Stud dogs

[chickenboy7c2d]

My sister has a 5 month old yellow/ red labrador KC registered and she wants to breed from him. What age can he begin breeding?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

I think it's 9-10 months for a male...although they CAN breed sooner. You don't really want to breed an underdeveloped dog. You want to know how the parents are going to fill out first and keep check on potential health problems that would carry to the offspring.

 

[chickenboy7c2d]

That was sooner than i thought, I am happy with that

 

[SillyChicken]

2 years

 

[Cara]

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I think the vet can tell sooner...maybe I'm wrong...I don't breed dogs, but thought blood tests and physical checks would be sufficient once the dog is grown enough to begin filling out. I thought it was a good bit younger. What about if the animal is from breeding stock and you KNOW their parentage is free of diseases that would affect the offspring?

Some problems (hip dysplasia, elbow issues etc) can take a while to show up. It's usually considered the responsible thing to do to wait until the dog is fully mature. OFA will do a preliminary examination after 4 months, but they will not fully screen and certify a dog until it is at least 2 years old. You can't 'know' a dog is free of genetic problems unless you test it; a bad dog can occur in the best of litters.

 

[schellie69]

I would wait till he is at least 2 years old and can have all the test done also with the AKC sometimes what they are breeding for have some hidden problems such and hip displasia and heart problems and even some breathing problems so have the dog tested completely. also do some research and realize that an un-bread male is hard to find someone to bread with and make sure to check out the possible mate also and make sure that she has been tested and has no problems there is alot that goes into breeding these dogs, my family had a AKC registered kennel when I was a child.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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I think the vet can tell sooner...maybe I'm wrong...I don't breed dogs, but thought blood tests and physical checks would be sufficient once the dog is grown enough to begin filling out. I thought it was a good bit younger. What about if the animal is from breeding stock and you KNOW their parentage is free of diseases that would affect the offspring?

Some problems (hip dysplasia, elbow issues etc) can take a while to show up. It's usually considered the responsible thing to do to wait until the dog is fully mature. OFA will do a preliminary examination after 4 months, but they will not fully screen and certify a dog until it is at least 2 years old. You can't 'know' a dog is free of genetic problems unless you test it; a bad dog can occur in the best of litters.

Oh, thanks for clarifying. I did go back and see it takes 2 years for some things to be detected...wow I never thought it would be that long.

 

[mekasmom]

Dogs can physically breed as young as 6-7 mo of age in some cases. Small breeds are able to reproduce earlier than larger breeds. If they are breeding for show dogs then obviously you would make sure they had show backgrounds and testing first. If you are just breeding for pets, then you will have to decide when you feel comfortable with them reproducing. But they can physically reproduce at under a year old.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I will stay out of the hypocrisy an just respond to the question.

It is medically possible as early as 3 months but usually its around 6 to 9 months.

Most people wait till 2 years old.

I wait till 4 years old so the dog has time to show its true self.

**thank you!**

 

[arabianequine]

.the question is when can the boy be used to impregnate the female. I do say for large female breed dogs especially wait till 2 years of age it takes that long for all their bones to develope to even handle the birth.

Back to the question asked I think at least a year on using the male imhp but defiantly not before 6 months of age. That is pretty earlier.