breeding from my staffie?

Question

i am looking to breed from my staffie,but i am looking for help in the stud dog to pick. i am hoping to get some blue coloured pups in my litter,as the mother of my ***** was an irish blue staff allthough my ***** is pied,is there a chance of getting blue pups from my ***** no m,atter what colour dog i opt for or will ablue dog give me better chance?

Answer 1

Why do you want to beed a dog?

Are you not aware that there are 15 dogs born for every one human? http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.cause&cgid=1&rgid=2&stid=10

Are you not aware that there are millions of dogs killed every year because of not enough homes? http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/voices/voi.valdyke.animal.html

Are you not aware that only 1 dog in 10 gets a permanent home? www.safehavenforcats.com/main.htm

Are you not aware that one female and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in just six years? http://www.metroplexanimalcoalition.com/SpayNeuter/didyouknow.html

That coupled with the health benefits of spay/neuter WHY would you breed your dog? www.sniksnak.com/benefits.html

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/myths_and_facts_about_spaying_and_neutering.html

Answer 2

Busy Lizzie has covered most of the points except are you sure your b i tch is a staffie?
Irish staff is used to describe dogs with American ancestry and they come under the "type" ban of the dangerous dogs act.

If you don't have Kennel Club papers for your girl you cannot provide a pedigree that will stand up to scrutiny and in the light of recent event the Police are tightening up on checks.
One of my clients has a red Staffie that has won 2 RCCs so is of decent breed type but he's had to show his papers twice to my knowledge to prove that he has a real Staffie.
At a tenner a pup the only reason a puppy won't be registered is because it can't be - there is no other reason.
IKC registration, where the first word is not Irish, will immediately flag your pups as dodgy.
Blues are easy to breed, they are less common as the colour is considered less desirable in show circles and in the past breeders avoided producing them.
They are a recessive dilute of black - and your ***** will be a carrier. Both parents need to be carriers or show the colour for it to be expressed in the offspring.
I would tell anyone looking for a pup to steer clear of any without genuine registration & fully health tested parents.

Answer 3

Have you considered going to the breeder of your Staffie for advice?

The other option is to have a chat with the owner of a stud dog - there are loads of studs listed on the Champdogs site:
http://www.champdogs.co.uk/guided/all_staffordshire-bull-terrier_stud-dogs.html
Hopefully you'll find one who will be friendly & helpful to you as a novice breeder.

I think that the Champdogs site is mainly used by breeders who also show their dogs - so hopefully most of them will be considered 'reputable' people. The stud list can be sorted by location. There are also pages listing breeders (with links etc).

I think that the Kennel Club website gives general advice on breeding (health, registering puppies, etc) which you may find useful.
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/473

I couldn't find anything easily online about breeding blue Staffies - though there is a lot of information out there - it may be that you are better off buying one of the books about Staffies or at least borrowing one from the library. I've bred Siamese cats & know about their colour inheritance, etc. but got this information from a book rather than on-line ... unfortunately, I don't think that dog's colour inheritance works in quite the same way but if I were you then yes, I would look for a blue dog but I'd make sure that it also had a wonderful temperment ... it's probably better, in the long run, to breed for temperment & type, rather than colour.

Oh, almost forgot - I've assumed that you are in the UK & that your girl is registered with the Kennel Club ... it will probably be more difficult to find a suitable stud dog if she isn't.

Anyway, good luck, hope it all works out & that, if you do go ahead with breeding your girl, that you find wonderful, long-term homes for all the pups.

Answer 4

Not too sure why the person above me was drilling u with the hole Killing and saving animal thing its not like u asked about cooking ur dog or how to give it away! Most ppl who spend 500+ on a dog will keep it! it is those who dont breed there dogs propperly that cause this and those who let there dogs wander the streets and get pregnant by x-bred dogs and then the pups are listed as giveaways! at least you are doing the right thing!


if u look up on the Canine Control Council website you should be able to get the information that you need, a reputable breeder as well as these are all registed breeders or better still get the contact number and call them they should be able to help you! However don't quote me on this but i don't think that you need to breed your dog with a blue as there is already blue in the blood line but it is a slim chance perhaps if you want to breed blues you will need to breed it with a blue! Just make sure it has papers and has a Kennel name and is registed to CCC!

check out the website-http://www.mypets.net.au/lc/breeders/5057/1

Cheers
Quick!

Answer 5

The pied genes are dominant and I don't think that pied females throw blue pups. You can't guarantee a blue pup even iff you use the ideal parents. Its not a good enough reason to risk breeding a litter, you like your dog because of her character and temperament, the colour is secondary.
Taking one litter from a female is a really bad idea. If they never have pups they never miss them, but once they've had a litter they crave them for the rest of their lives, spaying is no guarantee of a cure. Owners find it cute that their dog mothers teddy bears but its cruel, the poor female is desperate for more pups.
Please think twice before taking a litter from your female.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Hi,
We have been in this breed an awful long time.You in my opinion have an awful lot to learn.
You don't breed just for colour,you breed for type temperament confirmation and health.A blue colour in staffords is nothing more than a washed out dilute black.It comes about by continually breeding black to black.
All Staffords need to be health tested for L2 HGA/HC PHPV and PPSC.
There is an awful lot more to breeding that sticking two dogs together.
Is your ***** Kennel Club registered, if not it is not really advisable to breed from her, having registration at least ensures that you have a recorded history of her parentage. Without any papers it is not possible to ensure that her ancestors were pure bred Staffords. Any KC registered dog should not be mated to an unregistered *****.

Is your ***** healthy enough to be bred from. How old is she, is she clear from hereditary defects? Please read the (Health Issues Page) Have you had her checked by the vet to see if she is suitable to breed from, or will she need a Caesarian? The Staffordshire Bull Terrier Breed Council is totally in support of the guidelines as laid down by the Kennels club on age and frequency criteria for registering litter from a *****. In addition the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Breed Council do not recommend breeding from any ***** before she is 18 months old or on her 3rd season.

You are advised to have any your ***** eye tested to see she is free from PHPV/HC/PPSC. All bitches should have an up to date eye test. DNA testing to identify carriers of the HC gene is now available and is strongly recommended if you are going to breed from your ***** Please read the (Health Issues Page)

Do you understand the risks involved. If everything goes well then no problems. However, you could loose some if not all of the puppies, although thankfully this does not happen very often, or you could loose your *****. If you do loose your ***** and the puppies survive, they will need to be hand reared, this involves feeding every three hours, DAY AND NIGHT.


Can you afford a litter. Lots of people think of breeding as a way of making money, this is not usually the case, and if things do go wrong you could incur a lot of expenses along the way. The stud fee for the dog, extra food for the ***** during pregnancy and lactation, weaning the puppies, their food this is all normal. What if your ***** needs a call out from the vet at 2am, or a Caesarian in the middle of the night, this can be very costly.


Are you aware of the work involved, lots of lovely puppies making lots of mess as they get older, all very time consuming to keep them clean and preparing 4 to 5 meals a day, watching over them when they are fed, is every puppy getting enough to eat. Weaning them from Mum at the right time.


Finding suitable homes can be a nightmare, all calls needs to be carefully vetted as they are people out there to whom you wouldn’t want to sell your puppies too. This can be very time consuming. Every one needs to be carefully vetted, is someone at home most if not all of the day, do the children seem frightened of the dogs, is this a commitment the whole family want to make. If you have any doubts about your prospective homes them don’t sell to these people, it is worth hanging one to a puppy until the right family come along.

Are you prepared to take any puppies back that you have bred and re home them if necessary.
Please think about it very carefully.There are thousands of staffords and crosses that need homes.

There is an excellent online site called
http://forum.bullbreedsonline.com/index.php
A link to the AHT about L2 HGA
http://www.aht.org.uk/sci_diag_disc_genetic_l2.html

Answer 8

That's great you are interested in breeding your staffie & would like some relative breeding advise.What can i say it is a shame it appears as though this site has now gone so far politically correct "crazy" & feels it nessisary to supress the simply correct use & the proper word to descibe a female dog!

Answer 9

you dont have to buy a stud to breed them. Have a look on the internet for the dog you wish to breed with and then contact the owner and tell her your prob and that youd pay her to breed.

Sounds like your pups will be gorgous.....

Having the perfect dog to breed will get you more money

Answer 10

if your dog is registered with the kennel club then you could probably find her a blue stud from there if not try different classifieds the sun classifieds on the net are really good.