Hi every1 i have only just joined 2nite. i have been asking alot of questions in the week about breeding. and every1 was asken me to join and i am glad i have. i can now ask questions and answer them. i have had dogs all my life and i am a great lover of all animals and i bought a female pug 4 month ago now and i want to start breeing her next year so if any1 has any advice 4 me please do so. she is 6 month old now and my 1st question is when will she have her 1st seasion?

Hi
Good luck on your new venture. Pugs are not the easiest of breeds to breed from as they sometimes have problems giving birth due to the large heads of the pug breed. Some pugs need ceasarian sections due to this problem, although I have had pugs who have bred without any problems at all. Good luck and happy puppy days ahead, they are gorgeous little mites with inky dinky curly tails and bags of love for you.

Thankes 4 ur repliy i was just wondering. if u can breed a black pug {female} with a fawn and black masked male because i would of thought they would be all mixed colours. and if u breed them do u no?

Kelsey wouldnt your breeder have the answers to all of your questions? What does he/she have to say about all of this? :)

Kelsey, before you joined, you started a thread about 'colour matching'. This is the same question, and it has already been answered on the colour matching thread, have a look there. Is this the Pug with the hernia, if so, how big is the hernia?

Dawn R.

Seeing that your girl is still only a puppy you have got plenty of time to read up about your choosen breed. First off get yourself the book of the bitch as this will help care for your bitch in general as well as give advice on breeding. Try and find breed books as these normally have sections on breeding, its no good just buying one book on breeding as you need to know what percific promlems pugs may have when mating, whelping and so on. Phone the breeder of your pug and see if she will help you and mentor you as its not as easy as one may think, especially the first time, on my first litter I had read lots of books and spoke to lots of breeders and even had a friend who had whelped lots of bitches and who is very knowledgable to be my mentor, but due to my inexperience we lost 3 pups :( I have learned so much more and have never lost anymore but this does not mean things can't go wrong.

You say your bitch is 6 months old, why not take her to ring class and get her in the show ring, a bitch that has done well in the show ring will get the attention of the right people and you may have home for pups before you breed, I don't breed unless I have at least 3/4 people waiting for pups. By showing her, and if you do well (and I don't mean just winning the odd class) then you will know that she is of good standard.

Also please find out what health test pugs need as  people will like to see that the parents are healthy and this means more than just a check up at the vets. Also make sure that your bitch has not got any endorsements on her as if she has you will not be able to register the pups. If she has got endorsments then you need to speak to the breeder about what you need to do to get them lifted, but please beware that some breeder won't lift them as they may think that she is not good enough to breed from, along with other issues.

And just one more thing to add, please do not breed because you think that you can make some money, pugs are expensive because they often have to have ceasers adn have to be hand reared, there is a lot of heart ache in breeding as well as enjoyment. My last litter cost me £1,500 to rear and that is exactly what I got back, my only profit is still with me as I fell in love with him (even though I wanted to keep a bitch!!!)

Anyway I have ran on enough but I have only touch the surface on the things you need to consider before you breed, but I wish you all the luck, and know we all had to start somewhere, but please for your bitches sake, start the way you mean to go on. :)

Kerry

Thank you all for your repliys. im just triying to gather as much info as possible. i am also waiting for 3 bookes i bought off the internet last nite. i would like to say also i will not go into this lightly i shall do all the reaserch needed before i jump into this. im not doing it for money i also want to better the breed. thank u

and the answer about how big is her hernia, its about the size of a 5 pence and raised to a small lump on her belly button. The vet told me it isnt a problem and she doesnt need it removed. And that it wont cause any proplems for her.

Hi Kelsey.  Keep an eye on her hernia.  If it is a real hernia, rather than a late closure, it will affect her if you mate her.  Imagine what will happen to a hole in her tummy as she gets bigger in whelp.  Also real hernias are believed to be hereditary (some time ago The Kennel Club wouldn't let dogs who had hernia repairs be shown for that reason, but they have recinded that now) and should exclude her from any breeding program.  Perhaps you could speak to your breeder and ask if she has produced hernias before?  If she is experienced and reputable, she will also be your best source of information and advice.

you are fine to breed a black with a fawn you would get a mixed litter some black babies and some fawn babies,i would not breed my bitch tho if she had a hernia as you could lose her and the pups

Inky dinky curly tails???? Good reason for breeding them then!

Apart from the crass remarks which i have received when i replied to your question; About the colour this is what I think.....when you breed a black pug with a fawn pug you do still get their INKY DINKY TAILS!.......AND DONT I LOVE THEM...... but you will also get a fawn pug puppy and a black pug puppy....I havent seen any pugs tri coloured or dual coloured when bred with a black and a fawn....most breeders dont inter breed with colour....BUT it is not a bad thing either....The only type of breeding that I object to within the Pedigree dogs breeding  is the inter breeding with other types of breeds ie: puggles; a pug and a jack russell etc. I only breed to improve the pug breed, so adhere to the kennel club and pug dog club guidelines. and by the way......INKY DINKY CURLY TAILS ARE GREAT!!!

"Good luck on your new venture"

Not sure if respnsible breeding of dogs would ever bee seen as a venture :-)

Ditto Fillis an excellent reason to risk your bitches life <tic>