Breeding Dogs

[rebelcowboysnb]

$1000? I think someone needs to find a vet that does not have a Bentley parked out back. I think $250 is average around here. Three AM it might get up to around $500. An then that dog should be culled.

 

[Redyre Rotties]

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I just had a C-Section done on a b.itch. $1500 bucks. Worth every cent, this is a valuable b.itch, my personal companion who I love to bits, I would do it again just the same.

As to whether a b.itch who must have a section should be removed from a breeding program, it depends on the reason for the section. I expect to have a natural whelping on her next and final litter. Her mother, her mother's sisters, and all of her other female relatives that I know of whelp naturally. Sometimes what happens is a fluke.

As someone much wiser than I once said, you gotta look at the big picture!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

It could be argued that looking at the bigger picture is what put french an English bulldogs in the shape they are in now.

I my self would never try to breed any dog again that had to have a Csection for any reason. Just like many human doctors refuse to let people try natural birth if they had to have a Csection before.

Not saying your wrong. Your way is right for you. My way is right for me.

 

[mekasmom]

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There is an overpopulation of animals that should be euthanized. Some animals have temperaments that should never be allowed to exist in the general public. They are dangerous. And over half the animals euthed are pits or elderly ill animals. Unfortunately there are animals whose owners have chosen not to properly care for them. They have heartworms and other ailments that should never be. And those animals are routinely euthed at many shelters. There is a great overpopulation of dangerous breeds or their mixes in shelters. In many areas those breeds/mixes are routinely euthanized. And that is as it should be IMHO.

The small, cute, healthy dogs are rarely the ones who are put to sleep in shelters. They do get adopted out. It's the larger dogs, the older dogs, and the pit/mixes who don't fare well. That's not saying that viable pets are not being euthanized because they are. But to say there is a huge overpopulation of pet-friendly breeds is not true. There are too many dogs that really are better off not being in society. Black labs/mixes are the one group that is being hit very hard. They shouldn't be bred without careful consideration of truly finding them lifelong homes. All puppies need to have good homes, but the labs are having a hard time.

 

[mekasmom]

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The most I ever paid for a section was under five hundred. And I bred many litters of chihuahuas. I only ended up with three sections, a couple in pekes and one in the chis, and several that needed pitocin injections for inertia. A thousand dollars is way high for a section, at least in this area.

 

[taraann81]

What is a "pet friendly breed" and I suppose more specifically what isn't?

I don't think 1500 is ridiculously high. It depends on your area. I paid 1100 for a pregnant stray cats c-section once and only 900 for a bullmastiffs section and that was an emerg visit on a sunday.

 

[Cara]

Our nearest humane society (in a city with a population of 185,000 people) euthanized over 11,000 animals last year. That is one animal for every sixteen people in just one shelter (not even counting the pound) and you say there is no such thing as overpopulation? I doubt even 20% were 'unadoptable', especially at a time when shelters are overflowing with pets who are the victim of home repossessions.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Again the over population problem is to many humans not dogs.

 

[chinbunny]

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If you do the math, that is not a lot of dogs, compared to how many millions that breeders and pet owners own. Also, what did this shelter do to end up with so many? did they wrongfully raid someone? Were they doing what they could to get them moved out into rescues? If anything its the shelters fault for killing those animals. not the the fault of most breeders and pet owners. THEY are the ones taking them in and doing all the killing. some of those animals probably weren't sellable. They are also a business by selling animals.

As far as the housing situation is concerned, animals are the not victims. their owners are. They are the ones who are living out streets, in tent cities, due to losing their jobs, and their homes. They had no other choice but to do the responsible thing for that animal. By taking it to a shelter because nobody else could afford to keep it. Instead of turning it loose to fend for itself, like the previous owners of my dog did. An animal doesn't even know what a victim is. To say they are the victims is humanzing them a little too much.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I wonder how many of those dogs would have had homes but people were turned down for not having fenced yards or living in the wrong community or not having enough money for the rehoming fee?