dogs, please read the following article (author unknown) taken form sibernet L discussion list, which i should think you should join and learn a lot more about sibes before you consider breeding. there is already far too many backyard breeders and puppy farmers destroying our breed without you adding to the problem.

RESPONSIBLE BREEDING - Preparing to breed your female Siberian Husky:
A step-by-step checklist to help you be prepared for the responsibility of
breeding your female Siberian Husky.

Step 1. Study all the materials you can find about the breed. Research the
different lines within the breed. This is the easy part. Now move to Step 2.

Step 2. Attend dog shows and talk to Siberian Husky owners. Enter your female and see how she stacks up against other Siberians. Attend racing events and learn about the qualities of competitive racing Siberians. Meanwhile, go to Step 3.

Step 3. While you study the breed, work in Siberian Husky rescue. If you
don't have the time, money and facilities to provide a foster home to
abandoned Siberians, then you don't have the time, the resources or the room
to breed a litter. Fostering abandoned dogs and working to find them loving,
permanent homes will help you understand the awesome responsibility of
bringing more new puppies into the world. After you have worked in rescue
for a couple of years, it will be time to advance to Step 4.

Step 4. When your female reaches age two, you should assess her
qualifications as a breeding animal. First evaluate her temperament. If it
is PERFECT- happy and well-adjusted and not shy or aggressive, then go to
Step 5.

Step 5. Have your female evaluated by several knowledgeable breeders of
top-quality show and/or competitive racing Siberians. Add this to the
information you received if you tried showing her. If she is a good, sound
example of the breed, then go to Step 6.

Step 6. Check her health and verify that she does not show evidence of
inherited disorders that she could pass to her puppies. As a minimum:

- have her hips x-rayed and evaluated.
- have her eyes tested by a Veterinary Ophthalmologist.
- have your vet check her thyroid function

Make sure she has a hip rating of excellent, perfect eyes, and normal
thyroid function. Also be sure she is absolutely free from seizures and blood clotting disorders and that she does not suffer from excessive allergic conditions. Get her shots up to date, and check her for worms and other parasites. If she passes on all counts, go to Step 7.

Step 7. Research her pedigree. What were the results of genetic health
screenings performed on her parents? Grandparents? Littermates? Did they
all have good temperaments? Were they all good representatives of the breed, and did they conform to the breed standard? Is there evidence that the
preponderance of dogs in the pedigree carry the genes for desirable traits?
If this all checks out, go to Step 8.

Step 8. Seek a stud that has passed Steps 4, 5, 6 and 7. Get copies of:

- his pedigree
- his hip score certificate
- his eye certificate.
- his thyroid test results
Agree in advance on a stud fee. Then go to Step 9.

Step 9. Research and prepare your sales contracts. Only the finest and
healthiest dogs should be used for breeding, and not all puppies are destined
to grow up to be breeding quality. Therefore, you will probably want to sell
your puppies with limited registrations. Your sales contract should include
a provision which states that if the home does not work out, the puppy will
be returned to you-no matter how old it is. This is a good time invest
in some extra dog pens, crates, etc. so that you always have a place for the
puppies that you breed to return home, even years later. Then go to Step 10.

Step 10. Establish a waiting list of homes for the puppies. Visit the
potential homes in advance, and pay special attention to the fences and
facilities, make sure that the potential new homes are properly equipped. Take monetary deposits to ensure that the puppy buyers are seriously committed and willing to wait to get a puppy from your breeding. This is because often the promise of a good home disappears after the puppies are born. And no puppy should be born without a loving home waiting. Then go to Step 11.

Step 11. Set aside about £250 for vet bills, and an extra £750 in case your
female should require a C-section. You will also need to pay for 2-3 sets of
shots and worming for the litter, which will probably run around £75 per
puppy (more in certain areas). Now on to Step 12.

Step 12. Make arrangements in advance to take time off from work if the puppies should require hand feeding. Hand feeding is required if your female should fail to produce milk, or worse, if she should die from whelping. Factor in the cost of milk replacement products, too. Now go to Step 13.

Step 13. Take a good look at where you will raise the puppies. Baby puppies
can escape through tiny little spaces. Reinforce your fences and prepare a
safe, temperature-controlled place for the puppies to be born. Buy several
cases of paper towels, because baby puppies poop and pee dozens of times a day. Figure you will clean up 10-20 piles and puddles per puppy every day
from the time they are old enough to move around until they are ready to
go to new homes.

Congratulations!

After successfully completing ALL of these steps . . .
you are now ready to breed your female Siberian Husky

Hi scratchy, what a brilliant and sensible guide.

For Limited Registration read KC registrations should have endorsements placed re progeny not eligible for registration.

What excellent advice Scratchy! I can understand why it should apply to Sibes, but IMHO, I think it is relevant to anyone breeding from any breed!

Other than perhaps Step 3 should in an ideal world come before even getting a pup and - do Sibe pups really only poo-piddly 10-20 times a day :) it sounds a very good format

Christine

Thank you for that step by step asvice I would happily foster a husky unyill it reaches a new home I do have the room and we have just built all new dog runs in the yard so I would happily take on a foster dog for a while where do you see about fostering sibes are very far and few between in my area do you think id have top search a distance for a dog that needs a temp home.

dogs, sorry to be so blunt but you really dont know much at all about sibes do you? there are many, many sibes being cared for by the breed clubs' welfare system at this very moment!! the vast majority of them are youngsters, between 6 - 18 months that have been bred by unscrupulous breeders, who are in it purely for the money and sell pups to anyone who has the cash, without telling them about the breeds special requirements. then a few months down the line when that "cute little blue eyed ball of fluff" starts acting like a real sibe and the people cant cope, the breeder wont take it back so it gets dumped in welfare.
if you were really serious about helping welfare their details can be found on the club site. there is also a large fund raising event in colwyn bay next weekend which has many husky events, exemption shows, fun rallies, talks and all sorts of advice about huskies. there will be lots of very experienced people there you should try to get there if you can.
many people are offering advice and suggestions about your plans to breed, has any of it sunk in? are you still intent on breeding, as i still cant see that you have come up with a justifiable, logical reason to explain why you need so many dogs to breed from in such a short space of time. i also hope that by reading and understanding the above article you realise that there is more to breeding than just getting a dog and a bitch and letting them get on with it.
kelly

Dogs
in case you don't know where to look for the welfare site it is http://www.siberianhuskyclub.com/welfarescheme

Neil

Most breeds have their own Welfare Rescue, which is why except for the very numerous breeds, you do not get large numbers in general rescue.

I beleive that Sibes do have quite a rescue problem relative to the size of the breed population.

If you contact the Kennel Club they will be able to give you contact details for Rescue, and the Breed Clubs.

Excellent piece of work! The only thing I would change would be that I would research the pedigrees of the parents before buying my puppy bitch, but then I am one picky person when I go out for a puppy! I am hoping to get another puppy in approx a years time, and am already starting my research! :)

hi all,
gald you liked the article, i must point out though that i did not write the article it was taken from an american site which accounts for the limitd registration and the hip grading system. it could apply to all breeds but was written with sibes in mind.

jean, i could not agree more! i spent a a couple of years researching lines before i got my first pup and liked him and the lines so much another year down i am waiting for his half sister to give birth very shortly! good luck in your research and your new pup!
kelly

Kelly
We're probably of like minds as we have similar breeds. You have sibes and I live for malamutes. :D

Yes Jean ...like me ....live to feed them , brush them , play with them, feed them again , be WOOOED at , feed them more

:D

Melody

well written scratchy..........well done!!:)

Excellent scratchy!!!!My only question is..........why the heck didnt you write it sooner??!!!!lol.We've had a really heated week on here.I think your post may be just the thing to calm everyone down and perhaps satisfy DOGS at last

Can anyone give me details where Colwyn Bay is as id love to go

edited by me

:D @christine!

follow this link
http://www.siberianhuskyclub.com/colwynbay2002
or for more info ring marinda (number on link page)
kelly

hi riggs,
i hope so! and also hope that dogs finally realises how hard breeding is and the huge responsibility that goes with bringing pupies into this world, especially in a breed like sibes that are so difficult to place in the correct homes
guess i did not write it earlier as i was so furious with dogs and their half baked breeding ideas i forgot i had it!
kelly

Hi riggsy, how ya doing? :)

hi.I'm ok now DOGS has settled down a bit...........what a wind up!!