In a message dated 8/19/2002 9:06:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I staunchly feel that waiting to breed a bitch at 2-1/2 or older is not in > the best interest of the female....I have the same opinion about waiting to > use males. The physiology of the dog does not coincide with the accepted > protocol for breeding out MVD. I haven't heard a valid reason yet why someone can't wait until 2.5 to breed. Nor have I heard any substantive reasoning as to why it is good practice. I have not had a problem breeding girls past 2.5 and have not heard or read of any increased incident of problems by waiting until 2.5 maybe the problem is people can't get enough litters out of the girl as they want (should they turn out to produce well) if they wait and/or don't forget every year is the risk of something cropping up that would indicate the girl/boy should be removed from the program so breeding as soon as possible eliminates that risk. Dave CastleMyst Cavaliers http://members.aol.com/CMystCavs ========================================================= "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.
