Did you adopt her from somebody who does puppymill rescue? I have had a few
foster labradoodles from puppymills and I would never adopt out an unaltered
dog. Our vets do pediatric spay neuters (the studies are not totally conclusive
at this time as to the long term health problems that might go with pediatric
speuters, but when you consider how many lives are saved by NOT being bred, it
is worth it to us). It is usually recommended to speuter BEFORE 6 months, most
of the vets I know usually say 16 weeks, Same time as they get the rabies
shots.
Puppymills are NOTORIOUS for dogs with genetic conditions. I am SOOOOO glad
that you are rethinking breeding her. Honestly, the only reason that somebody
should breed is to better the breed and, like somebody else mentioned it is
done with painstaking research.
I have always had my animals fixed and really know nothing about breeding. I
do know that my neighbors cats had kittens in my garage one year, two cats had
5 kittens each and 7 of those were female. It didn't take me too long to
guestimate that if I didn't have all of those cats fixed, I would have 9
females (the 7 kittens plus the two moms) having 5 kittens each within the next
year and if there were 31 females of those 45 kittens, we would have 40 moms
having kittens the next breeding season. It was the best lesson in exponential
growth that I have ever come across and the best reason that I can give people
to spay and neuter their animals.
Anyways, like I said, I am so glad to hear that you are going to be having
her spayed. If you are ever looking for another one, I am in southern mid
Michigan, not too far from the Indiana border and would be happy to help you
find another one in need of a good home.
Abbie
alialx2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One more
question - When is a good age to have her spayed. I have
never had a female before. I think my Vet suggested 6 months. What
is your opinion?---
In [email protected], "Kendra Vestal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I would like to add that just because your dog passes its health
tests does
> not mean that it should be bred, you must also study the test
results of the
> parents of your dog and if possible the test results of their
parents too.
>
> HD is a recessive disorder that can be passed down many
generations. Your
> dog may test out well but because it is in the line it can sneak
up and
> affect the puppies.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Abigail Morrison
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:56 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [labradoodles] Breeding
>
> Before you go just breeding your dog to any old dog, please,
please, please
> do research on breeding. I have a really great site for you to
look at
> http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/breeding/breeder2.html that can help
you in
> learning more about the genetic problems of doodles and how to
prevent them.
> Are you just looking for any old labradoodle to breed with? (this
is a
> really great site for just about anything dog related
> http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/articles.html) There are doodles
dying in
> shelters because people are breeding them without taking any kind
of
> responsibility for them. There are also quite a few young doodles
with hip
> dysplasia that could have been prevented if the breeder would have
just done
> an x-ray of the parents and had them fixed. Please don't just
breed to make
> money or because puppies are cute. Ask the people on this list who
have
> young doodles with hip dysplasia if they think it is fun to deal
with a dog
> , or worse a puppy, who wants to play but can't because of the
pain it is
> in. Are you prepared to be responsible for those puppies for the
rest of
> their lives? Do you plan on selling these puppies on spay neuter
contracts
> or will you have them fixed before they are sold? If you don't
have any
> plans for having the puppies fixed, are you prepared to deal with
the
> offspring of those puppies? The labradoodles who are dying in
shelters were
> bred by somebody who was just out to make a buck and wouldn't take
> responsibility for that life when it came time. Good breeders take
their
> puppies back at any time, for any reason. Another thing that a
good breeder
> does is not make money. They do the testing needed, sometimes on
both
> parents, and make sure that mom and the puppies only have the best
vet care,
> shots, wormed, deflead. I have never known a breeder who breeds
for the
> right reasons, to better the breed, to ever make money doing it.
They do it
> because they spend countless hours figuring out which two dogs to
breed to
> make the best puppy of that breed in the world.
> I have spent 5 years working at vet offices and have seen so
many people
> who either spend thousands of dollars because something unexpected
happened,
> or they have to have mom and or the puppies put down because they
weren't
> prepared for the unexpected. PLEASE be prepared to spend thousands
of
> dollars, everytime a bitch has puppies, it can be dangerous and,
take it
> from me, you will never need those emergency vet visits when the
vet is
> open, it will always cost more because it is after hours. Here is
an idea of
> what it will cost to do things right.
http://www.godivalabs.com/cost.html
> If you would like to help out with the homeless ones, I would
love to
> help you to learn more about fostering, that way we can save more
doodles
> who will be killed rather than adding to the problem.
> Plus, spaying your dog before her first heat is something you
can do to
> add years to her.http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html
> Good luck, I hope that if you do decide to breed, you will do
it AFTER
> you have done your research, so that nobody has to deal with a
puppy with
> hip dysplasia or other genetic problems because you didn't do your
homework.
> Abbie
>
> lx2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am looking for a male Labradoodle in the Illinois/St.Louis
to
> breed
> with my female labradoodle in approx 2-4 months. Please
email me if
> you know where I can start to find someone interested.
Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Abigail S. Morrison
>
> Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. ~Thomas Jefferson~
>
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