We weren’t going to sell them. My family wanted to breed these two because, well, we liked both of the dogs and we had some family and friends who wanted pups. Even if they are mutts they would have still been loved (and probably spayed or neutered because most of my family lives in the city.) I guess you could say we married them. idk.
I probably won’t be breeding her again because its too much stress and I worry to much about it harming her. I won’t spay her though because I had a beagle who after healing ran away. We found her at the neighbors a few miles away after hours of searching but she kept running away to them so we let them keep her as long as they promised to take care of her. We usually keep her indoors and watch her whenever she’s outside.
Say what you want about mixed breeds but my last dog, a cockapoo was one of the best dogs in the world.
All our dogs and cats are at risk as it is from poor food and too many vaccinations, we really need to either do rescue or breed for show and be lucky enough to get the puppies who are good quality, but not show quality. There is a difference...
My three girls are all great dispositon and very high qualiity, but I would never breed them because I don't have the knowledge to know what dog would be the best match for these girls to produce an outstanding dog... Would I love a puppy or puppies from them -- yes, but I won't do it... I'll leave it to the experts.
I don’t think either Arizona Carolyn or I were saying anything bad about mixed breed dogs, per se. There ARE millions of good mixed breed dogs in the world. There are also millions of horribly bad mixed breed dogs in the world. What we’re saying is that if you don’t know anything about breeding, you shouldn't be breeding dogs. And it’s not a valid reason to breed just because you like a specific dog. As AZCarolyn said, the ONLY reason to breed dogs is to improve the breed.
I had an incredible National Champion German Shepherd that I got from my breeder because he produced a litter of puppies with hip displasia. She wasn’t sure if it came from him or the dam because it was that dam’s first litter, so she bred him a second time to a proven dam, and the second litter also had hip problems. So even though he was a National Champion, he did not produce healthy offspring, so she did the responsible thing and never bred him again.
You have NO idea what the offspring of your two pets will produce, other than MUTTS. Have you considered that the offspring may get the WORST of both dogs? Have you considered that the specific combination of that male and that female may produce congenital birth defects such as cleft pallets, heart-valve defects, entropion, cataracts, thyroid problems, allergies, or dozens of other potential health issues? Have you had both the male and the female tested for the appropriate breed-specific health issues before breeding?
MILLIONS of dogs are killed in shelters every year. It is irresponsible to bring more mutt puppies into the world. I’m not saying there aren’t good mutts - there are. I’m saying there are millions of good mutts right now who are waiting to be adopted — have your entire family go SAVE a life by adopting one of the mutts who is already on death row. SAVE a life, don’t CAUSE the death of a life by breeding more mutts.
Male dogs can smell a female in heat a couple of miles away. Letting your dog roam loose outside when she is in heat is irresponsible and asking for an unwanted/unplanned pregnancy. Some females have been known to roam miles to find a male to breed when they are in heat. Spaying your female will not only eliminate unplanned pregnancies and unnecessary/unwanted mutt puppies, but it will also reduce her risk of mammary cancer and it will eliminate the risk of uterine cancer. An unexpected pregnancy by “that hound” could result in your dog’s death when the puppies are too big for her to deliver.
Your Beagle running away after being spayed has nothing to do with the spay. It has to do with you not confining your dog properly.
Please, do the responsible thing and spay your female dog and neuter your male dog. Have your family rescue, SAVE the life of a dog who is already on death row at a shelter somewhere. There are MILLIONS of good dogs in shelters all over the country. Just look on Petfinder.com for a small sample of what is in shelters in this country. You can also rescue a dog from a specific breed rescue group, or a mixed-breed rescue group. Just don’t breed. Please. Please.
I'm sorry for sounding so harsh. But with millions of dogs dying every year, specifically due to thousands of random backyard breeders like you, I have to speak up. Before I was educated, I didn't know any better... so I believe you just don't know any better. If you can become informed, then you can help educate your whole family about the responsible thing to do, which is to rescue a dog from a shelter, make sure it is spayed or neutered, and continue to educate everyone you meet about spaying and neutering and NOT backyard breeding. And whatever you do, do NOT buy a puppy from a pet shop, no matter what the pet shop tells you about the source of their puppies. You don't even want to know the horrors of puppy mills, but pet shops ALL get their puppies from either backyard breeders or puppy mills.