Let's Try This Again- Maltese Breeding?

Question

I would first like to thank everyone who answered my earlier question. I tried to add details, but somehow it won't let me.

My dog is not registered (we got her as a gift from a far friend), but a purebred Maltese. I have no intention of spaying her, for even if I were to end up with ten puppies and can't find homes for them, I can take care of them all.

By "couldn't care less about the mother and father", I mean as in I do not need to know who the parents of the MALTESE male was. I have no intention of having her bred with another breed of dogs. Oh no.

By that I meant I have no intention of sending her or the pups to shows or anything like that. I love them as smart, intelligent pets.

What I meant was, if I were to find someone who has a Maltese male as a PET and PET ONLY, how many puppies will get.

I know that those who left the spaying comments were doing so for a noble reason, but I really do not wish to do so.

Thank you, and much answers desired!

Answer 1

dogs usualy have up to about 6 pups and i agree with you as long as the puppies are cared for responsibly why should you get her spayed if you want your dog to havee puppies then you should i breed (safely)boxers and i have 7 boxer dogs of all different ages i hope you are happy with your pups. And no you don't have to get your puppies shots before they go to their new homes but most people only take deflead and wormed dogs.so you will most likely need to do that!!!

Answer 2

We know you "do not wish to do so", unfortunately, that is your choice.

By "couldn't care less about the mother and father" I knew exactly what you meant, the parents of the father dog. And still, this IS important, like it or not. You need to know the backgrounds of your dogs (hence why having a pedigree is important, even if your dog is not registered).

Personally I don't care if a dog is registered OR purebred, as mutts make much better pets generally, and hybrid vigor is always good. What I care about is people like you who want to breed their dogs "just because".

Now, to be honest, you probably will not have problems finding your puppies a home. You will probably end up with 2-5 puppies, and little frou-frou dogs rarely have trouble finding a home. But my problem is that you don't seem to care about genetics, and since you didn't even know how many puppies she was going to have, I doubt you know much about breeding at all.

Do you know when the proper time to breed is? What to look for if things go wrong? Are you willing to pay for a C-section if needed? C-sections can occur for small dogs as their puppies are often too large to be birthed naturally, and they generally cost upwards of $2,000. You should also take your dog to the vet regularly, and make sure she has had all her shots (the male too). Your puppies will also need to have their shots before they go to their new homes.

I'm not trying to attack you, I've just seen a lot of people who breed their dogs for fun and end up completely overwhelmed by how much work it is, and how much money it cost them. I'd hate to see another person in that situation without proper warning. So whatever you do, good luck.

Answer 3

By not knowing the family history of your dog you cannot know if your dog has any history of problems common to the maltese breed. All breeds have problems and responsible breeders know whether their lines have these problems and test for them in their dogs before breeding. By not having this you risk breeding puppies with serious physical problems that you pass on to unsuspecting buyers. This is a common problem with dogs from pet stores (which were bred by puppy mills) which is one reason they are not recommended for people to purchase.
By not knowing the male's parentage as well, you double the likelihood that your breeding will produce problems.
To me, it sounds like you're just interested in what you want to do and not in the best interest of the dogs and are using any excuse to justify it. I hope for the dogs' sake, you're lucky and all the puppies come out healthy.

Answer 4

Not spaying you female is doing her a big dis-service and putting her at extremely high risk. Also breeding her for the reasons you posted is very irresponsible. It serves only to produce puppies that may or may not have serious genetic issues in their background, have poor conformation (conformation is just as important for a pet as it is for a show dog.The better the conformation the less stress and strain on muscles, joints, organs), have short life spans, have poor temperaments, etc. You aren't simply just breeding the parents you are in essence breeding every single dog in both parents pedigree.
A female left intact runs a VERY high risk of mammary cancer and pyometria. These issues are NOT rare and are not issues of old dogs.They are very, very common and happen in dogs as young as 9 months old. Pyometria is often fatal and when a dog has pyo and emmergency spay surgery is performed it is very high risk, very long recovery,very expensive and very hard on the dog.Mammary cancer also is very expensive to treat and is extremely hard on the dog and outcome is often not favorable. In addition to these very common issues there is also the risk of ovarian and uterine cancer.

I work in a very busy vet hospital and I deal with irresponsible breeders all of the time. I deal with the outcome of what they produce, I deal with the cancers and infections and the euthanasias.
As a dog trainer of many years I deal with all of the behavior problems that can come from owning intact dogs I also deal with the badly bred dogs that have bad temperaments etc.
As a delegate to the federation I deal with seeking legislation to control BYB/Mills...in otherwords irresponsible breeders.
If a person can not breed responsibly with the best interests of the breed they are breeding in mind with no regard to health, temperament, longevity, conformation and of adding something back to the breed by way of improvement and only serve to simply drop another litter then they should NOT be breeding.

Answer 5

Depending on her and the male's sizes I would say 2-4 would be average, but you may have more or less.