how old should my pitbull female be when i breed her?and about how old are female dogs when they go into their first heat(season,period)?
2007-01-26 10:14:28 · 15 answers · asked by patrona_916 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
You really need to commit to doing the proper research on breeding BEFORE deciding you are going to do it. If you follow ethical guidelines laid out on a site like www.AKC.org, you will find that there is a great deal more involved than just putting two dogs together. You have to first know your dog is breeding quality, which should be judged by someone experienced in the breed and unbiased to your pet. Hips need to be x-rayed for hip dysplasia (not before the age of 2 yrs and the sire needs this too) and if any sign of this terrible disorder is present, you should not breed the dog, or you could be passing it on to any litter produced.
Find a mentor, someone who breeds your breed and ask them to help you learn and understand the breeding process, like finding the appropriately matched sire for your b*tch (which could be hundreds of miles away). Learn about showing your dog to gain championships to ensure she truly is a good example of her breed.
There's so much more you need to do. Putting two dogs together because you want to or can is really unethical and only makes anyone who does this nothing more than a backyard breeder.
2007-01-26 10:29:56 · answer #1 · answered by Shadow's Melon 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Female dogs usually have their first heat cycle at 6-12 months of age. Dogs are a bit like girls though: a fourteen year old girl certainly isn't ready to be a mother, and neither is a 6 month old female dog. You should wait until your dog is at LEAST 18 months old before you breed her.
There's more to breeding than just putting two dogs together though. The market for Pitbulls is just flooded right now. There's a lot more dogs than people who want them. In order for you to have a chance to sell them and make back the huge cost of raising a litter, you need to be able to show people that your puppies are BETTER than what everyone else is selling.
One of the best ways to do that is to get your female dog tested for temperament problems and genetic diseases so people will KNOW that your puppies are healthy in mind and body. I'm sure you have a healthy, wonderful, beautiful girl, but the average person may not believe you unless you can back it up with proof...health and temperament checks. Those tests do cost money, but if your dog tests clean and is bred to another dog who's tested, you can get a lot more for your puppies. Talk to your vet about it. :)
2007-01-26 10:41:27 · answer #2 · answered by benden 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dogs should not be bred before 2 yrs, or the mother might not be experienced/mature enough to care for her pups. Neither should dogs be bred every cycle. Why do you need a pitbull farm? Where are the dogs going to go? Are you going to certify your dog (in hips, elbows, heart, etc)? Do you have a pedigree from several generations back? Are her parents certified? Are you going to find a dog who is also certified and has a pedigree? If you answer "no" to any of the 4 last questions, you should not make a "pitbull farm". There are a lot of unwanted pitbulls in shelters, so if you really love the breed, please adopt and care for them instead of creating new shelter animals.
2016-03-29 04:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs can have their first heat anytime after about 6 months of age.
A pitbull should be about three hundred years old before she's bred... considering the fact that HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of pit bulls get euthanized in shelters every year even though they're wonderful dogs.
Before you breed your dog, PLEASE look on www.petfinder.com. Type in pit bull (and Am. Staff. since that's what they call a lot of them to avoid the word pit bull) in the breed section and type in your zip code. If there's less than a dozen homeless pit bulls, breed your dog. My bet is that there will be over a hundred regardless of where you live.
PLEASE FIX YOUR DOG! I'm sure she's wonderful and will produce wonderful puppies. But 90% of the pit bulls killed each year are equally wonderful. They are killed because of the stigma of their breed. Some shelters wont even try to adopt them and some cities have laws banning them altogether. Give those ones that are currently living a chance to continue doing so. Don't make any more.
2007-01-26 10:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by kittikatti69 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
All I have to say to this is why bring more bully breeds into the world!!! DO you see all of the ones that are being put down!!! Why not just go to the shelter and adopt one that has never been able to be loved:( I mean pitbulls already have a name!!!! Your called a BACKYARD BREEDER!!!! I have a pitbull and never will I breed her!!! You dont know where those puppies will end up!! People will turn them into GAME dogs:( That is so crazy!!! People dont learn you need to do more research on
bully breeds:(!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-26 10:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by Proud Army Wife 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You should never breed her. You obvously don't know the first thing about the breed, what on earth makes you thing you can help her through whelping? Professional breeders would never breed a dog under two years.
So many pets die giving birth, give birth to terribly defected puppies, the puppies die, do you even know what to look for in a stud?
Breeding your pet is irresponsible in the extreme. Spay her if you love her, otherwise, give her to someone who will love her.
Sorry to blow you out of the water here but, really, what did you expect from a site peopled by animal activists and experts?
2007-01-26 10:25:18 · answer #6 · answered by Liligirl 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The fact that you have to ask such a question means you should not be breeding her at all. If you love the breed as I do, please, please, please educate yourself on the tremedous suffering caused backyard breeders who ensure that there is an overflow of these wonderful animals into the hands of irresponsible and unscroupulous people, which has resulted in the demonization and outlawing across the country of this dog. Tens of thousands each year languish in shelters or are summarily executed, simply because of people such as yourself wanting to play dog breeder. Please leave breeding to the very few who do it for the right reason, know what the right reason is, and know what they are doing.
2007-01-26 11:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shelters are packed with pit bulls. They are generally put to sleep also. Please do not breed your pit just for money reasons. You never know what those puppies are going to have to live through when you sell them.
They could be fought and live their whole lives on tiny short chains. would you want to live that way?
Get her spayed asap. BE RESPONSIBLE and not like the rest of the friggin idiots in the world!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-27 06:35:55 · answer #8 · answered by Erica M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you show her?? how is she doing in the show ring when compared to the breed standard?? her hips need to be xrayed at age two as well as her elbows, eyes checked etc. etc. DO NOT BRRED YOUR unproven dog... you would have to check the health of her parents and her parents parents. and you need to make sure the stud dog has finished his championship, had his hips xrayed and so on and so on and the same for the stud dogs parents and grandparents.. then you need to draw up puppy contracts,, you need to screen numerous owners, you need to come up with some sort of health guarantee, you need to have shots and worming on all puppies.. this is a huge commitment and a huge expense ... we do not need another backyard breeder who has no idea what they are doing.... also,, are you willing to take one of those pups/dogs back for any reason if the owner can no longer keep them?? you better be,, you are responsible for bringing them into this world you better be responsible for them for the rest of their lives!! SPAY the dog before she comes into heat
2007-01-26 11:12:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
She should not be bred until about 2 years. Have her check by a vet and get her OFA certified first.
2007-01-26 15:24:07 · answer #10 · answered by scott3714 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋