I have two rat terriers the female is in heat. I am not sure how long she has been in heat but I just noticed the blood today. Benny has been trying to hunch her for about a week. Benny has never been used as a stud and he is a very gentle dog. Misty over powers him majorly. He is scared of her. I would like to breed them during this heat, but benny doesn't seem to understand it all. He mostly hunches her head, leg or any part that he can get close enough to. He has not figured out the whole mating thing yet. Benny is almost 2 and half and Misty is a little over a year old. Please give me some suggestions!!
2007-01-28 15:15:15 · 8 answers · asked by Brandii B 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I have already found homes for most if not all of the puppies. They are all family and friends. I spoke to her vet and she said that she should have no problems being bred at a year old. I was just worried with benny being more a lover dog, that he would not be able to mate with her. She is bigger and meaner than him. Furthermore, anyone who gets one of the pups will sign a contract stating that if at any time they no longer want the dog, they will return it to me. I just rescued two pups from a puppy mill. I am not breeding the dogs for the money. I am breeding them to bring happiness to their new owners. Benny and Misty have both been vet checked. I spoke to both of the breeders in which I got Misty and Benny from and there are no health problems to their knowledge. Just to let everyone know if I did not already have homes for the pups I would not let my dogs breed. I do have a friend that has been breeding mini schnauzers for years that gives me advice, I just wanted other opinions
2007-01-28 15:57:25 · update #1
Misty is too young to have a litter yet. Her age is equivalent to a human teenager at this time. Wait till she is about 2 yrs of age. In the meantime talk to breeders. See if one will let you work with them to learn more on dogs. A Rat Terrier breeder would be best. See if they can teach you more about reproduction in dogs and Rat Terriers in general.
2007-01-28 15:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by muttly 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/liHoN
She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.
2016-07-18 17:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Misty won't be ready to accept Benny until she is in FULL heat, this takes place after the bleeding has stopped, you must wipe her with a tissue daily once the tissue is clear she will accept Benny.
Now for Benny, not all dogs have great aim & instinct when it comes to breeding, you might have to help Benny obtain his goal( yes you might have to insert "it" for him)
You should really leave breeding to the professional breeders, or really study up on this 1st.
2007-01-28 15:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by Gianna M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why on earth would you want to breed puppy mill dogs? Your female does not sound like she has a great temperament either. You may very end up with puppies with alot of bad genetics. This is really a bad idea. It's not your job to "bring happiness" to other people by breeding puppy mill dogs. There is no reason these people can't adopt a puppy already in need at the shelter.
2007-01-29 00:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, you shouldn't breed your dogs. that's my suggestion. misty for one is not old enough, she should be at least 2 herself. has she been health screened and temperament tested? has Benny? have you researched both lines and made sure there wasn't any genetic problems? have you made sure both dogs conformed to the breed standard and were good representations of the breed? have you weighed your knowledge of dog breeding against the possible health problems associated with intact dogs and decided you can provide proper care for them? have you talked to you vet and know how many prenatal visits you'll have to make with mom? do you know what to expect during the pregnancy and delivery, and when to seek help from a vet? do you have funds set aside should a c-section need to be preformed? and last do you know what the gestation period is for a rat terrier, because i don't want to see you on here weeks down the road asking?????????
again, my suggestion. have you dog's spayed and neutered.
2007-01-28 15:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by cagney 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Even though I do not recommend breeding her yet (she should be at least 2), she is not in the correct time of her heat cycle to breed. They will only allow the male to mate when she is able to conceive, which is about 10 days after she starts bleeding.
2007-01-28 15:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by iluvmyfrenchbulldogs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suggestions - get them spayed and neutered.
There are thousands of Rat Terriers killed every year because there aren't enough homes for them.
Don't add to the problem.
2007-01-28 15:44:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
i have some videos that benny should watch.
2007-01-28 15:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by anthony g 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋