What is the optimum time to breed a lab, she is almost two years old and in her third heat.?

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I was told that the best time is about ten days after bleeding starts but my husband tried to take her to the male dog the very next day and then 4 days after that, she won't accept the male yet, all she does is play with him and when he sniffs her she pushes him back or if he tries to mount she will just sit down. Call any one please help me with a few very exact answers. I've taken her to the Vet and had all her test done and she has all her papers and when examined she was announced as an excellent dog to breed. I was planning on spaying her at first but even the Vet said to us that if we decided to breed her it would be the perfect time. I'm planning on keeping 2 of her puppies myself, not to breed on but just as pets for my family and me. Please I really would appreciate any help. Thanks!!

I forgot to mention, if she would get pregnant this time it would be the only time I would allow it after that I'm definentlly getting her fixed, thats why it's so important to me to get her pregnant this time becuse it's the only time I'm going to try. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Why do you want to breed her at all? There are thousands of labs, yes even pure breed ones, dying in shelters. Even litters of puppies are euthanized every day, and sometimes in really cruel ways like gas chambers.

Over population is a HUGE problem. One that will never go away if people continue to allow thier dogs to have "just one litter".

Besides that, you breeding her, even just once increases her odds of getting certain types of cancer and other health problems later in life.

I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but I felt it had to be said.

Answer 2

Because its a lab. Simple as that. No one wants to admit that labs today on the majority are badly bred, poor tempered and aggressive as hell. Including myself i can think of at least 5 other friends who have been at one point or another attacked by the "all american perfect family dog" If this was an APBT or a dobe or GSD or a rott these same people would be calling for blood and going on and on about how dangerous the breed is etc etc. From the comments " And how unusual for a lab to do something like this" Yeah int eh past maybe. These days its a common as hell "I suspect it is the same problem as all the other cases like this: the dog wasn't neutered." No comment "Prove that a lab has the jaw strength and vicious nature to PICK A CHILD UP like that. Rotties do, pitbulls are too short but have the jaw strength and tenacity. Labs...uh-uh." -.- there are no words for this. "BTW, the dog in the photo looks to be 1/2 lab; the shape of the face is not characteristic of a full lab." Oh only HALF lab. sorry but there are tons of byb bred labs who don't look like labs walking around. "You all seem yo have fallen in line with the article stating that it's a Lab... Take a close look... It has the build of Pitt Bull, and face of a Pitt... Probablly a Pitt-Lab mix..." THE HELL IT DOES. "If this was a Pit Bull attack - all of you " It must have been the fireworks " people - would be swearing up and down that it was because it was a PIT and no other REASON . That is exactly why most of you are declaring this BLACK LAB a PIT Mix . It doesn't even say Lab Mix - but you want to make it something it isn't ." One of the FEW intelligent responses to this article. remi: No we bring them up to point out that its the HUMANS first and not the dogs. We do it because badly bred and/or untrained dogs are a threat no matter WHAT breed you are. Whether you like to admit it or not lab attacks are on the rise. Bad breeding gets the ball running and people who shouldn't own anything other than pet rock or goldfish make it worse. UHave2be: When you or anyone else can prove that EVERY single reported "Pit bul" attack was in fat done by an APBT, Am Staff or Staff I'll even allow for a mix and NOT any other breed or mix not containing the above breeds then you can talk. HOWEVER considering we have had LAB mixes with no pit blood in them being called "pit bulls", other bully breeds, cases of people LYING etc those stats are worthless. And yes there have been cases where people have LIED about being attacked by "pit bulls" to protect their own dogs or the dogs of close friends or family.

Answer 3

Well, if she is not two yet, you have not done ANY of the health clearances that should be done for the breed. Hips and elbows NEED to be x-rayed to make sure you are not adding to the growing hip problem in the breed.
Unless you are doing what you can do plan a healthy litter, you are just a money-seeking BYB.
Do Labs really need another BYB producing more unhealthy crap????
If it is SOOO important, why are you not doing it the RIGHT way?? Do you really want to sell puppies that may be dysplastic????
NO VET can look at a dog and say it is an excellent dog to breed. If your vet did NOT mention OFA certification for hips and elbows...SHAME on them!!! Not a very good vet at all!!!

Answer 4

Your dog is not even 2 years old yet which means that she has not had all the testing that should be done. Hips cannot be OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, Inc.) certified until after 24 months of age. Medium and large breeds should be checked for hip dysplasia prior to breeding. Small and toy breeds should be checked for femoral head necrosis (Legg-Perthes Disease). Elbow clearances can be received by OFA at the same time. Plan ahead: allow 4-6 weeks from the time the x-rays are taken to the time the results are received.

Eyes should receive a CERF (Canine Eye Registration Foundation) exam by a veterinary ophthalmologist yearly at least through the years the animals are used for breeding, and preferably continued through life to verify the health of the eyes. This exam checks for cataracts, progressive degenerative retinas, distichiasis, entropion, ectropion, and other eye abnormalities.

Heart clearances from a veterinary cardiologist should be obtained. This test should include a resting and after-exercise exam. This should be done yearly on breeding animals.

Both the male and the female should have a negative Brucellosis test before breeding. This is necessary even if artificial insemination is performed, as the male may still pass it to the female. The female is unable to pass it to the male if artificial insemination is done, but she could pass it to the puppies. If natural breeding is done, the male should be checked before breeding each female.

Check with your veterinarian for certain other diseases that should be screened for before breeding. These include but are not limited to hypothyroidism, Von Willebrand's disease, copper storage disease, deafness, luxating patellas, hernias, or cryptorchidism.

Certain other conditions such as allergies, chronic skin conditions, chronic ear problems, etc., should make you hesitate and think hard about breeding. These traits may be passed on to the puppies and the unsuspecting new owners.

Genetic problems such as seizures and poor temperament may not be apparent until the animal is 2-3 years of age. Animals with such problems should not be bred.

Bottom Line: There are a ton of Labs sitting in shelters from people that dump them in shelters when they are out of the cute puppy phase or the unalterd female got loose and got knocked up and the family does not want to deal with all that is involved both time wise and financially. Please stick to your original plan of spaying her.

Answer 5

When the bleeding turns a bloody wheat color she is ready. She will be in standing heat. that mean she will accept a mount.

Dogs have one week of coming into heat, one week of readiness & one week of going out of heat.

Since you do not know this you should not be breeding her. You don't know what you are doing. Plus you are bringing in more pups to add to the over population that is really out of hand cause back yard breeders breed their dogs.

Do you have Pedigree Papers on her or just registry papers? If all you have are registry papers you should not breed her. There are so many so called pure breeds that are so messed up because the breeders didn't understand all the faults their dogs carry & pass those messed up genetic on to the pups.

I have seen hundreds of dogs with AKC papers that are very poor speciums of a breed. Under bites, over bites, conformation all messed up, temperament problems, just very poor speciums. Awh, but they are AKC registered.

If both male & female are free of genetic faults specific to the breed you will be OK but if they were free of faults they would have cost you a couple of pretty pennies.

Don't breed her, she doesn't need any puppies to make her a happier dog, she is happy now without them.

Please, spay her before she is bred, she will be healthier for it.

Answer 6

If you don't know the answer to this why are you breeding the dog?
This is exactly why Labs are dieing of cancer, bad hips,eyes,allergies I could go on.Leave the breeding to the people that are improving the breed and know that generations back in their lines the dogs are healthy.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Go to a rescue centre. Get as many labrador pups as your friends and family want and PLEASE DON'T BREED YOUR GODDAMN DOG! Its not like its a rare breed or anything, there is no need to breed her. Please just go on a rescue website and take a look at the dogs they have there.

Ok, just imagine it was your dog and her pups that were being killed. There are so many Labs being put down because of people breeding them on a whim. I'm not saying you would abandon your dogs or anything, I'm saying, by breeding your dog instead of getting dogs from a shelter, there are less spaces in shelters for dogs, so they have to kill some. Get it?

Please please don't breed your dog. Get her neutered.

Answer 9

You are an irresponsible dog owner! Thousands of dogs die each year (labs included!) in shelters, due to irresponsible backyard breeders.
Why don't you get her fixed, and since you want some more dogs, go adopt a few more?

Answer 10

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