2007-01-13 10:48:57 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Yes
HOWEVER!
Get her spayed,and him neutered, because if you don't know the BASIC things like these, then you REALLY don't need to even consider breeding her.
2007-01-13 11:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Autumn Intactivist NFP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can mate. I have heard that sometimes the male will not be interested in the female but that has never happened to my dogs. I have a female dog and we think that she is pregnant but we do not know yet. We have two male dogs.
2007-01-13 10:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy M. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they should both be neutered. It is unfair to the female to have her giving birth. What would you do with the puppies? There are too many dogs and cats being put to sleep. If people want an animal, get one at the Shelter.
2007-01-13 11:08:43 · answer #3 · answered by madisonian51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are not fixed they probably will. I have a male and female dog. I just got the female spaid the summer, the male i got fixed a while ago. He would still hump the girl when she was in heat eventhough he couldn't to anything. If you don't want to get both fixed I recomend getting the girl spaid because at least you wont have to worry about her bleeding all over your house. you should get them both fixed though. It is better for them
2007-01-13 10:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by jelly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Male dogs that are not fixed will mate with their own mother, sister or any other female dog in heat, regardless of breed.
2007-01-13 10:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by frigidx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES - any intact-male and intact-female dogs,
even pups of 6 mos or so, can and will mate!
if the F dog is anywhere near 6 mos, PLEASE get her de-sexed ASAP - anytime after 16 wks/4 mos is safe.
as soon as she's had her first-estrus, spaying becomes much more bloody, complex and dangerous: U have to do it 3 mos after her most-recent heat, and 3 mos before her next heat is due.
that's about a 10 day window!! very tight... and many things, especially any airborne hormones of another F in estrus, can bring her heat on early.
re: relatives or 'puphood friends' breeding:
some owners are shocked when littermates (brothers and sisters), or parents and offspring, mate - this is not a 'moral decision' in a dog's world - it is up to the humans to decide who should breed at all, and who should breed with whom.
male dogs will go to amazing trouble to attempt to mate, and ANY unattended female in estrus is at-risk; if U have an intact-female dog, PLEASE, do not leave her outside, even in a fenced yard, unless U are OUT THERE WITH HER.
all walks should be ON-leash and escorted, all M dogs should be housed with two doors between the 2 dogs (in case someone forgets, and a door is left open; one door is too easy to forget, and breeding takes only minutes to be a fait accompli).
dogs do NOT have to 'tie' to breed a litter: the tie is a physical connection between M and F, and can last anything from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.
if dogs have 'tied', DO NOT try to physically separate them: the damage is already done, and U can seriously hurt or even kill either dog. they can hemorrhage or end up with very serious infections or permanent crippling. just wait till the tie is over, and the dogs separate on their own; then take the F to the vet and get a 'Plan B' injection to terminate the litter.
more than one carefully-planned breeding has been pushed back by 6 to 9 months by a roaming male dog, who climbed a fence, dug under a fence, slipped thru a gap, or BRED THRU a cyclone-fence... and yes, dogs can do that, and yes, it's potentailly dangerous: either of the dogs can get cut, trapped, or badly hurt.
a neighbor's Great Dane was in estrus, and she put her in their kennel-run: a converted horse-stall with an 8 ft tall cyclone fence outdoor run, with NO ROOF.
she came home to find a scruffy poodle-mix, about 20 pounds, inside the run: he'd climbed the fence, and her F dog was LYING DOWN for his convenience, as he was too short to mount her standing.
kennel-runs without roofs are useless for safely confining Fs in heat; so are side-by-side cyclone-fence runs, like the standard fencing in most commercial kennels: a single ply of wire fence is not enuf to keep any neighboring M from breeding her.
all kennel fences intended to separate dog-runs should be wire-top/solid bottom (a half-wall of brick, glass-block, tile over concrete block, etc), or DOUBLE PLY:
wire fence on this run, 6 to 12 inches between, wire fence on next run.
these type fences (solid bottom/wire top, and/or double-ply wire fences with a space between) also help keep dogs from fence-fighting or escalating aggro.
2007-01-13 11:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by leashedforlife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can my sister dog is a dachshund and the daddy is a schnauzer and they mated and the dog had 4 puppies on the 1 of january.
2007-01-13 10:59:00 · answer #7 · answered by weeksfamilyof4 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes they can mate. get thim fixed. unless you want pups, but if they're not the same kind of dog, then you won't make a LOT of money on selling the pups, just a little if any. good luck!
2007-01-13 10:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by Silver Thunderbird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the female is in heat, yes they will probably mate if not kept apart.
2007-01-13 10:52:20 · answer #9 · answered by Jen 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No they are not racist a dog will breed with any type of dog, this is why there are soooo many unwanted pups at pounds.
2007-01-13 10:51:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋