk with experienced breeders, and be sure that you have plenty of money set aside in case that there are complications with the pregnancy and whelping.
Finally, good luck.
2006-12-24 12:57:45 · answer #1 · answered by Katslookup - a Fostering Fool! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no, hon. Don't breed your dog. Anywhere, any day, I can adopt out of a shelter any golden Retriever I want.... and if I looked long enough, one good enough to show..... there are just not enough homes for them all, purebreds or not. 5 Million!!!!!!!! dogs are euthanized in this country every years. 80% of even purebred dogs never get a forever home... ask any G. R. rescue place, ask the pound ask Petco, ask anyone, ask your vet. Don't contribute to this really sad picture. Go to the pound and watch them put down absolutely perfectly wonderful dogs with the needle. It will shock the socks off of you. I have three dobies, all purebreds, all wonderful, and one a guy paid $2000!!!!!!! for---top, champion material.... he turned her in at a pound, and a rescue outfit got her... and I got her from them..... She is (was, she's now 14) the absolute standard of the breed -- she could have beaten anything in her class, and easily best of show, anyday, hon, any day... If a dog of this quality can't find a forever home, your puppies won't either. You are looking at a huge vet bill, shots, dewormings, and if the mom rejects them --- common --- you'll be up every 2 hours feeding them..... the cost is tremendous if she goes into labor, and you have to arrange for an emergency C-section.... bust your budget. She'll be a much happier pet, and you a much richer dog owner if you don't breed her. Get her spayed, hon,,,,, best decision you'll ever make.
2006-12-24 21:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by April 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Do you have any idea how expensive it is to raise a litter of puppies, especially pure-bred ones? Do you know the AKC requirements for breeding in order to be able to register the litter (which costs lots of money). Do you know how much it costs to provide a mate? Are you ready to feed the little pups when they are weaned but not yet sold? You do realize it is your responsibility to provide EACH puppy with its first shots, right? Do you know what questions to ask potential buyers so that you can provided good homes? Do you know the risks associated with breeding goldens? Will you be able to certify their health and provide a guarantee?
From your question it sounds like you are new to all this and I strongly recommend you don't embark on this "hobby"! If you want to get involved with breeding find an established breeder and talk to them and work with them, to see what you are in for before you begin. You'll be sorry if you don't.
2006-12-25 11:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by The Old Professor 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dogs don't develp fully until at least the age of two years old. It is better to wait until then, if not longer. I think three years old should be safe. If you want to know for sure, you can just give your vets office a call and ask them what would be best. Good Luck!
2006-12-26 11:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by Chihuahua Lover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After 18 months
2006-12-24 21:15:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please listen to April. She's absolutely right.
If you want the puppies so that your children can "witness the miracle of birth," take them to a shelter any spring and ask to help with a pregnant dog or cat. You can even apply to foster one and care for the babies until they are adoptable. Shelters are in dire need of help during the spring because of all the unspayed pets out there, and your children will be as thrilled with those babies as if they were your golden's.
If you think that your dog needs to experience motherhood in order to be "fulfilled," rest assured that dogs don't care, don't wish, don't regret. All they want is to be with you, be warm, and be fed. The truth is: all your dog gets out of experiencing motherhood is a higher chance of reproductive and mammary cancers, as well as the risks of childbirth itself.
If you think your dog is such a wonderful, beautiful, sweet dog that she should have puppies so there can more like her, ask yourself if your children are just like you. Are you just like your mother? Dogs are individuals. Your dog is who she is in only a small way due to her genetics.
2006-12-24 21:48:26 · answer #6 · answered by ceci9293 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She needs to be at least 2 to get the health checks all dogs should have before breeding. She'll need her hips xrayed and sent in to OFA, the registry for that. If her hips come back as anything but excellent, you should spay her.
Actually you should just spay her now. Leave the breeding of Goldens to the people who know what they are doing. Thanks to people like you, Golden Retrievers have a much higher incidence of cancer than most other breeds. Not to mention hip and elbow dysplasia, and hypothryoidism.
2006-12-24 20:55:05 · answer #7 · answered by renodogmom 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If you don't know anything about dogs, you have no business breeding. With the seven to ten million pets put to sleep in American animal shelters every year, why would you want to?
2006-12-24 21:53:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least 2 years old.
2006-12-25 02:01:09 · answer #9 · answered by iluvmyfrenchbulldogs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait until she is at least 2 years old. Also make sure you get all her testing done to make sure she doesn't pass on any problems to her offspring. She will live longer if you spay her.
2006-12-24 20:54:15 · answer #10 · answered by ஐ♥Gin♥ஐ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋