The number of eggs has nothing to do with the number of sperm. Each normal ejaculate has more than enough sperm to repopulate the entire breed.
Of course, mating at the proper time will help increase the size of the litter. But that, again, is not usually the fault of the stud. Most of the time when the breeding is delayed, it is because the female refuses to stand or due to human error. To blame the stud for a small litter shows ignorance. All the best, Susan Cochran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Futcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Implicating The Stud Dog (was Golden Rule Time) > Jan Koehler wrote: << Because the bitch only had 3 pups in the litter, she passed around her opinion that the dog was "defective"...not every novice can be taught >> > > I totally agree. I will never understand why some people with litters of three (or two, or even one) get so put out. Instead of being happy with what they've got, they're miffed that there weren't more in that whelping (greed?), and they almost invariably immediately look to blame the sire! > > ~Robyn > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
