When is it too old to breed a male dog
How early is too early to breed a female dog?
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hey you guys it's Rachel here with sends
a temporal county course oh and I'm here
with Kashmir um hhor-- he walked up to
me and no sugars I wanted to address
some questions that I had gotten about
Kashmir and just breeding in general
I've got a bunch of people asking when
cashmeres due date is I'm her due date
is April 13th and now she could go
before or after that you know is not an
exact science to that so just keep that
in mind we will be live-streaming her
birth just like just like we did last
time so that's fun stuff she's looking
like she'll probably have around the
same number of puppies from what I can
see
you know she's typically around this
size and so anyway so I wanted to take
the time to address just some common
questions about that kind of thing I've
had a bunch of people ask me you know
how do you know if your dog is breed
quality and you know when should you
breed your dog and things like that
so as far as breeding your dog there are
some very basic criteria that need to be
met before you even consider it first of
all you need to make sure that your dog
is registered with a with a accredited
organization so we're talking like you
know a Casey I think with pitbulls it
was a DBA avoid anything like see Casey
Continental Kennel Club that's basically
just a scam there it was back whenever I
was breeding pitbulls a long time ago so
so anyway so yeah I avoid that and and
then um
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you also want to make sure that you'd
have your dog health tested now the the
health testing that you do is going to
be determined by what breed of dog you
have so every breed has things that they
are susceptible to so it's your job to
educate yourself on all the different
health issues that your breed can and is
affected by to ensure that you are not
you know promoting any of that stuff by
continuing to breed it into the lines so
once you have gotten all your health
testing done you know that your dog is
registered then you want to well I would
say initially before you even do your
health testing you really need to take a
very good look at the standard and make
sure that your dog is a good
representation of the breed so you know
not every dog is having said that there
are you know exemptions to the rule like
for example maybe your dog isn't like
the best example of the breed but your
dog happens to have really really good
bloodlines and has really good health
and maybe the heads just not pretty
enough kind of like blondie you know a
lot of people try to hate on blondie
because she has that longer muzzle but
there's lots of different ways that dogs
can be incorrect
hers is a little bit more obvious and
people like to pick on that because it's
it's a she creates she presents a very
easy target because her issue is her
face and it's like right in front of
your face people whose dogs have you
know not enough angulation maybe they're
straight through the knee you know
there's all kinds of issues that dogs
can have and people will breed it anyway
so it's really up to the individual to
decide whether or not your dogs pros
outweigh the cons it's a good idea to
have a good friend that is in the
community that is is not kennel blind
you know what I mean somebody that
doesn't just agree with everything you
say somebody that is actually critical
for me that would be my friend Reese she
and I are very honest with each other
we're all
making sure that we are kind of keeping
each other in line a lot of my you know
anytime I have a question about a dog or
I found thinking about maybe you know
removing a dog for my program she's one
of the people that I that I always ask
about it was--it he quit GAD on my couch
if you can do that so anyway so it's
just kind of a good way to keep yourself
from getting kennel blind if that makes
sense
is having somebody that you can have
honest conversation with your dogs about
and so you know it's a good idea to have
that so I do you know you know having
said that like with blondie we know her
muzzles too long so we are breeding her
to a male that has a very correct you
know he's actually a little bit more
hyper type like he has
I wouldn't say too short of a muzzle but
he does have an underbite and so little
things like that will help bring her
head back in check and her offspring
will be good there are things that
blondie has over midnight for example a
lot of people love midnight and got a
problem with her but she doesn't have
the correct feet blondie has the correct
feet and the feet of this breed are very
important so so anyway so yeah it's less
visible but in my opinion it's more
important because the feet actually hold
the dog up the head is just pure looks
but it all depends on what kind of
breeder you are are you the kind of
breeder that cares more about a pretty
face or are you a breeder that cares
more about overall structure and health
so for me I like to try to take it all
in so having said that if you've checked
with you know your your good friends
that you can trust you've checked with
the standard you know that your dog is a
good representation of the breed or
you've decided that in your particular
case this dog is worth adding to your
program then you go ahead and you breed
that dog now having said that you're
gonna have to wait until the dog is old
enough
most registries have a rule on when you
can breed a dog now typically if it's a
breed registry they're gonna have a
different rule than say an all breed
registry like the AKC
the the Connie Corso tends to go into
heat a little bit later because they're
a larger breed dogs so they go into heat
at around a year old and then they go
into their second heat at around 16 to
18 months old
there is no registry for this breed that
has a rule against breeding this breed
at 16 months of age so there's nothing
wrong with that overall as a general
rule like back when I was breeding pit
bulls over a decade ago it was very
common to breed the dog on the second
heat that was the industry standard
nobody bred dogs on their first heat
that was considered poor breeding
practices okay there are some breeds
that are small like for instance the
Chinese Crested that's bred at nine
months old because they mature much
earlier because they're a smaller breed
dogs so you want to make sure that your
dog is old enough to be bred it doesn't
mean that you can't start looking for a
stud early like for example I start
looking for studs way before my dogs are
ready to be bred and that's because I
don't want to be looking at the last
minute trying to find a good stud I take
my time I do my research I contact
people and I try to find the best
possible stud for my female to
complement any of her weaknesses okay so
for me like I posted up a post looking
for a stud for velocity and even maybe
even blondie and midnight
a while back just because I wanted to
make sure that I wasn't scrambling at
the last minute trying to look for a
stud
I've spoken with some pretty prominent
breeders who have been breeding well
over 20 years about using some of their
studs and and that's something that
we've spoken about and when the time
comes I will use them as many of you
know velocity wasn't heat in February we
did not breed her that was her first
heat we are waiting until her second
heat like everyone does in the business
so which is appropriate because they're
just not ready to be bred at a year
so you know keeping that keep that in
mind whatever breed you have you're
gonna need to know now there's always
gonna be these people that believe that
their way is the right way usually they
make things up as they go along they'll
tell you that breeding an older dog is
better if that was the case then nature
would not make females go into heat at
the time that they do okay as a female
gets older whether it is a dog or a
human their ability to produce young
gets less and less frequent a woman in
her 40s is already start in fact late
30s she's already starting to decline in
her reproductive ability so dogs live
much a shorter lifespan than us it would
make sense that they do go into heat at
a much younger age so it's just
something to keep in mind I do think
that there is a limit you don't want to
breed too early but you don't want to
wait either of the two dogs that I've
bred preacher to that were older I bred
preacher to a two to three year old
females and each time both of them had
smaller what I would consider to be
smaller litters they think the first one
maybe had five or six puppies two of
them were very tiny like little runt
puppies and the other one had I think
six puppies no runts it was a good sized
litter as far as the health of the
puppies but the first female that had
the two small ones actually had to have
a caesarean and that's because she was
bred at three years of age and we bred
her again back to back keep that in mind
and she had I think what does she have
eight puppies all very big very healthy
of drastic difference from her first
litter and that's because as I've told
you guys before when you skip heats the
hormones have a very disastrous effect
on the uterus the the hormone that they
go through I think it's progressed Rona
I always pronounce that wrong that
hormone causes a thickening of the
of the uterus and over time will cause
cysts and will eventually lead to PAL
Mitra and so when that first feat when
both of those females were actually bred
and they had the puppies that cleaned
their uterus out okay and so when they
got pregnant again they were able to
have much more implantation and much
more just a healthy uterus so the the
puppies were able to thrive in that in
that healthy environment so contrary to
popular belief breeding back to back is
better for the female it is better for
their health that is scientifically
proven and on top of it waiting for
three years to breed a dog is bad every
time you skip a heat you're doing damage
to the uterus it may not be enough
damage to destroy it completely or cause
disease but you are definitely taxing it
so you know keep that in mind so the
other female she is pregnant at this
point that they did say that she looked
bigger than last time
so I'm willing to bet she's probably
gonna have a larger litter as well which
is which is pretty awesome for them
because you know we we charge a pretty
substantial stud fee and it's nice to
see that they'll at least get a return
on that and having said that that's the
litter that we are actually we we took a
puppy back on that one because it looked
like the first litter was very good I'm
assuming the second one will be just as
nice so so anyway so you got your dog
registered with the credible registry
you know that your dog is up to the
standard and you know what you have
you've got good bloodlines you know your
dog has the right structure the right
type you get the health tested you know
that that's gonna work out then you go
and you try to find a good stud don't
just go with the cheapest stud you can
find know what your females faults are
there are no perfect dogs it pays to be
honest about what you have and look for
males that compliment your females you
want to find a male that is strong where
your female is weak and it's also
important to look through the pedigree
you're not just breeding with that male
you're going to be producing what's in
his lines and also in your females lines
so keep that in mind
if you have one dog with a short muzzle
but the whole line has long muzzles very
long muzzles you don't want to breed to
a male that has a really long muzzle
because overall you're probably gonna
get a bunch of Blondie's so you know as
beautiful as blondie is and as much as
we love her she's not the ideal so we
don't want to keep breeding for that all
right
it's important to remember so find a
good stud that is also registered with
the same registry that your female is
registered with that's very important
because you're not gonna be able to
register the puppies unless they come
from the same registry all right keep
that in mind so once you've done that
you're either gonna take your female to
the male or you're probably gonna do
artificial insemination there are things
that go along with that
that's literally an entirely different
video but your breeder or the stud owner
can help you decide which option is
gonna be the best
I would always prefer a live breeding if
at all possible but sometimes the
distance is just a bit too much to
overcome so it's entirely up to you but
you do want to try to find the best stud
for your female don't just go with a big
name - just go with a big pedigree
because it's you know you want to be
producing really good dogs and you're
not going to do that if you're not
breeding with all of those factors in
mind okay
so I hope that that helps like I said
Casimir's due on the 13th we will
livestream it so you will get to see it
none of our dogs are bred before their
second heat so keep that in mind you
know and just a heads up that I don't
like to spend too much time on drama or
anything like that but I have seen
screenshots of a group that I am not a
part of where I am being bad mouthed and
there are people that support me that
are on there trying to defend me let me
just go ahead and say don't waste your
time while I really greatly appreciate
it and it means a lot to me to see
people standing up for me ultimately the
people that are talking about me cannot
be their minds they're not going to be
changed they know what they're doing
of them no they're lying this isn't
about you know doing the right thing or
being truthful it's just about tearing
people down and I don't want you guys to
be hurt or attacked in that process the
best thing to do with like most trolls
is just ignore them and let it go and
I'm gonna ask that everyone that
supports this channel just trust in
trust in me if you have a question if
you hear something you know and you want
the truth just ask me I have my phone
number up I take calls all the time I
try to be as open and honest as possible
on this channel by literally videotaping
everything I do even the the hoops
easier I mean but sometimes you know is
it just isn't gonna stop people from
from spreading lies and rumors so if you
hear something maybe it doesn't sound
true go ahead and check in with me
and I'll do my best to tell you the
truth and provide any evidence that I
can to support that and like I said just
if you see people trash-talking me or my
kennel or my channel just ignore them
and just recognize that there are always
going to be negative people in the world
that they're gonna try to take people
down they're gonna spread blatant lies
and misinformation it's very common I've
seen it more times than I can count
unfortunately I'm just the flavor of the
week next week it'll be somebody else
cuz that's what those people do they
just constantly tear people down so just
don't waste your time with it let it go
understand that that in a dog in the dog
world even people that are unstable can
have pretty high positions of power
within the community which really isn't
saying much it's not like this is a
government or anything but you know just
just keep that in mind you know I do
appreciate it I've seen your guys's
comments I do appreciate your support I
really do but I just hate seeing you
guys get attacked and I don't want you
to have to deal with that I don't want
you to have to have a bad day or be in
any way upset because some horrible
people with nothing better to do than
talk crap online decided that I was
their their flavor of the week
so just you know don't waste your time
with it I know what's going on I'm
choosing not to to validate it you know
it's just one of those things where I
feel like it's better not to give
attention to it so that's my word of
advice and I hope you guys have a great
day
and I'll talk at you later bye
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