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Question

Let's say you got one female dog and one male dog as puppies and you just love their temperament, skills, personality. Would it be inhumane to breed them just so you can have more generations of your two sweet dogs?(You know every consequences and risks of breeding, how much it'll cost and how many puppies will come) Or just spay/neuter them and get another dog? and just enjoy what you got?

Please no bashing no harassing. If you say yes to breeding what's the safe way?

I am NOT planning on breeding anything I just love getting information on general topics like this one.

and you will take FULL responsibility for each pup and not be a wimp and won't send them to a pound

No I don't mean inbreeding!!!!!!!! Two dogs that are NOT related to each other to breed puppies for you.

and you're not gonna sell them.

Answer 1

Provided they aren't proven champions, I wouldn't breed them.

It's normal for you to love your dog and want more just like it - I'm sure it's normal when you have two, as well. My dog has a sweet temperament and I love her, but she's a mutt and should not - and cannot - breed. I'd advise you (me, in this case?) not to breed the dogs. It did sound at first like they were from the same litter, but I re-read the question. You never know how many puppies you'll get and what if something happens and you can't afford to care for them all? IMO, not worth the risk.

And for some reason, I imagine the dogs you're talking about to be Golden Retrievers. It must be the temperament ;)

Answer 2

The reality is that the offspring will not be the same as the parents. Even within the same breed you may get similarities in appearance but the offspring will NOT be the same as the parents.

Breeders have been attempting for years and years to recreate certain dogs... it simply is not possible because the life experiences of the dog will never be the same.

So, if you do the breeding, assuming you've done all the genetic tests etc... you now have a bunch of young pups that need homes and none are going to be what you already have... and you have to find the pups you don't keep GOOD homes ..monitor the homes for the rest of the pup's lives ... take them back for re-homing if the owners havent bothered to train them and now you have 18 mos old naughty hooligans to train and re-home.

My suggestion is to simply enjoy what you have, spay/neuter and purchase another puppy to raise when it is time.

Answer 3

I won't bash you.. But.. here's the thing.. You take your two dogs.. Mixed breed I suspect? Or 2 different breeds?? Ok.. Male and female are sweet, nice and they listen well and they love people blah blah blah.. What makes you think that breeding the 2 of them is going to produce a litter of puppies that is just like their parents??? It just doesn't happen.
You will have one here and there that resemble their parents, you will have some that have some of the same characteristics.. But if you aren't breeding 2 purebreds with backgrounds you have researched, the odds are so against you producing even 1 puppy in that litter that is even remotely similiar to the parents it's not even funny..

Even when you know the dogs, their pedigree, and can fairly easily predict what they are going to produce, you cannot at all guarantee that you will get a puppy exactly like either parents.. Their background has some say in how these puppies are going to turn out.. Mom and dad aren't the only ones who have genes in on this...

Also, the 2 dogs you are talking about, are the way they are because that's the way you have raised them. You are at a different age, different time in your life, different experience etc.. You will never ever be able to raise a dog again, just like you raised your first one.. You have hopefully learned things in the meantime, and that will change how you raise and train your dog. You can never recreate your first dog again, no matter what you try..

If you think you are going to have a litter of puppies identical to the 2 you have now.. You are very very wrong.. If you think that keeping the entire litter is going to work out well for you?? Ask people who have tried to keep an entire litter of puppies before, how that worked out for them.. Ask people who have raised brother / brother, sister/ sister and even brother/sister together. Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's a disaster and they either end up rehoming 1 or keeping them separated for life.. You have some dream that this is going to be this wonderful little litter of doggies that are going to love you.. It's a huge recipe for disaster.. Very rarely can people keep an entire litter of puppies, along w/ the parents and have things work out wonderfully..

They will be their own pack, and because of your inexperience in dogs, you will lose control entirely. You will have a house full of untrained wild out of control puppies that no one wants.. You should really rethink this whole little fairytale of an idea.. It's not a good idea..

Edit : Also think of this.. You have 8 puppies, and you keep them all, and even if things work out wonderfully.. You have to get them all spayed/neutered cause you would risk brothers and sister breeding, son w/ mom, daughter w/ dad etc.. You can afford to get 8 puppies spayed/neutered, vaccinated, worked and everything else???

Answer 4

I would say it is best not to breed. There is no way to know if the puppies will have the same temperment. I have 7 siblings...each one of us is very different. None of us are exactly like our parents. Dogs are the same way. You may get puppies that are like the parents, or none of the puppies will be like the parents. In the end, it's one big crap shoot.

Also, you would have to get both of your dogs tested to make sure they are not carriers for common genetic problems in dogs. Things like hip dysplaisia is all too common, and the good breeders work hard to test each of their dogs and puppies to make sure they are free of the disorder. It would be awful to breed your dogs only to discover you have puppies that have hip problems, heart problems, or other genetic diseases that could have been prevented.

If I were you, I would spay/neuter and look for another dog to love. Enjoy what you have, you will never have other dogs just like them, even if you breed. Besides, if you adopt another dog from a shelter, you can feel good about helping your community and saving a life.

Answer 5

First of all, did you get them from the same place? Is there any chance they are brother and sister? If so, that could be inbreeding, and there is a very long list of extra problems that can happen from that.

Don't breed them. Over 25% of dogs killed at shelters every year are purebred. And you are risking your own dogs health by breeding her. I suggest you spay and neuter your dogs. If you want more puppies go to the pound and save a few lives.

Answer 6

No I don't think so. Like you said they are not related so there is no inbreeding. If you take the time to get the genetic testing done and make sure everything is going to be fine than I see no ethical dilemma here. One thing to keep in mind though is just because they act that way does not mean that all the puppies will too. Alot of these traits are inherited but also are just as individual as you and your siblings.

I think it would be a great way to be able to keep your beloved friends around long after their passing. Just make sure to get all the puppies fixed than so that inbreeding could not accidently occur. It sounds to me like you have thought it through more so than most people who want to breed.

Rememer breeding should always be doen to better a breed. Not create new breeds or puppymilling.

Answer 7

There is no guarantee that the temperament of the offspring will be the same as the parents. The reasons are the parents biologically different from one another (not brother and sisters) and they are not being raised the same way...

It's impossible to make the temperament of dogs be identical to one another, even in the same litter. They may be similar but not identical.

I have volunteered with a rescue for years. I have worked with 1000's of dogs. Most of them are labs. Believe it or not, they are all unique. Each and every one. They may have some similar qualities and habits but each and every dog is an individual. That's what makes them so wonderful.

What you are proposing is impossible.

Sorry.

I had a soul mate dog. I lost her at 13 to cancer. I look for her in every dog I see. I see glimses of her personality in other dogs but I have yet to meet another one who has more than two or three of her personality traits at the same time.

EDIT:
Even though I still look for her and I miss her, I have other dogs, I have 5 now and I love them all dearly. I think she gave up her place with me when she died and gave one of my other dogs a gift of her place. I say this to my adoptive families all the time. This a cycle and making (breeding) replacements isn't fair. Let your beloved dog make a space for another dog at some point. Save another life instead.

Answer 8

the reason this is not a good practice to breed puppies of the same litter is you not only are breeding the good genes to each other but also the unwanted genes as well and by doing this you are increasing the chances of these undesirable genes meeting and coming to the surface. the way genetics works is dominant and recessive genes the dominant genes over rule (so to speak) the recessive gene. but when two recessives meet up that trait comes out. INBREEDING is the reason there are so many diseases specific to certain breeds of dogs IE. hip displaisia in Bernese mountain dogs, deafness in bull terriers. hydrocephalus in chihuahuas, etc.
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/medical/genetic-diseases.html
http://www.mydogandi.com/health/diseases/disease741.htm#q1
another thing to remember chances are you are not going to get just one dog in the litter. another thing is that puppies are not clones and even clones when raised identically don't act the same. there are many environmental and social applications that affect the outcome of the personality.

Answer 9

I, personally, recommend to spay and neuter the dogs and enjoy them. There are many risks when it comes to breeding. In my opinion, breeding dogs just because you want sweet little puppies that could possibly carry on their personality/ temperaments/etc. can be selfish in a way. There are so many great puppies in shelters just waiting for a loving home, and when you choose to breed your pet quality dogs to produce more unnecessary puppies, the chance of finding homes for the puppies in shelters lowers. I think it'd be much better to spay/neuter your dogs and adopt another dog from a shelter. That dog will be so much more grateful because you saved it's life. You can see it in their eyes that they just love you for taking them out of a shelter environment. What could be better than knowing you took a dog that only wanted someone to love them, gave them a new home, and gave them a second chance in life?

Answer 10

Breeding the two dogs is no guarantee you'll end with more of the same.

Fact is, dogs act like their owner. It would make more sense to simply adopt more dogs of the same breed and treat them the same. There are too many unloved pets in the world to justify breeding, sorry.

The two other dogs will treat any new puppies like their own, that's just a natural instinct.

Breeding is fairly pointless unless they are purebreeds. Instead, consider having a talk with your local humane society about this matter. There's a high chance they will find dogs exactly the same as your current dogs.