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By Guest
Date 28.07.05 21:41 UTC
hello could you tell me i own a female boxer witch is now 3 years old and i would like to breed with her next year she is a pedigree dog but is not a show dog is it going to be easy to get a stud dog and how much will it cost for a stud fee and is it only one chance they have to try i live in perthshire scotland so is there enyone in the area or around scotland that is a good stud dog thank you for helping me out thanks bye
Hi guest before you even consider breeding your girl go to the breeding board and read Should I offer my pet dog at Stud?
then consider if you still wish to go ahead and breed from her, but also wheigh the cost of a stud dog and a possible C Section then looking after a litter of puppies for almost eight weeks, then finding the puppies life long homes and if a home doesnt work out for whatever reason being prepared to take the puppy back. Or you could talk to your dogs breeder and ask them their opinion they will be able to advice you.
not trying to put you off just outlining some of the points to consider before you put yourself through it and the saftey of your bitch.
regards polly_45

Also your bitch will need to be hip scored, and heart tested. Only if the results are good should you even consider breeding from her.
By Val
Date 29.07.05 05:45 UTC
Have a read through this guest. They explain a little of what's involved in having a litter.
http://www.geocities.com/bluegracepwd/vb1.html
http://st15.startlogic.com/~justonel/breeder.html
Firstly as has been pointed out your bitch should be heart tested and graded clear
before you even consider breeding from her.
Then the stud dog which you select must also be heart tested clear before breeding him to your bitch.
The vets that do this testing specialise in cardiology and once your dog passes clear they will
issue a certificate to proove the grading.
Health testing is very important - many puppy purchasers can/will now sue if the breeder has not taken steps to avoid any potential health problems that occur within the breed.
A good book to read before deciding if to breed from your bitch or not would be book of the bitch.
This will outline most things that have to happen before/during and after....
Breeding isn't for the faint hearted nor is it a money making exercise. Most litters don't show profit and you'll
be lucky to break even. My one and only litter so far was a large loss..and I didn't have large vet's bills.
It's also a very emotional time (I lost a pup at 3 days old despite trying everything to save her) and a very tiring time too. Breeding a litter is HARD work. I made sure that someone was with pups 24/7 for the eight weeks plus that I had my pups. I even had a puppy stay with me til she was 13 weeks old as the right home hadn't come along, so not all pups are sold and go to their new homes by the time they are eight weeks old. You also have to vet homes and make sure that people know what they are letting themselves in for. This process is very important as you don't want your pups ending up in rescue as the homes couldn't cope with pup etc.
After reading the book of the bitch, if you still want to go ahead go to local Boxer shows, there is a Scottish Boxer club which should be able to advise when and where their shows are. Learn about the bloodlines that you like, learn what faults your bitch has and which dog is the best to compliment and hopefully correct the faults that your bitch has. Afterall you should want to produce the best possible pups.
Do you want the pups docked?? If so you will need to be a member of the Council for Docked Breeds (CDB) before
your pups are born etc, so that they can pass on details of vets that do dock.
If you don't want docked pups then join the anti docking alliance as that's where people go to find undocked puppies of whatever breed they are searching for. Docking has to be done very early on - the pups are normally 2 days old
so you need to decide before the pups are born which you want - docked or undocked.
Stud fees for Boxers vary currently from £150 to £400. £400 tends to be for the top champion studs within the breed that have won their show title champion and are also good sires. Most show stock is routinely heart tested as a minimum health requirement before being allowed to be used at stud. Most reputable stud dog owners won't allow their stock to be used on non heart tested bitches either. Nor on bitches that aren't KC registered.
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