I have a nervous little girl I am hoping to breed her as you may of presumed by now. Is their anyway you can tell when she is ready. I keep noticing people say day 6 but I thought it was days 9 11 or 13.

If their is any known tell signs then plz share your info

Thanks again

Suzanne

If your dog is nervous you should not be breeding from her at all I'm afraid.

TBH I would not breed from a nervous dog/bitch of any breed especially a bitch, because she will have a great influence over the temperament of the puppies.

Why do you want her to have puppies ? Is this the same bitch you want help with when you mate her ?(from your other threads)

Has she had all her health tests(the problem in your breed requires an eye test by a BVA panellist before being bred from)done & the potential stud needs to have been tested as well.

I would hope no reputable stud dog owner would allow you to use their dog on a nervous bitch.

I suggest you think long & hard about breeding from your bitch.

Hi Suzanne! To be honest, unless your breed's standard requires the temperament to be 'nervous' (and I don't know one that does) then this would rule her out as a potential mother. Poor temperament can be inherited, so it would be unfair on her, her puppies and their future owners to inflict nervousness on them.

I'm sorry if this isn't what you want to hear, but with something as important as puppies' lives our heads have to rule our hearts.

In addition to the obvious concern that the puppies are likely to inherit her nervousness, I would be concerned about her ability as a mother.  Pregnancy, whelping and rearing puts a huge strain on a bitch and would be concerned her nervousness would affect her ability to raise them.  I heard recently a case where the bitch had eaten the whole litter.

You will know when your bitch is ready, it's when they flick their tail at any male!  Our bitch started showing signs of readiness when one evening she started flicking her tail towards our male dog.  The next day she went to the vets for a swab and he said "tomorrow will be your best time"

However why do you want to breed your nervous bitch?  Is she nervous for a reason?  It could be gentic, if not pups may learn that behaviour in first 8 weeks and you will end up selling nervous puppies to families who then have to spend £100's on behaviourist training to get their pup to walk calmy down the road.  Nervousness can easily turn into aggression, either in the pups you sell or worst case sernario your bitch towards her own pups.

As for days, bitches don't read text books :)  It will be anywhere from day 1 onwards!  Although bitches tend to be quite similar to their mum and liskewise so I would ask the bitches breeder and the grandmothers breeder etc. :)

I have a nervous little girl I am hoping to breed her

You'll have to help me with what a nervous little girl has to do with when a bitch may be ready to mate? The two statements are nothing to do with one another, unless you feel she is too nervous to allow any stud near her throughout the time, so only want a stud near her at the appropriate dates, why do you feel this?  Is she nervous around dogs/or people generally?

If so, please don't even think of breeding from her, I agree with everyone else not a trait you would wish to pass on to her pups. Breeding isn't just about breed standard, it is about temperament, character and health if your bitch does not have all 4 of those things going for her then she is not breeding material.

If you put the statement that she is a nervous little girl for some other reason you are going to need to clarify what you actually meant by this, though it is difficult to sumize anything else. Sorry but, she's not for breeding.

I agree with others and really do not think you should breed from her.  The nervousness could even be magnified in some of her puppies and it is totally unfair to pass this on.