breeding my Chihuahua?

Question

I have a female chihuahau which is in her first estrus cycle. I would like to breed her to a male that is similar in color and maybe slightly smaller when she cycles again. My female is 5 pounds and is 9 months old at the present time. Could someone tell me how long it is between each estrus cycle and at what stage into her cycle should she be bred? After she has 1 litter I will probably have her spayed.

Answer 1

I am way too tired tonight to try to dissuade you from what you are planning. Maybe the 5072 homeless Chihuahuas on Petfinder.com will do it for me. Check them out!

www.petfinder.com

Answer 2

First of all..STOP breeding! There are way too many dogs out there as it is..many winding up in shelters and being euthanized. Why must people keep breeding? There are plenty of dogs that are abandoned and need homes, but more and more puppies are being born into breeders (and puppy mills as well).

Please think again before deciding to breed....

6-8 million dogs & cats are euthanized each year due to the fact that people buy a dog/cat and then wind up not wanting them anymore and disposing of them in their local shelter....PLEASE help these guys out!

Answer 3

She will have to be at least two years old, have completed her AKC championship in the conformation ring (to prove she is of a quality to be bred), and undergone all of the health clearances and genetic testing available for the breed. Chihuahuas have a notoriously difficult time free whelping so you will be risking her life and should have at least a couple of thousand dollars set aside to pay for a C-section and post-natal care.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE DECIDING TO BREED YOUR DOG:

Have they completed their AKC championships in the ring, thereby proving their quality as breeding stock?

Have you studied their pedigrees to determine possible genetic defects going back decades?

Have you evaluated male and female against the written breed standard to determine why their particular offspring would make a viable contribution to the breed?

Have you done the requisite health tests: Hip Dysplasia, Elbow Dysplasia, Retina Dysplasia, Factor VII, Progressive Renal Atrophy?

Have you had their eyes, patellas and hips certified? (OFA, Penn Hip, CERF)

Have both male and female been tested for brucellosis just prior to breeding?

Do you understand the risk to the female in breeding her?

Are you willing to pay for a Caesaran, (quite common, about $1,000.00 + postnatal care)

Are you willing to supplement and tube feed puppies for 24 hours a day?

Are you willing to spend 12 weeks hand raising puppies in your home?

Are you willing to go to the expense of 12 weeks of shots and wormings for however many puppies you bring into the world?

Are you willing to interview dozens of potential pet buyers to determine exactly which ones will be the absolute Best homes for your puppies?

Will you have a spay/neuter clause in your pet buyer contract requiring proof of spaying/neutering before each pup is 6 months old?

Will you GUARANTEE that for if ANY reason during the life of the puppies you've bred, their owners can no longer keep them, they must be returned to you?


K

Answer 4

please study extensively on breeding often chihuahuas need c sections. My 5 pound chis usually give me 6 pups in a litter do you have homes.
Also color doent matter in teh male itself you need to go back several generations you could say have two fawns but in the background there are blacks, fawns, and blues and you cna end up with everything but a fawn or tehy may all be fawns.
If you study you will get the rest of your answers

Answer 5

why does she need to have a litter at all? Please just spay her now. There are too many dogs getting put down in shelters due to over population. Fully one quarter of animals in shelters are pure breds. There aren't enough homes for them, either. You don't need to be bringing any more dogs in to the world.

Answer 6

Check this out:
http://search.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?pet.Animal=Dog&pet.Breed=chihuahua&pet.Age=&pet.Size=&pet.Sex=M&location=

Answer 7

I don't want to preach you, but you shouldn't breed her. There are so many dogs in the shelters right now. They euthanize a quarter of a million a year in the U.S alone. Please reconsider creating more little lives.

Answer 8

I seriously dont understand..