how many times should dogs mate in one day?
I mated my staffies on saturday morning and again in the afternoon the dog just wants to mate with the bitch all the time and has been tearing up his bedding etc and trying to get to the bitch they are in seprate rooms but today i decided i had enough so i let them mate and they have tied about 5 times. How quickly will the bitch come out of season once shes been mated?
i dont think i can take many more days of this as i only have a small flat and its hard work keeping them apart and hard work when they are together!
help!

I seriously hope this is a WUM

If you only have a small flat, you sure are going to have fun once the pups are born!

Wonder if you've thought this through - the mess a litter of pups makes is horrendous, quite apart from the neighbours being woken up at 6 in the morning.

On a serious note concerning responsilbity for the pups - have you had all relevant breed tests done with satisfactory results?    Are you willing to foot any claims that the new puppy people may may against you if the pups are 'defective' in their eyes?

Have you got any idea if the two pedigrees are compatible, or if the are a smouldering volcano in genetic terms?

I should try to find a good friend - actually a very very good friend - who would be willing to house your dog until your girl's season is well over (approx 21 days from the sign of a first bleed).

Jo and the Casblaidd Flatcoats

I wouldn't let them mate as often as this! You are risking injury and infection each time. Usually dog and bitch are kept apart until the bitch will stand, then they are mated once, then again 48 hours later, and maybe even 48 hours after that, if the bitch is still standing. It takes about 24 hours for the male to produce more sperm, so keep them apart for this time if you want success.

The bitch is likely to stay in season for exactly the same length of time whether she's been mated or not, and your dog will continue to be upset for at about another 2 weeks if he is kept in the same house as her. Can you put the dog into kennels, or have him stay with trusted friends, till your bitch is out of season?

I find it quite terrifying that people are asking questions like this when breeding their dogs. Surely, if someone needs to ask questions of this sort then they shouldn't be breeding at all? Especially breeds like staffys. No doubt the guest will have no trouble finding homes for the pups, but no prizes for guessing what sort of homes they will end up in. :rolleyes: It's the breeders and owners of decent staffs, bullies, etc, I feel sorry for. To see the breed they love being tainted with this bad reputation is so sad. :-(

OK, rant over, got that off my chest.

Guest - follow these peoples advice, they really know their stuff.

Guest
I would love to know what you're going to do every other season if you can't cope with the male being seperated from the bitch.Its only going to get worse now hes mated her once and every time she comes in season he will be exactly the same.I hope your not intending on letting them mate every season just to shut him up
Archer

Can I ask what you did last time your bitch was in season? or have you recently moved to somehwere smaller and now don't have the room to keep them seperate?

How old is your bitch as a matter of interest.

Karen 

Karen, the guest can't answer you, they are only allowed one post! :-)

thats a good point you make Claire :-)
Theres little point in asking lots of questions in reply to the guest, or getting all worked up about their posts, better to just answer their question as best you can, or suggest that they join and then they can participate in a 2 way conversation, instead of ask one question and not really have it answered properly. :-)

Well guest, I think you've got the gist of everyone's feelings, but what's done is done.  Everyone isn't knocking you just for the sake of it, but we have all had litters, we know the hard work and heartache when things go wrong.  And that is in planned litters where we have put a lot of thought into the choice of sire, where we are well set up for the bitch to give birth and the pups to grow.  Where both parents have had all the health checks required in the breed.  Where we probably have several homes waiting before the litter is even born.

There could be a lot of problems coming up for you.

What on earth are you going to do with the dog when the bitch gives birth if you don't have the space to keep them apart now? 
If she has 10 pups for example, do you have the space for them to run around during and after weaning while you try and find homes for them.
If you can't find homes for them all, do you have the space to keep maybe 3 or 4 for a couple of months?
It seems you know very little about breeding, so for goodness sake at least read some books, so you know what to expect and can feed the bitch properly during her pregnancy, and are alert to any problems during whelping.

Sorry, but the list goes on and on.

I know you can't answer these posts, but please read them and take notice.

It doesn't often happen :D but I'm speechless...EXCEPT No, I wont say it.

good post PJW - with a bit of luck the guest will read it and take your advice :-)