Breeding

[Dezmand]

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my youngest whippet(bo) is in season, its her second. acording to the books her next season is the ideal time for her to have pups but is this still a bit too young?

also how do i pick a stud dog. She is a blue whippet, descended from laguna lines and sooty sam. if that sounds right to anyone. Do i need to find out where the studs come from so they are not too closely related, and when should we start looking. because we would like to have it all organised for her next season. Is there a set amount of weeks between seasons. Any other advise would be grateful as we have never had a dog before and would like this to go ok. thanks.

 

[peppermint lady]

how old is she now? and at what age will she be at her next season?

 

[Dezmand]

how old is she now? and at what age will she be at her next season?

Bo is 18 months now and she will be 2 at her next season. As far as we can tell.

 

[Noise]

if you don't know what stud to pick - that is, what you want to achieve with the breeding- you should not be doing it. just my opinion.

 

[T Hoare]

Are you really sure you need to breed, it is not as easy as you may think. There can be many complications from beginning to end plus as a breeder, you would need to be prepared to take back any pups, at any age, should the owner want you to.

You may well have already thought of all the above??

You have plenty of time to breed and should not intend to breed before the bitch is 2 years old. A bitch can vary her intervals between seasons from 6-9 months or more.

 

[bertha]

I am inclined to agree with Noise. Why do you need to have a litter? If you want another whippet buy one, that's what I would do. Litters are hard work and take up a lot of time and you don't make any money from them if you rear them properly.

 

[liza]

I am inclined to agree with Noise. Why do you need to have a litter? If you want another whippet buy one, that's what I would do. Litters are hard work and take up a lot of time and you don't make any money from them if you rear them properly.

i always say to people when they buy a bitch puppy is that she is endorsed not for breeding

i will only lift the endorsement if i know the people well and if they want to have a puppy from the bitch for show and she has got to be over the age of 2 years as betha said its a lot of hard work and take up all your time and you dont make any money from the puppies if you do them well

so if you are going to breed think before you do the matting as when you have mated your girl there is no turning back also ask yourself will i be able to find homes for the pups there is a lot to concider

if you do want to goahead with breeding your girl look at your pedigree and ask yourself what line you want to follow then try and find a dog with the lines you like

 

[Esty]

I agree with the points made by others, plus there are too many dogs already needing homes AND there's always the risk to your bitch - very sadly, sometimes it goes wrong and the pups and/ or bitch don't make it.

Just my opinion...and I strongly believe that you have to be in a position to take back any pups that are returned, and have homes lined up before you breed.

 

[jinnyfizz]

Sensible advice being offered above with the main point being the question about why you want to breed from your girl.

Being Sooty Sam/Laguna lines, she is predominantly working bred so should have abundant stamina and a good physique purely from her breed line.

Are you planning for her puppies to be working whippets, showing whippets, racing whippets, coursing whippets, pet whippets or multi-talented whippets?

Are you keeping a pup or two for yourself? What do you want the pup to do?

These are just questions for starters and if the answer is that you just want Bo to have a litter because she can and you don't mind what the pups do, then I strongly advise you to reconsider breeding from her. It can be heartbreaking trying to find homes for pups which have not been bred for a specific purpose - just look at Epupz or Freeads etc to see how many are always for sale

Don't rush to breed either, she is still very young.

Good luck with your decision - it is a very hard one to make :luck:

 

[AnnSa]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people who

come on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

 

[T Hoare]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people whocome on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

A number of the replies have been from folk who have been involved with the breed for 25+ years

 

[bertha]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people whocome on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

A number of the replies have been from folk who have been involved with the breed for 25+ years

Too true Tracey, I don't know what Annsa is hinting at. We know what we are talking about after years in the breed.

 

[T Hoare]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people whocome on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

A number of the replies have been from folk who have been involved with the breed for 25+ years

Too true Tracey, I don't know what Annsa is hinting at. We know what we are talking about after years in the breed.

I wouldn't like to guess how long you have been involved with Whippets but longer than myself :teehee:

 

[Esty]

Who has suggested getting a rescue? I said lots of dogs need homes but that was to show how hard it might to get homes for pups , not suggesting Dezmand gets a rescue... People can still have intelligent opinions without having bred dogs themselves.

I'm an English teacher but I would say you can't tell me whether a book is good or not, just because you don't have the experience I have. You are still entitled to your opinion.

 

[bertha]

Who has suggested getting a rescue? I said lots of dogs need homes but that was to show how hard it might to get homes for pups , not suggesting Dezmand gets a rescue... People can still have intelligent opinions without having bred dogs themselves.
I'm an English teacher but I would say you can't tell me whether a book is good or not, just because you don't have the experience I have. You are still entitled to your opinion.

I don't understand what you are on about. Nobody mentioned rescue.

 

[Dezmand]

Well thanks everyone for your replies. I am thinking of breeding because in the future i would love one of her pups. It isnt about the money but like most of you say, what will happen to the pups i dont keep. Will i find good homes for the rest of them. You have given me a lot to think about. thats why i was asking now way before anything happens. I wanted to be sure i was doing the right thing by her and not just for myself. Its not as if i have experience with breeding and know everything that goes into it, but in the future i still may want to go ahead with it. I need to know i am going about it the right way, from getting the right stud to finding the right homes for the pups. I already have one or two lined up. I still would take any pup or dog back without second thoughts if i thought they would end up in a dogs home or such thing.

 

[WIGGY]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: annie xx

 

[Noise]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people whocome on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

at the same time you don't have to have been involved with a breed for X or XX number of years to know what's right or wrong, and the fact that you have been involved for XX years does not automatically mean you can raise a fantastic litter (taking into account the exchanges on the showing section) or X years and you'll breed mutants who end up in rescue.

maybe a list should be drawn up with names who qualifies to answer what question so in future the wrong people don't rush to offer advice or their opinion.

 

[June Jonigk]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people whocome on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

at the same time you don't have to have been involved with a breed for X or XX number of years to know what's right or wrong, and the fact that you have been involved for XX years does not automatically mean you can raise a fantastic litter (taking into account the exchanges on the showing section) or X years and you'll breed mutants who end up in rescue.

maybe a list should be drawn up with names who qualifies to answer what question so in future the wrong people don't rush to offer advice or their opinion.

Trouble is there are loads of people who think they know everything just because they are a certain age, and have been around for a while :lol:

 

[~Annie~]

Do you know it always amaze's me the amount of people whocome on here with their new whippet pups and 5 minutes later

they are giving advice on breeding and telling people to go get

a rescue.........i wish i knew the lot in 5 minutes like they seem

to......

Valid advice comes from people who know what they are talking

about, leave it to them.

Sorry Ann, I'm confused. Are you saying that people who buy from breeders shouldn't advise others to rescue rather than breed puppies for people to buy. Or that people who have only had a whippet for 5 minutes shouldn't offer advice? A lot of people new to whippets have been involved with other breeds for years. And a lot who buy puppies also rescue or have done in the past. Doesn't take much to confuse me lol