how old should my rottweiler be before she can start having pups?

Question

I need advise as to how old my female rottweiler should be before i can allow her to breed. She is 17 months now.

Answer 1

No matter what everbody says. If you want to breed your family pet, for whatever reason, it's YOUR business. Just remember that when you breed and mom has pups, that the mother is your responsibility and now the puppies are also your responsibility for the rest of their life, or until you find them a good forever home. So if you want to breed....do it.....and I wish you the best of luck. Remember everybody is in-titled to an opinion, including yourself. Any dogs I have ever bred are always started on their SECOND HEAT. Good Luck!

Answer 2

We had a littler 5 months ago. Here is what we did and had 9 well socialized loving pups. Vets were amazed. Love mom for the wonderful joy she has brought. Let her know how wonderful she is and enjoy the limited alone time with her. Put her on a good, natural large breed puppy food such as Framm. It does wonders for her all over being and is a great food for the pups. It is easily digestible and tolerated well. Ensure that all are nursing well. At about a week to 10 days, mom will quit cleaning up, start the paper training process in the whelping box. Have the puppies vetted as soon as possible. It will ensure no major issues, get the dewclaws removed and they will then tell you the shot, worming and other schedules. Enjoy the next 10 weeks of exhaustion and promise not to do it again :) Puppies are a lot of work if you want good dogs. It starts with YOU. Good Luck PS Dad can look from a guarded distance, but don't touch. Mom is going to protect.

Answer 3

She should be at least two years old.

While dogs younger than two years are able to breed, it would be the equivalent of a young teenage girl having a child. The dog would lack the maturity to take care of the pups.

Also, breeding is not something that should be undertaken lightly. There are already many Rottweiler breeders in the United States and in the world, and these dogs are very commonly found in shelters as well (where most of them are put to sleep since in many places they are not accepted at apartment complexes and cannot be covered by renter's or homeowner's insurance).

If you want to breed responsibly, you need to have all health checks done on your dog. That means hip and elbow X-rays sent to OFA and waiting for the results to get back. CERF for the eyes. Genetic testing. All that good stuff.

Also, you may want to get your Rottie titled in both the show rink and some kind of competitive event such as obedience, agility, herding, etc. to proove your dog's suitability to breeding (matches the breed standard) as well as your dog's temperament.

Also note that as the owner of the female, you're going to be doing most of the work and putting up with most of the costs for the puppies. You'll be the one to build a whelping box, pay for X-rays, pay to have all puppies vaccinated and microchipped, and you have to do the AKC registration as well. Most breeders barely break even when they have a litter.

Answer 4

I had a rottweiler from the humane society and it began suffering from hip problems when it was only a year and a half old. I had it on medications until it was about 2 then I couldn't let it suffer anymore so I put bear to sleep. Rotties have a history of have bad hip problems unless they are well bred. Make sure your dog has no problems and no history of hip problems before breeding her. If you sell bad puppies the owners can come back and sue you in a couple years.

Your dog needs to be at least 2 years old before breeding. But think hard about it before you do it!!!

Answer 5

Never. There are far too many unwanted dogs in the world, and inexperienced breeders that are creating them.

Dog breeding is a science, and bad breeding will create a lot of problem puppies. People who breed reputable, reponsible, well rounded dogs have spent years studying the breed, and making sure that both dogs are a good fit for each other, have the right temperament, and should be bred to better the breed.

Have her spayed, and enjoy her as a pet, not a puppy producing creature.

Answer 6

She should not have any pups until you get her hips and elbows checked for deformities. This is usually done at 2 years of age. If she has genetic problems, it's best to get her spayed. Humans caused these problems by inbreeding, so it's best we fix them by not passing them on. If you bought her from a breeder that guaranteed hips and elbows, you should be able to get some money back if she has problems.

Answer 7

She should be 2 years old, have OFA, CERF, and hip certifications, and be a finished champion. That shouldn't be too hard with a wonderful dog like the one you've got, right? You'll also meet great studs that can balance out her faults in the show ring. I advise you to talk to the breeder you got her from and get some mentoring in.

Answer 8

Never. Rottweilers are numerous in shelters and put to death needlessly. A lot of homeowner's insurances won't even cover a home with a Rottweiler, so they're not in demand as you may think these days. ADOPT!!

Answer 9

PLEASE reconsider and get her spayed! Check out the rescue sites and shelters and see how many rotties are out there needing homes that will possibly be euthanized if they don't get homes. Then multiply that by 10 and you might be close to the number that will be put down.

RESPONSIBLE breeding is expensive, time-consuming, and not all the fun and games it appears to be. There are health risks to the female and complications that put her and the pups at risk. Breeding should be left to the experts - if it is done at all.

Answer 10

I suggest leaving the breeding to professionals. Just let your girl live her life without going through pregnancy and birth. Please get her spayed!!