Purebred or not purebred? Darn neighbors loose dog hooked up with my purebred after I bred her w/ a purebred?

Question

Please serious kind respecatble answers.. Here is the scenario.. Am breeding my purebred with another purebred. He already had connected with her 4 times. The neighbors dog was let to roam around loose and got attached to my purebred once. What are the chances of my purebred getting pregnant with the neighbors mutt? Would my dog have a combination litter? How many times necessary for the sire to connect with the female purebred during her heat?

Answer 1

ONCE. I prefer 2 matings, 2 days apart, but it takes only 1 sperm to penetrate 1 ovum for a puppy to be conceived. And each pup will have only 1 father - but litter-mates might well have DIFFERENT fathers when the b_itch-owner is inadequately careful.

You should not be owning an un-spayed b_itch **before** your property is adequately fenced to keep stray dogs & stray children OUT and your b_itch IN.

However, the matings have now taken place.
The only way to tell who the father of any particular pup is is to have each pup's DNA matched against the DNA of the intended sire and the dam.
My advice is to have the vet administer the 3-injection abortion - check out the cost of that against the cost of DNA-checking 6 or more puppies plus the intended parents.

And then attend to the fencing problem.
Followed by having your b_itch tested to establish whether she OUGHT to be bred from - merely being "pure-bred" is not enough, she should be utterly typical of her breed, with a superb character, very healthy and with very low-risk joints. The same applies to the stud you use - odds are that the best stud for a particular b_itch is so far away that a plane trip will be needed.

"Pure-bred" merely means that all recent ancestors are known and have been recorded in the KC's Breed Registry, without any check as to whether the progeny still look & behave the way that breed is meant to. Many pet-owners and rescue groups corrupt the term even further - to them it just means "I think it looks something like that breed".

Tests to establish each of those crucial aspects:
(1) Health:
- xrays of hips and elbows for anything that was 15 lbs or more at about 3 months old, of patellas for small breeds, of spine for long breeds.
- depending on the breed: eye tests, urine tests, blood tests. Some genetic diseases now have DNA tests that will identify carriers, and if any of those diseases are widespread in your breed you are morally bound to have the DNA checks done.
(2) Type:
- show gradings (or consistent placings at championship shows, if her breed is one of those that doesn't have specialist shows with gradings), preferably with written critiques to help you know which aspects your b_itch needs improved (and those improvements MUST be present in the stud and both his parents). In breeds such as GSDs and Rottweilers there is a further certificate - the comprehensive Breed Survey Report.
(3) Character & Suitability:
- the CGC is a general minimum, but better is whatever tests are specific to your b_itch's breed - tracking, retrieving, herding, courage, and so on.

Some guidelines for anyone proposing to be a breeder:
● Do you know your breed's Standard off by heart and can see exactly how each specification applies to living pooches? (Warning: Always use the Country of Origin Breed Standard - the English speaking countries have produced some dreadful "rebel Standards" that take no account of what the breed was developed for.)
● Do you know the genetic disorders your breed is subject to? Do you know the tests available to identify the risk of your pooch passing those on? Do you know which blood-lines are high-risk/low-risk for the disorders for which no actual test exists at present?
● Have you spent time identifying possibly-suitable studs then spent more time outside competition rings studying the children of those studs for conformation, attitude, character, soundness in gait?
● Can you afford the bills if something goes wrong? - examples are pyometritis, uterine inertia, a pup getting stuck at the entrance to the pelvis, eclampsia, parvovirus.
● Can you cull? = kill pups with serious defects, kill or send excess pups to a foster-dam in order to reduce numbers to what is comfortable for your brood.
● Are your boundaries totally secure against pups diving under or adults jumping over?
● Are you on good terms with your neighbours and Animal Control Officer? - if not, move, and improve the behaviour of yourself and your pooch(es).
● Are you aware of how many pups that went to "good homes" end up having to be killed by ACOs or rescue groups? (How good are you at telling when people are lying to you in order to get a pup?)
● Will you go and inspect each prospective buyer's property before deciding to accept or refuse that family?
● Can you afford to take the grown-up pups back and refund or replace them if some genetic disorder turns up?
● What features will you be looking for when it comes to deciding which pup in the litter to keep for yourself?
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly

Answer 2

You'll probably have some purebred puppies and some mixed breed puppies. What you could do is give your *wonderful* neighbors the best of the mixed breed puppies (please note the sarcasm associated with my use of wonderful). After all, people with studs usually want either money or the pick of the litter, correct?

I don't do breeding, so I don't know how many times they have to connect, but if they're anything like us humans, it could just take once.

We just had a female come into our shelter with 6 puppies: one that looks like a lab/shepherd mix, two that look like lab/border collie mixes, and three that look like lab mixed with something else.

Answer 3

They only have to connect once and it is possible for a dog to give birth to a mixed litter (different fathers.) You probably won't be able to register these pups, if you wanted to, but you may get some beautiful puppies if you don't mind taking the chance. Next time you will have to keep your female away from all males until her cycle is done (except for the male you want to breed her with.) Hope everything turns out well!

Hate to disagree with the answerers that said you can'y have a mixed litter but you sure can. Call your vet and ask.

Answer 4

Yeah, it would be a combined litter.

I have to say though, for some reason, the best planned litters are "blown out of the water" by one accidental tie.

Chances are, she'll drop the mixed breeds and none of the pure.

Also, you should check and see if this litter is even "legal" to register with what ever "purebreed" club the dogs belong to. I'm pretty sure this whole litter will be considered mutts, no matter what they wind up looking like.

DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER ANIMALS DIE.

Especially when you have no clue about what you're doing.

In the end, the dogs suffer.

Answer 5

AKC regulations say that without a DNA test to prove who the father is the whole litter is considered to be Mutts. I would contact the neighbors and notify them as they now owe you for the DNA testing, which can be done at the Vets. A female can have a litter where all pups have a different father. It only takes one time for a female to get pregnant.

Answer 6

Female dogs in heat will "catch" with more than one dog if she's in peak heat. Dogs DO have mixed litters. Unfortunately the only way to certify and separate the pure from the mixed is with Dog DNA testing...and that's expensive. Check with your vet (I'm sure you're using one to monitor your dog's pregnancy) He can possibly give you options and advice about how and what to do.

Answer 7

All it takes is once! I'm sorry, but you're going to have a combined litter.

When I was young, we had a springer spaniel. Mom bred her to the neighbor's spaniel. We kept her locked up in the dog run. She never got out, we never saw another dog get in. 2 months later, we had 6 of the prettiest spaniel pups you ever did see! And 1 little black and white beagle whodunit!!!!

Answer 8

Seriously and respectable, what are you doing breeding your dog when you have no idea how it's done?

Shelters are full of "purebreds" and mutts because there aren't enough homes for them and you go and breed more - awful!!!

Answer 9

It is very possible. pups in a litter can have different fathers. How did this mutt get to your dog. Its your dog that is attracting the other dog so should have been kept inside and not left unattended.

Answer 10

mixed litter maybe ....some males only have to mate once to get a female pregnant and a female can mate with more then just one male