try these 2 groups for info and knowledge.
chipregnancypups and chihuahuapregnancypups both yahoo groups. I have learned quite a bit from them and also found some real nice pups too.
kim Willson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
WOW!!Thank u for the reply>about Breeding mishaps that can happen>>I thank u ever so much>>i have been studying on how to breed y i want to breed what my goal would b > if i was breedingand i welcome all of this kind of personal info > on how breeding has gone for any body else>I am not gonna rush into this> and start breeding tomorow< i would like to get a female pup right now> but i will not b breeding until she is 2 yrs old>> so i have 2 more yrs to gain knowledge and experience with other breeders on how to breed succesfully.>So if anybody out there that may b breeding and selling pups in the nxt while> i would love to hear from u> and also any other info u may have>how u started breeding>how u made it as a succesful Breeder>y do u think u are a succesful breeder>What makes a breeder succesful>and i would like to get a family history of the pup> genetics history>Copy's of the parents and puppie vet history of visits>I am vry thankfull 4 all or any input given > about breeding>i am taking it all to heart> and it makes it vry useful>Thank You All AgainKimberly
marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:This was absolutely wonderful!! And so true! It is something people need to give serious thought to. This doesn't appear to be Chi exclusive, so let me add that on top of all of this, there are many other risk that are unique to Chis. Of course, this isn't to say that no one should be a breeder. Without knowledgeable people breeding a breed that they are very familiar with, we would loose the breed standards and quality and end up with just a bunch of mutts. But it does go to show that this is something one doesn't just go into on a whim. You should put as much thought into the when, who and if of breeding your dog as you do with breeding yourself. Afterall, you wouldn't just go out and have kids on a whim and with just anyone. :-)Thanks for the post.MarshaWherever I first saw this file, I don't remember if it was credited or
not, but it did say to distribute freely, giving full credit to the
site where it was posted. This was not from that site...
SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREEDER?
So you want to breed your female. You know what to expect if
everything goes right. Your little girl will present you with tiny
bundles of joy. She will lovingly nurse them and care for them until
they are old enough to be weaned.
You and your family will find great joy in watching and playing with
these little dolls, and then when the time is right they will all (or
maybe you keep just one) go off to special homes to live out their
lives as cherished companions. But have you given consideration to
what if something goes wrong?
I have listed here a few of the problems that I myself have personal
knowledge of. Everything listed has happened either to me or someone I
know. These are not isolated incidents. I'm sure other breeders could
add miles to my list. Learn from our mistakes! Leave the breeding up
to those who know what they are doing, have the experience, know what
to expect.
What if during the breeding...
The stud dog you have chosen is carrying a venereal disease and gives
it to your female. She not only doesn't conceive, but you have to pay
the vet bills to get her infection cleared up and she is now sterile.
The stud dog you decided to breed your darling to is not experienced.
Once the two dogs are joined tightly in a tie, he decides to chase the
neighbors cat out of his yard. He bolts for the cat ripping his penis
loose and causing your bitch to hemorrhage from within.
Your modest girl decides she doesn't want the attentions of this
gigolo mutt chosen for her without her consent. She snaps at him
catching her tooth on his loose cheek and rips it open sending blood
everywhere. He retaliates by sinking his teeth into her left eye.
You leave your dog with the stud owner because the breeding is not
going very swiftly. In fact, it's been three hours and nothing is
happening. The stud owners leave the two dogs alone in the back yard.
The dogs get out through a tiny hole in the fence and a truck hits
your female.
You pay the $250-$1,000 stud fee up front figuring you will make that
and more back when the pups sell. The breeder guarantees the stud
service to work or you can come back again. After 2 months you
discover it didn't work and now must wait another 4 months to try
again. Of course it doesn't work again, so in another 4 months you
take your dog to another male and risk loosing another stud fee.
You get her bred. Bring her home. She bothers you so you let her
outside (she is still in heat and still receptive to males). You here
a commotion outside there is your girl tied up with the neighborhood
mutt. When she whelps, there will need to be DNA tests done on the
pups.
You get her bred. Bring her home. Let her out (she is still in heat
and receptive to other males), but you do not see the neighborhood
mutt breed her. The pups are born but look odd. You call the stud
owner he suggests DNA testing (at your expense). You have a litter of
mutts! What do you do about the ones you have already sold?
Or knowing she tied with the neighborhood mutt you decide to terminate
the pregnancy and try again being more careful next time. But a few
weeks later your female is very sick because you had her given a
mis-mate shot creating a hormonal imbalance causing a uterine
infection and now she has Pyometra and needs a complete hysterectomy.
All plan of a litter are gone and your female's life is now in danger
if she does not have the operation.
What if during the birth...
The puppies are too large for the females hips. She never goes into
labor, the puppies die and she becomes infected by the decaying
bodies.
The puppies are coming breach and they drown in their own sacks before
they can be born.
The first puppy is large and breach. When it starts coming your female
starts screaming, and before you can stop her she reaches around,
grabs the puppy in her teeth and yanks it out killing it instantly.
A puppy gets stuck. Neither your female nor you can get it out. You
have to race her to the vet. The vet can't get it out either. She has
to have an emergency caesarian section of course it is 3:00 am
Christmas day.
A puppy is coming out breach and dry (the water sack that protects
them has burst). It gets stuck. Mom tries to help it out by clamping
her teeth over one of the back legs. The head and shoulders are firmly
caught. Mom pulls on the leg, hard, peeling the flesh from the leg and
leaving a wiggling stump of bone.
A dead puppy gets stuck in the birth canal, but your female is well
into hard labor. She contracts so hard trying to give birth that her
uterus ruptures and she bleeds to death on the way to the vet.
What if directly after birth...
The mother has no idea what to do with a puppy and she drops them out
and walks away, leaving them in the sack to drown.
The mother takes one look at the puppies, decides they are disgusting
droppings and tries to smother them in anything she can find to bury
them in.
The mother gets too enthusiastic in her removal of the placenta and
umbilical cord, and rips the cord out leaving a gushing hole pulsing
blood all over you as you try in vain to stop the bleeding.
Or, she pulls on the cords so hard she disembowels the puppies as they
are born and you have a box full of tiny; kicking babies with a tangle
of guts the size of a walnut hanging from their stomachs. Of course
all the babies must be put to sleep.
What if because of some hormone deficiency she turns vicious allowing
no one near her or the babies, who she refuses to nurse, or you have
to interfere with.
You notice something protruding from her vagina when you let her out
to pee; you take her to the vet to discover a prolapsed uterus, which
needs to be removed.
What if when you think you are in the clear...
One or more of the puppies inhaled fluid during birth, pneumonia
develops and death occurs within 36 hours.
What if the mother's milk goes bad. You lose three of your four
puppies before you discover what is wrong. You end up bottle feeding
the remaining pup every two hours, day and night. After three days the
puppy fades from infection and dies.
The puppies develop fading puppy syndrome you lose two. You
bottle-feeding or tube feeding the last remaining baby. It begins to
choke and despite your efforts to clear the airway, the pup stiffens
and dies in your hands.
Your female develops mastitis and her breast ruptures.
Your female develops a uterine infection from a retained placenta. Her
temperature soars to 105. You race her to the vet, he determines she
must be spayed. He dose the spay in an attempt to save her life, you
pay the hundreds of dollars bill. The infection has gone into her
blood stream. The infected milk kills all the puppies and the bitch
succumbs a day later.
All the puppies are fine, but following the birth the female develops
a hormone imbalance. She becomes a fear biter and anytime anyone tries
to touch her she viscously attacks them.
Mom and pups seem fine, the puppies are four weeks old and are at
their cutest. But one day, one of the puppies disappears. You search
everywhere but you can't find it. A few days later another puppy is
gone. And another. You can't figure how on earth the puppies are
getting out of their safe 4' x 4' puppy pen. Finally there is only one
puppy left. The next morning you find the mother chomping contentedly
on what is left of the last murdered puppy.
What if the new homes are not so happy?...
You give a puppy to a friend. Their fence blows down so they tie the
puppy outside while they go to work. A roving dog comes along and
kills the puppy. Your friend calls you up to tell you about the poor
little puppy and asks when you are having more puppies.
You sell a puppy to an acquaintance. The next time you see them you
ask how the puppy is doing. They tell you that it soiled their new
carpet so they took it to the pound.
You sell a puppy to a friend (you give them a good price and
payments). They make a couple of tiny payments. Six months later they
move to an apartment. They ask you to take it back. You take it back
and of course the payments stop. The dog they returned is so shy, and
ill-mannered from lack of socialization and training it takes you a
year of work providing socializing and training to be able to give it
away.
You sell a puppy to a wonderful home. They love her like one of the
family. At a vet check done by their vet it is determined that the
puppy has a heart murmur (your vet found nothing when he checked the
puppy before it was sold). They love their puppy and want the best for
her. They have an expensive surgery done. The puppy is fine. They sue
you for the medical costs. They win, because you did not have a
contract stipulating conditions of guarantee and so, as the breeder,
you are responsible for the puppy's genetic health.
You give a puppy to your mother. She is thrilled. Two years later the
puppy starts developing problems. It begins to develop odd symptoms
and is suffering. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of tests
later it is finally discovered that the dog is suffering from a
terminal condition that was inherited. possibly from your female since
you know nothing about her family lines.
One loving home decides your puppy is untrainable, destructive and
wants to return the pup and get a full refund, which you have spent on
your vet bills.
One loving couple calls you and is very upset because their pup has
crippling hip displasia and want to know what you are going to do
about it. You have spayed your female so a replacement is out of the
question, looks like another refund.
The Sale...
You put your ad in the local paper for your pups at the usual price
and get only 2 responses and no sales. You cut the pup's price in half
and broaden your advertising to 3 other newspapers in which the
advertising totals $120.00 a week.
You get a few more puppy inquiries from people who ask all about
health testing you did before breeding and if the pups are registered.
You tell them your dogs are healthy and it was enough and that you
could get the papers. The callers politely thank you and hang up.
The pups are now 4 months old and getting bigger, eating alot and
their barking is really beginning to annoy the neighbors, who call the
police who inform you of the $150.00 noise bylaw.
Your neighbors also call the humane society which comes out to inspect
the care of your dogs. You pass inspection but end up feeling stressed
and harassed.
You finally decide to give the rest of the litter away but still have
to pay the $1200 advertising bill and the $600 vet bill.
So you gotta ask yourself...do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, "breeder?"
~Author Unknown~__________________________________________________
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