My male is clam and submissive with a few barks at strangers and strange sounds, normal to my standards of the breed (maltese). My female is a known biter, garbage dweller, over eater and a down right aggressive girl. Will her pups be that way or could the pups be a mix of both personality.
2007-09-02 05:26:04 · 25 answers · asked by Anaiyah M 4 in Pets ➔ Dogs
do not breed, get them spayed and neutered.
most attitudes and personalities will not pass on to puppies, if it did one obedience trained dog would produce obedience trained pups. her behavior is a product of poor training in her home, not her breeding
do not breed, get them spayed, you are not experienced enough for this
2007-09-02 05:32:01 · answer #1 · answered by Eric J 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
The pups are at a higher risk to be agressive. If your female is a known biter and is agressive, the best thing to do for her is to spay her and get her evaluated by a behavioralist and set up a training program with her to at least get the agression under control. If you choose to breed her(which would be a huge mistake) then make sure to socialize the pups, start the training process and make sure that whomever gets the puppies know that mom is agressive and that they will need to continue training with the puppies to ensure that the agression they could potentially have is kept under control. I personally feel that only breeders who are in this to better the breed should be the ones that breed dogs and that the avergae Joe should not do this and should have their pets altered. Any reputable breeder is not going to breed a female that has the issues that yours does. The world is already filled with enough idiots who think that it is a great idea to breed their dogs, please do not add to the list.
2007-09-02 05:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by bluemysti 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, why would you be willing to even take the chance? If you gave one of the pups to someone in your family and that pup eventually had to be put down because it severely bit someone how would you feel?
What possible traits could this female have that would make it worth taking the risk?
I've taught obedience for 30+ years. I've worked with protection dogs. I've seen lines of dogs that had strong personnalities through 5 generations.
If you KNOW how to handle these dogs and know what you're getting into, they aren't an issue. If you don't, you are asking for trouble.
Are you going to place all of the pups with a warning that the pup may be a biter?
2007-09-02 05:44:11 · answer #3 · answered by Dogjudge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the pups will more then likely display the more dominant personality. Dogs with temparment problems should never be used for breeding. If one of those pups becomes a known biter like mom and bites a child, you are responsible. This is why so many animals are euthanized every year, irresponsible breeding.
2007-09-02 06:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There's a good chance.....I would try to identify the pups that have the type of personality of the mom.....try to find homes of people who will be able to train a personality like that. A lot of the ways dogs are are also from the enviorment....a potentially aggressive puppy has a chance to be a good dog if properly trained from the beginning.
Mom should be spayed if she has a poor temperament.
2007-09-02 05:38:17 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ Liz ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your female will pass along her traits, as will the male. Some pups may be fine, some may be aggressive. Or they may all be fine or all bad. There is no way to tell. I would prefer to breed two calm dogs than risk getting even ONE more aggressive dog.
2007-09-02 05:33:39 · answer #6 · answered by ibbibud 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Temperment is an inheritable trait just like any other. NO responsible breeder would ever breed an aggressive dog.
She should be spayed. Spaying may also help stabilize her temperament.
2007-09-02 05:37:03 · answer #7 · answered by K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
good chance as they will learn from teh mother.
I have a rule that if I owned a female like that I will not breed as the pups are often taught by the mother.
As well as what happens when a perspective owner wants to see teh parents and they meet up with the mother---in my own experience often tehy end up not taking a pup from that type of tempermental mother.
The pups will learn the temperment from mom not that they will be born like if it's the father withteh temperment problem.
2007-09-02 05:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by Kit_kat 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Temperament is genetic, so it's possible. It's one of those "could be" but not positively things. I personally would choose a different dog to breed.
2007-09-02 07:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by mama woof 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never breed a known biter! Never!!! It can definitely be a hereditary trait. Even if it isn't hereditary, the pups would learn by example from her. Responsible breeders do not breed aggressive dogs and known biters, they spay/neuter them.
2007-09-02 05:30:25 · answer #10 · answered by gringo4541 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋
NO!!!!! I have a Pit Bull who parents were fighting dogs. My fiance has had her since she was a puppy. Now we live together, he has two kids and so do I, and she is the sweetest dog ever. She is very sweet. Even when we got other dogs, she knows the difference in playing with a full grown dog and playing with a puppy. With our puppy she would roll over on her back and let them play on top of her like they were winning. So just because the parent is mean doesn't mean that the puppy will be.
2007-09-02 05:35:27 · answer #11 · answered by Andrea G 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋