sharon, breeding any small dog is risky. I'm not a breeder, and even though I eventually would like to start showing, the breeding aspect scares me to death. My Friend and breeder has been doing it for 15 some years and most of her litter are c-section,( she only breeds females that are 5-6 lbs) because chi's are small. The fact that people want to make money breeding dog's and there is a HUGE market for smaller and smaller chi's makes the risk higher. I would go your gut feeling, if you think something is not right, I say go with it. (Just my opinion). Amie
--- On Wed, 7/30/08, Sharon Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Sharon Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Fw: New Chihuahua > To: "Chihuahuas" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 8:14 PM > Sharon Norman > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:08 PM > Subject: New Chihuahua > > > Hello everyone...well...it looks like I WON'T be > getting that little chocolate Chihuahua. I talked to the > "breeder" for over an hour last night. Now I think > I would be afraid to buy ANY of her dogs. I don't know > the number...but she has a LOT. She told me this little > dog...who is a year old...was bred...had to have a c section > (in May) and the puppy died. As we talked..she opened up and > told me about all her dogs that had puppies and the whole > litter had died...or all but one died...or they lived to be > a couple of months old and then died...how some of her > females died while giving birth or right after because > "their body turned on them"...that's a new one > to me. I think she has every color of Chi there is...but I > can't help but to think she has something bad going on > in her blood lines....is it me...what do you guys think? Do > you think I should go check her out...see what the dogs look > like? My plan was to breed Sox...to what ever female I > buy...keep one puppy...Sox and the mother and have all three > fixed. Now I'm thinking of NOT breeding and just buying > a female who is already spayed. I don't want to go > through the stress of having a dog spayed...I get VERY upset > when I have to leave my animals at the vet. I know just > recently this woman had 15 puppies "ready to > go"...OH...and she sells to pet stores. But I'm > scared because of all the deaths she told me about...I > couldn't handle it...if I had a dog that had problems > giving birth...or where the puppies all died...or all but > one died...I would get her spayed!! And she bred her when > she was less than a year old. I did ask her since that > little chocolate Chihuahua that I was going to buy...had one > c section..would she have to have a c section the next > time...she said...."probably not"...she weighs > between 5-6 pounds. She said she just had a run of bad > luck....is it bad luck...or bad breeding? She said she takes > her dogs to the vet...but to me she didn't seem to have > a connection to ANY of them...she talked about them as > though they were just a way for her to make money. Please > let me know what you think....Oh...one more thing...if I do > breed Sox...I will just give all the babies to family > members...several of us have them already...that way I will > make sure they have good homes and I can visit them! I just > want one of Sox's puppies...he is such a good > dog...he's the best dog I have ever had...very loyal and > loving..at least to me...haha...and he's beautiful!~~~ > Sharon ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
