Dog thread!🐾

[SpotTheCat]

Why?

I am sorry for your loss!

If you are planning on getting a dog to breed for a litter of puppies then I would not recommend it

1. Breeding healthy, long lived and temperamentally sound dogs is very complicated and difficult
2. You will need to have someway of getting the dog and puppies to the vet in cause of an emergency
3.the dogs in shelters come from puppy mill, breeders who breed for profit and people who just decide they want to have a litter for the experience or another similar reason. If you breed you need to be prepared to take any of the puppies back or find them a new owner

regardless of if you want to breed or not (I hate bringing this up so soon but it needs to be said) you need to have a plan for getting your dog to the vet in an emergency! Even if that means only owning small breeds

and make sure any dog you get is from an ethical shelter, breeder or being privately rehomed

 

[BobStuart]

I am sorry for your loss!

If you are planning on getting a dog to breed for a litter of puppies then I would not recommend it

1. Breeding healthy, long lived and temperamentally sound dogs is very complicated and difficult
2. You will need to have someway of getting the dog and puppies to the vet in cause of an emergency
3.the dogs in shelters come from puppy mill, breeders who breed for profit and people who just decide they want to have a litter for the experience or another similar reason. If you breed you need to be prepared to take any of the puppies back or find them a new owner

regardless of if you want to breed or not (I hate bringing this up so soon but it needs to be said) you need to have a plan for getting your dog to the vet in an emergency! Even if that means only owning small breeds

and make sure any dog you get is from an ethical shelter, breeder or being privately rehomed

That sounds like allot. I have bred many litters of puppies. It isn’t that much. I have an 11 year old dog who has survived over 10 deadly snake bites and is still alive. Her daughter is as fit as can be. I have bred healthy dogs for years and I know how to handle it. I know what I’m doing.

 

[SpotTheCat]

That sounds like allot. I have bred many litters of puppies. It isn’t that much. I have an 11 year old dog who has survived over 10 deadly snake bites and is still alive. Her daughter is as fit as can be. I have bred healthy dogs for years and I know how to handle it. I know what I’m doing.

your dog having been bitten 10 times isn’t impressive

 

[fluffycrow]

That sounds like allot. I have bred many litters of puppies. It isn’t that much. I have an 11 year old dog who has survived over 10 deadly snake bites and is still alive. Her daughter is as fit as can be. I have bred healthy dogs for years and I know how to handle it. I know what I’m doing.

Not only having a dog that has been bitten 10 times not something to brag about, it is not a testament of its health and longevity. Can you prove that your dogs are "healthy" through extensive and expensive, specialised health tests, or is it just something you're basing off how your dogs get by on a day to day basis? Let's not even get into temperamental soundness...

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Breeding takes a lot of consideration and knowledge. If you couldnt get your dog that passed away to a vet how can you get a litter of puppies? Im sorry about his passing.

You need to get from a ethical breeder that does all the clearances for that breed.
So for example a Golden Retriever needs
OFA hips, elbows
cardiac test
Eye
And tested for NCL
And those are what AKC says they have to do. A lot of breeders do more.
Every dog breed is different on what testing they need.
I also like a breeder that does some type of work with the dog like shows, or field work.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/01/25/iowa-breeder-cited-after-six-puppies-die-in-cold-weather/

The breeder shouldnt be breeding at all.

 

[fluffycrow]

Sounds like a puppy mill. Shouldn't even own dogs

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Sounds like a puppy mill. Shouldn't even own dogs

Thats exactly why i said they shouldnt be breeding. They have to many dogs of different breed. And their license should be took away because its wrong that so many puppies died.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Why?

People who breed "just because they want puppies" are the reason the shelters are overflowing with unwanted, poorly-bred dogs. Shelter dogs suffer and poorly-bred dogs suffer. Like others said, to breed ethically you need to have your parent dogs health tested by a vet, all the puppies seen by a vet, vetted homes ready to take the puppies, and a contract that states that if a puppy needs to be rehomed it must be returned to you and not to a shelter, etc...

 

[BobStuart]

People who breed "just because they want puppies" are the reason the shelters are overflowing with unwanted, poorly-bred dogs. Shelter dogs suffer and poorly-bred dogs suffer. Like others said, to breed ethically you need to have your parent dogs health tested by a vet, all the puppies seen by a vet, vetted homes ready to take the puppies, and a contract that states that if a puppy needs to be rehomed it must be returned to you and not to a shelter, etc...

Im planning on keeping most puppies because I have one dog who I have had for generations. I had her mum and her mums mum and it keeps on going. She is the last of her litter and I want her to start a new one.