i just recently got a havanese/ mini poodle mix.. she's black w/ a tiny bit of white.. she' s2.6 lbs and 12weeks old.. but when she's older.. what would dog would be cute to breed her w/ if i did?
2007-07-30 13:54:15 · 15 answers · asked by Sydney S 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Hav's are adorable.... as she is already a mix of Hav and poodle though I think I would not stray further than another Hav or Poodle before a" frankenfurball "is created
2007-07-30 16:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by Tamara K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NONE. She is a mixed breed dog. What do you hope to accomplish by breeding a mixed breed dog?? More mixed breed dogs...
Say you have a bottle of Pepsi.. Tastes great and is refreshing.. What happens if you water that down with
water 50/50 water / Pepsi? Does it still taste great ? ? NO IT'S GARBAGE, a waste of time, it's ruined now, it's not good for anything, tastes bad and is no longer refreshing and as a matter of fact, it's very disappointing..
Don't keep watering down the breeds.. You are ruining the breeds.. It's a mutt, spay her and enjoy her..
2007-07-30 21:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by DP 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that is the most fantastically STUPID idea I've ever heard!
Let's risk a small dog's LIFE by breeding it when you have NO idea what you're doing,
and on top of that, let's breed a MUTT to make more MUTTS while other mutts DIE every day by the THOUSANDS in shelters!
Wow!
Why don't we all breed ugly little mongrels together and overpopulate the world with even MORE dogs?
If your dog is lucky she'll die in labor and be spared the pain and horror of living with YOU for 15 years.
2007-07-30 21:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you breed her with will be a mutt - your dog is a mixed breed - already a mutt.
You don't breed mutts, there are thousands of them in pounds being killed all the time because there are not enough homes for them.
Have some common sense - enjoy your dog, she sounds cute - but certainly not breedable "for the good of the breed", she isn't any breed.
Educate yourself - read up on pet over population and have a heart.
2007-07-30 21:01:33 · answer #4 · answered by rescue member 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When breeding animals they sire has to be smaller than the dam in order for her not to have complications AND DIE during birth. This means that if your dog's adult weight is 3lbs the father should weigh 2lbs or less. He needs to be practically invisible. There are plenty of cute mutts languishing in shelters and rescues now. Your dog is a mutt regardless of how much you paid for it. You would be an inexperienced backyard breeder and the dog will pay the ultimate cost. Spay her. She's old enough now.
2007-07-30 21:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Before you think of breeding, I suggest you visit your local animal shelter and listen to them talk about why they support spay and neuter. Also check out www.hsus.org.
I also invite you to read the list of genetic diseases that minature poodles and havanese are prone to, do a DNA test to be sure your dog is in fact a havanese cross (mutt breeders lie all the time-- my aunt was ripped off by one when she was looking for a westie mix.)
Also ask your vet how much it costs for vet care and vaccinations for whelping puppies from such a small dog.
Finally, realize that your dog is way too young for you to be sure that she won't have serious health problems before she is age 2 and corresponding vet bills for her care. Or that she won't have temperament problems such as intractable shyness, fear-aggression, etc. that could be inherited would make her "cute" puppies wind up in shelters and on death row before they're 1 year old.
In other words, I think you're jumping the gun here. You don't even know she'll be healthy enough to breed. Toy breeds of dogs can die from pregnancy or whelping.
Many dogs that are bred to be "cute" have serious health problems as a consequence. You can educate yourself on why pugs need thousand-dollar surgery just to breathe, why hip replacement technology is more advanced for dogs than for people, etc.
I myself have a large "gorgeous" black lab mix-- everybody says he's beautiful.
I got him from a shelter. He had been in there from 6 months to 9 months old. Not one person wanted to come and adopt this great dog. Not one.
I did. I then put in more work on socialization and training than was humanly possible-- he was big and high energy, and he had never gotten an job or obedience training that he needed. He is now my perfect right-hand service dog and a dream to work with, and so fearless and steady in most situations that would panic most pet dogs. But he sure was scared and needed to learn a lot those first few months I had him.
He'll always have issues from his time in the shelter. I can't board with with other dogs for fear of making him panic that he's back in the shelter all over again. What I find wonderful, his old owner found impossible to keep.
Too many people buy dogs based on how cute they are, and don't do the homework to understand what kind of dogs they ARE.
I had a collie-golden retriever mix that I found gorgeous-- again she was a rescue. I may be buying a purebred for myself next time but I'll also be searching the shelters, because there are some great dogs that wound up having really stupid owners.
Don't make your dog one of those dogs. Be smart. There are millions of cute dogs in all sizes and shapes, you don't need to make any more.
What the world needs is healthy, well-tempered dogs, and that's a lot harder to breed for. Some breeders spend 30-50 years learning how to do it right for a single breed of dog, or mixing dogs for a specific job (protection, herding, service) with success.
2007-07-30 21:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by doglover 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't be irresponsible and get her spayed, the last thing the world needs are more homeless dogs because of people like you mixing breeds then the puppies most probably will end up on the streets or who knows what else!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-30 21:21:30 · answer #7 · answered by peq.estrella 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please don't breed your dog.
Just look up the dogs in your area at http://www.petfinder.com to see all the abandoned animals already there. By breeding your dog, you're either sentencing the puppies to that fate, or you're putting those shelter dogs out of a home.
2007-07-30 21:00:26 · answer #8 · answered by The Samurai Lullaby 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
none. get her spayed. especially since she is a mutt to begin with. there are plenty of little mutt dogs available in shelters.
2007-07-30 20:58:50 · answer #9 · answered by ALM 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
none.. your dog is a MUTT.. all you would be doing is creating more mutts.. there are plenty of cute mutts and purebreds in shelters and rescues because of lack of homes.
2007-07-30 21:09:34 · answer #10 · answered by Nekkid Truth! 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋