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Post by 1stranger on Jul 21, 2005 7:00:04 GMT 1
Please bear with me on this one, I am very new to this breed. My wife and I are planning on purchasing a Weim pup this August and I was wondering if there is a standard that dictates how many litters a single female can safely have before health problems with her pups can develop? I was encouraged to research this by a friend, who admittedly, heard this from a friend, who heard this from a friend, and so on. I could easily dismiss this as just uneducated rumor, but I thought that I may as well try to find its validity. Any help you all can provide would be great! If you can reccomend any links or books that may discuss this, that would be great too. Thank you for putting up with my ignorace. I look forward to becoming more educated on these beautiful dogs.
Scott
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Post by marjolein on Jul 21, 2005 8:36:40 GMT 1
HI Scott, I don't think you have to worry about this. Although I feel very strongly about the health of a bitch, and I really think she shouldn't be bred from more than 4 times, I don't think another litter will harm her. That's if she's healthy and not too old. But on the other hand, would you like to have a pup from a breeder who breeds as excessive as this breeder??? If you purchase a pup from this person, you'll only encourage him/her to go on this way.
What would be an issue for me too, is the fact that you're not really widening the gene pool buying a pup like this. But that's only an issue if you want to breed your pup. My advice would be, don't do it and try to find someone with heart for the breed.
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Post by 1stranger on Jul 21, 2005 9:19:45 GMT 1
Marjolein,
Thanks for the reply. Judging from you response, I guess should have stated this in my original post: I have no reason to suspect that this particular breeder is overbreeding her bitch. I plan on asking her how many litters her Weim has produced, but before I ask her, I wanted to get some input from others on this question, that way I can make a informed decision on whether or not to buy depending on what her response is. I'm sorry if the tone of my post led you to believe that I suspected her of overbreeding. That isn't the case (that I know of). Thanks again for the reply.
Scott
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Post by Irena on Jul 21, 2005 9:25:32 GMT 1
Hi Scott, just wanted to welcome you to the board! I am not knowledgeable enough to answer this question, but I hope you will get help here! It is GREAT that you are being responsible about buying a puppy, I wish more people were like this.
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Post by marjolein on Jul 21, 2005 10:52:03 GMT 1
Oops, shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.
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Post by Alkemist on Jul 22, 2005 21:38:24 GMT 1
Hi Scott,
I think that if the breeder has bred more than 3 litters from the bitch, ask her why - does the bitch have lines that are rare, has she repeated a stunning mating 3rd on the hope of reproducing the result, has she had 3 litters of 2 pups? all are valid questions. Then when you have the answer, you can decide what to do...
Hope that helps,
Nina
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Post by 1stranger on Jul 23, 2005 0:45:03 GMT 1
Thanks everybody for the replies! As it turns out, this is her first litter, so I'm not concerned as far as that goes. Thanks again everybody.
Scott
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Post by syrinx on Dec 27, 2005 3:03:15 GMT 1
Scott, on reading your orriginal post, I need to clarify something. You said,
"....can safely have before health problems with her pups can develop?"
I have heard people say that this or this genetic problem skips a generation, or that it comes from the third or more litters. Is that what you mean?? Genetically, that is impossible. Health or genetic problems don't count litters or puppies, it is there, or it is not. It is possible that something may not pop up every time, but it has nothing to do with the number of litters, or anything like that. The number of litters is purely about the health of the bitch, or not cutting down the diversity of the breed by breeding any dog or bitch too many times.
Wendy
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Post by daniela on Jan 8, 2006 15:18:44 GMT 1
On the subject of litters....
What are all the rules, regulations and ethics on breeding from bitches in your country?
The KC here will accept up to six litters from a bitch, whereas, some of the breed clubs here have a code of ethics which states no more than three litters.
I can't remember off hand but there may also be something about not breeding from bitches on consecutive seasons.
So, what are the regulations where you are?
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Post by Fala Love'a on Jan 8, 2006 18:12:32 GMT 1
The Polish Kennel Club's rules say that a bitch can have one litter per one calendar year. But our Nasti had two litters in one year (second 11,5 months after the previous one) and the breeding commission had nothing against this (but we had to ask them for permission).
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