dog breeding question?

Question

my female chocolate in lab. is in heat and I have her in the kennel with my male chocolate lab and he is showing no interest in breeding with her at all.
what could be wrong.
does any one have any ideas what the problem would be.

thank you so much for the smart a$$ answers but my dogs are not just your everyday run of the mill house dog.

I have breed these two dogs before and I am a responsible dog breeder with great success. I have people coming from all over the country to get my puppies, The blood lines are champion all the way. The father is a champion show dog and was in many tv commercials, and the female was in dog search and rescue trials and in tragic events also field trial champion of the us and canada. and both have excellent blood lines so please only responsible answers

I am shocked and amazed at the animal lovers that have responded.
and I agree that there are two many homeless dogs in this world.
I admit that I haven't been into dog breeding for more than 10 yrs.
but I do make sure my puppies are placed in good homes.

Answer 1

If your dogs are as high quality as you say and you would be willing to take back any pup that was unwanted then i think you are the sort of breeder i would buy from!

It may just be the wrong day for her to mate with him, or maybe you need to let them have a larger area than the kennel - some dogs are fussy about this!! The female will let him know when she is ready, so i wouldn't worry about it especially as they have been bred before and are obviously able to breed.

Answer 2

A male dog can sense when a female is ready to breed. If she has just come into heat, then she is probably not ready. I would give it a few days and let her get more into her cycle and then see what happens. Also, putting them in a cage may not give them adequate room to breed. You may need to figure out something else. Once they are "together" it will take a while before they are able to pull apart, so the female may drag the male around once the deed is done. I am not a professional breeder, but my mother is and I have seen this happen to dogs on more than one occasion. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Having excellant bloodlines is only part of the equation when breeding. Both dogs should have had and passed genetic health testing..OFA/PennHip, CERF/PRA, thyroid and both dogs should have been shown and pointed/championed or evaluated.
Also before breeding in addition to genetic tesing both dogs should have complete vet exams to check reproductive health.
Since you are asking the question that you are here I would say that you aren't an experienced breeder...this is a question you should be asking your mentor and your vet...one or both could have a medical issues going on, the female may not be ready, one or the other may not be interested in breeding with each other (yup this does happen) or any one of several things.

Answer 4

If you had any business breeding dogs, you'd already know the answer to this.

Are your dogs AKC champions? Participated and titled in field trials?

Has a vet certified them for eyes, heart, hips, knees, elbows, etc?

Have you spent time with breeders and vets, so that you know exactly how the breeding, pregnancy and birthing will go, and how to handle any complications that may arise?

Do you have a few thousand dollars in reserve for emergency and regular vet care for the mom and pups? Do you realize that with labs being so common, the odds of you even breaking even after selling them is slim to none, and more likely you'll lose a great deal of money?

Or are you just another backyard breeder who wants puppies for money or "fun", and has no idea what she's doing, or what to do with the pups after they're born, or what to do if something goes wrong?

Spay and neuter your poor dogs before they end up hurt, sick, or dead, and learn how to be a responsible dog owner.

Oh, and why don't you visit www.petfinder.com and look up 'labs' that need a home? If you can look at the MILLIONS of labs that are in shelters right now, maybe something in your greedy little heart will melt and you'll realize how horribly irresponsible it is to bring more dogs into this world, especially something so overpopulated and overbred as a lab!

EDIT: What a load of BS. Nobody goes all over the country for a labrador, number one. Number two, if you actually had ANY of that experience, you wouldn't be on this website!! Why don't you call one of your other 'show breeder' friends and ask them for help, if you're so well connected and popular?

Answer 5

I wouldn't cry about it too soon. Labs are the most common dogs in shelters. They don't find a home too easily either. Perhaps spaying your dog and forgetting the whole thing would be a great idea.

Furthermore, leaving your dog "in a kennel" with a male dog is not encouraging them to breed safely. You clearly have no idea what you're doing. Just stop now.

EDIT: If your dogs were such a huge success and you've bred them before, why do you need our help now?

Nobody believes you. Don't breed your dogs. You very obviously do not care that there are millions of dogs euthanized in shelters. But no, you have no effect on that, right? What about the six to ten homes you'd be taking away from shelter dogs by filling them with YOUR lab puppies!

EDIT: If you acknowledge that there are too many homeless dogs in the world then WHY ARE YOU BREEDING YOURS? Guess how those dogs got in shelters? BECAUSE PEOPLE BRED THEM!

My rescue dog came from a "responsible" home. The family promised up and down they'd care for the dog its entire life, but ended up giving it up when the dog acted like the breed she is (Border Collie) and began to herd the children. There are no 100% guarantees when it comes to finding homes for dogs. Do you take the puppies back if things don't work out, even years down the line? Are you in constant contact with all of the families that have bought your pups?

If you answer "no" to either of those, you are contributing to the shelter problem. PLEASE fix your dogs.

Answer 6

How can anyone have an idea without even knowing how old the dogs are, or anything about them?

They may not be 'run of the mill house dogs' as you put it, but this question does make you sound rather like a run of the mill owner rather than a proper breeder - hence the outraged answers on here.

Chalice

Answer 7

Having had Labs for over 50 years I need to hand down a little information. ANYTIME you breed a color to a color for the purpose of producing color, the quality of the breed goes down. Color is a secondary consideration to conformation, ability, disposition, and temperament.
The old saying with Labs is "always breed back to black" because that is the only way that the integrity of the breed is maintained.
My personal observation over the years is that in almost all cases a third generation chocolate is automatically only a pet quality dog.

Now,,, of course your male is ignoring her, because if he doesn't she will rip his head off.
She will not allow him until about the 11th-13th day.

Answer 8

Maybe your dogs are more intelligent than you, and know that there are already millions of homeless dogs suffering in animal shelters because of back yard breeders.

If I were you, I'd go out there and say "Good Boy!"


EDIT

If you're such a fancy, responsible breeder...what are you doing asking Y!A why your dogs won't mate? If you are experienced, you know that there are many different parts to a female's heat cycle. If you have done it before, wouldn't you know how and when to breed them? Sorry, but I kind of don't beleive that you know what you're doing. Just because your lab is pretty enough to be in a commercial doesn't make him good breeding quality...

Answer 9

So tired of these questions! All the explanations make it seem more and more like you don't really have a clue of what you're doing. Who gets advice from a random stranger on the internet about breeding a dog if you have 10 years experience!?

Answer 10

If you're such a wonderful, successful, knowledgable breeder with such wonderful dogs, then you already know the answer to this question.

OTOH, if you're trying to fool us into thinking you're anything other than a BYB, it's not working. You're not going to fool anyone who actually DOES know about breeding.

So toddle off and go do some serious research on responsible dog breeding, and try agan in 4-5 years when you've actually learned something.

EDIT: LMAO, dogs haven't changed THAT much in 10 years!