I was told by my Vet that it's beneficial to the dog to be bred at least 1 time so that she does not develop problems later. Another dog i had was never bred and ended up with some kind of breast swelling that required costly surgery
2007-09-12 10:16:30 · 21 answers · asked by TAF187 4 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Hi, what your vet told you was incorrect. Let me tell U a little about breeding a Great Dane.. First, you have to have them checked for hips, then you have to take them in for all the blood work and make sure your dog is healthy enough (that right there is about $400.00) Then, you have to find a male who has the same things done. Then you have to pay a stud fee $600.00+, Plus, you never mentioned what color your Dane is, your going to want something color correct to breed, and you need to be very choosy. Then, if the male doesn't want to mount, you will have to look into artifical insemanation, (you don't want to wait another 6 months do you) (another $400-$500. including all the vet visits) then, you have to change her diet once she is pregnant, slowly, but, you will still have alittle more poop than normal.. Gee, probably another trip to the vet to help that, THEN, when it is time to have the pups, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE, first litter, so you have to make sure your there JUST IN CASE, she doesn't take the bag off, in case one has a problem breathing, need to be there to make sure their nursing, mom don't lay on them.their births since having so many will last you probably from 9pm one night til 4-5pm the next day.. Don't forget to take her into the vet again and get a shot of Oxy which will help her finish having her pups and help her milk come in. (another $100.00+) then within 72 hrs you need to bring the puppies back in for dewclaws removed usually some where around $5.00 a pup.. (60-$70.00 PLUS THE OFFICE VISIT AN additional $30.00) Dont forget to stock up on puppy formula just in case. U might need to bottle or tube feed, (another trip to vet to show you how $30.00) Wow, how far are you now $$ wise? ok.. then, after about 4 weeks (durning that who time ur female should have been on pupppy food) and then, al lthe way til the pups are done nursing.. THEN THE PUPPIES ARE OLD ENOUGH TO EAT.. One 35lb bag, wil last about a week.. the next week, 35lbs just makes it.. you still have 2 more weeks to go now u just upgraded to the $50.00 lb bag to feed 12 pups a week. oh, here we are 6 weeks of age.. TIME FOR VET VISIT again, 6 week shots next.. 12 pups x 12.00 a shot $30.00 vet visit .. that alone is what? $174 bucks. Then advertising, wow can't sell them? now your feeding 10 week old pups and your like CRAP where did all the food go? and crap is what you will see a lot of. By this time the puppies are starting to chew.
Spay would be easier :)
Good luck
2007-09-12 12:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 14⤊ 0⤋
OK, I agree with almost everyone else who's already answed. Get a new vet with updated info/ attitude and get your girl spayed. In addition to all the health checks others have talked about above, you need to know if your ***** and the stud have the double merle gene (depending on her lines color). If both have it, you'll end up with a bunch of white, deaf, maybe blind too puppies.
My neighbor just had a litter of dane pups in May. I told her I'd help with the whelping. First pup came, then 7 hours later, no placenta, no next pup, no contractions. Had to go to the emergency vet for a c-section. Spayed at the same time. Cost of surgery was almost $3000, and she only ended up with 4 puppies. Owner had no money, no cc, very unprepared. If I hadn't been there, the dog and all the pups would have died.
Be careful what you wish for. Breeding isn't as easy as some people make it out to be. Only champion show dogs should ever be bred.
2007-09-13 09:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by lotsadogs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your vet told you that find a new vet!!!! He is sadly mistaken. There are NO advantages to a dog having al itter of puppies...as a matter of fact it can give her a higher risk of pyometria (a very serious often fatal uterine infection) and of mammary issues. The longer a dog is left intact the higher the risk of mammary cancer becomes as well as other health issues. Your dog should be spayed BEFORE she ever comes in heat.
Breeding is expensive and is a major responsability.
Before breeding a Dane:
1) she MUST be at least 2 years old
2) she MUST have genetic testing done....OFA/PennHip on hips, CERF/PRA on eyes, thyroid and cardio
3) she MUST be either shown or at the very least evaluated for breed standard
4) she MUST have a nice even temperament
5) she MUST have an impeccible pedigree
Raising a litter of Dane pups IS expensive and it is time consuming..the pups need to be at least 8 weeks old before they can be sold, they need to have exams, first vaccinations and dewormings (dewormings will need to be done with a vet approved dewormer at 2, 4, 6 & 8 weeks of age and mom also needs to be dewormedas well). You need to very carefully screen buyers. There are many Danes in shelters & rescues.
I would NOT advise breeding your Dane..I would advise getting her spayed soon.
2007-09-12 21:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God, I just don't know who these vets are that come up with this crap. Amazing that they actually paid for and went to vet school, and this is the backwoods folk medicine they're pushing.
Sorry to start with a rant...but I hear that so often and I want to know who these hick vets are!
If the only reason you want to breed is to "benefit" your dog (there is no scientific evidence to support this idea, BTW), and the main thing you're worried about is how to sell the puppies, please find a different vet and spay your dog.
Again, NO scientific evidence to support the idea that whelping a litter will protect a b itch down the road. Was your other dog spayed? Leaving them intact will very often lead to mammary cancer.
Consider this: If you breed your Dane -- as a responsible person -- you will have to do genetic testing. This means hip xrays, cardiac tests, etc. You will have to pay a stud fee. You will have to whelp the b itch, and if she requires a c-section, you will have to pay for that. You will have to accept the possibility that she may die in whelp, and the possibility that she may have 10+ puppies (not uncommon in the breed). You will have to raise these puppies to the age of 8 weeks.
All of these things are going to end up costing you much more than a surgery. And if you do this right, you won't make money, even if she has 10 puppies and you sell them all.
Please, as I said, consider spaying your Dane. And find a new vet.
2007-09-12 17:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by Loki Wolfchild 7 · 15⤊ 0⤋
What you are talking about is false pregnancy, when your dogs body thinks she is pregnant and therefor she will have milk etc. Breeding her will not prevent that from happening, spaying her will. It will also reduce her chances of getting cancer.
having great dane puppies / well any puppies for that matter is a lot of work. great dane puppies grow big really fast and its hard to contain them in one place. a long time ago my parents breed our dane (good lines, etc, this was over 10 years ago) and she had a litter of 9 puppies. the ***** could only feed 8 and we had to hand feed one of the pups. Someone had to be there to watch the puppies 24 / 7. they make a lot of mess (they poo and pee a lot!!!!) they chew on everything in site! they get big and can climb, jump over almost anything. You need to be experienced in breeding, they need special care, special food, vet care, the bills add up quickly. Just spay your girl and both of you will be MUCH HAPPIER,
I think selling great danes here is not easy. they are big dogs that require a person with knowledge of the breed to handle them properly, plus they require space. I don't think an avarage family is willing to adopt a small pony. BTW, when i was looking for a dane puppy, i made sure the lines were good health wise and that both parents had tests for hips/ elbows/ cadrio / eyes. Big dogs are prone to health problems and most people looking for this sort of a dog i would think is educated enough to ask for these tests, so unless you plan to do them i would not recommend breeding.
2007-09-12 18:34:52 · answer #5 · answered by dobiz_rule 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I know nothing about breeding so I won;t touch that aspect of the question, but I will say it's time for a new vet. This one is obviously clue less.
As for selling the pups they are going to be huge dogs and cost a lot to feed. Many people are short of money so they may well be hard to place so you could end up having to keep most or at least some of them. Could you afford to keep them all if you could not place them in the right homes? Just something to think about.
2007-09-12 18:52:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. P's Person 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I find it really hard to believe any vet would tell you than unless they were trying to milk you for additional vet fees for the pups.
Over 6 million perfectly healthy friendly dogs and cats are euthanized in the US each year due to lack of homes. Allowing animals to have litters just adds to the overall misery of the animals. Even if you find homes for your puppies, that means some puppy at the shelter ends up dying because those people that took your pup could have taken one from death row at the shelter.
You also have it backwards-- do a search on the internet and you will see that spaying a dog before her first heat cycle eliminates 97% of the chance of cancers in the breasts.
2007-09-12 17:24:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
Wow.. You should get a new vet.. You have one of those OLD ones who has not updated their information from 40 years ago when he originally went to school.. If he did. There is absolutely no benefit at all to breed a female before having her spade.. In fact the opposite is true.. You should spay her before she even ever comes into season the first time.. New vet time.. Your vet hasn't a clue..
2007-09-13 01:26:47 · answer #8 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My most urgent advice is to get a new vet!!!! The one you have is either lining you up to plumb your wallet, or is truly uninformed. Females do NOT do better healthwise if bred. Spaying before the first heat decreases the chances of mammary cancer, and spaying eliminates ovarian and uterine cancers, as well as a deadly condition known as pyometra.
Should you breed, your vet would get the benefit of your prenatal visits, post natal visit, puppy shots and deworming, and if the worst happens, the price of a c-section or other emergency fees. I really feel you are being taken for a ride here.
2007-09-12 18:05:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 0⤋
I think you need another Vet. This is not true, in fact just the opposite is true. Spay her before she has her first season and eliminate all possibilities of uterine and ovarian cancers, and greatly reduce the chance of mammary cancer. A dog that has been bred even once increases their chances of mammary cancer and any female still intact stands the chance of the other cancers.
Oh, and if you decide to breed, you need to have your girl X-rayed and certified dysplasia free if she doesn't have it, also you need to do all the other genetic testing for inheritable defects, disabilities, diseases and have certification that she is free of all of them. Then, you need to find a stud dog that also is certified to be sound and without the inherited defects, weaknesses.... Now, you will want to wait for her to come into season, then, you will be taking her to the Vet for progesterone testing daily until she peaks and it is time to breed her. Now you need to feed her a high quality puppy formulated food and increase the amounts as she will be growing puppies, possibly many, many of them.
Incidentally, Dane puppies are not the easiest to sell. Too big for most people. You will also find, people want to know that the pup comes from parents certified to be sound and healthy without inheritable defects.
2007-09-12 17:24:27 · answer #10 · answered by gringo4541 5 · 13⤊ 0⤋