I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD BULL TERRIER, AND NEED SOME ADVISE ON HOW TO BREED FROM HER.

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u need a very good reason to breed from her BT mums cankill the litter staright after birth
they can be born with holes in the heads, cleft palletes.
Is she health tested??????????
i have week old babies now(only 2 ) but am cleaning there little bums etc every 2 hours as mum wont.
think carefully

vicki Binns
Activior Bull Terriers

Hi,
as Vikki says Bull Terriers arent the easiest breed to whelp a litter from. Bitchs rarely enjoy being mated and very few are good mothers. Most are very clumsy mothers and expect you to do all the work for them. Our next litter of bullies is due in 2 weeks. She will probably need a c-section (most bull terriers do) and then her puppies will sleep separately from her and I will be the one up 24 hours a day returning the pups for feeding to their mum every 2 hours for the first week and every 3 hours for the second.
If you are prepared to take 6 weeks off work, willing to pay for the cost of a stud, vet care, possible c-section etc, the best person to ask (hopefully),would be the breeder of your bitch for info. They will know more about bloodlines which are suitable for her and also if she is suitable to be a mother.

good luck with your girl whatever your decision.

Sharon
Bullywood Bull Terriers

I realise this is probably going to come across as a very inflamatory question but it is not intended as such and is a genuine enquiry in my ongoing quest for knowledge.

Why do you continue to breed dogs that sound as if they would not be capable of either mating, whelping or rearing litters with the maximum of human interference?

I realise that you must like your breed and accept that but what are the benefits to the breed if reproducing is so fraught with difficulties and dangers?

Christine

A difficult question to answer Christine. But then again why does anyone do anything involving time and effort?
We can leave our puppies with their mums, we can have text book matings ,whelpings etc. Maybe we would lose a few more puppies via mothers clumsyness, or lose a few pups through not going to Vets for puppy care or c-sections.
My aim is to produce a good healthy litter. I am prepared to spend my time and money rearing these puppies without loss and pain to parents and pups.
We have very few genetic problems in our breed, they are loyal, eccentric dogs with beautiful natures.
How many breeds are there in the world with small gene pools, genetic defects etc but their breeders put the time and energy into caring for them.
How many breeds are there with odd shaped bodies, over exaggerated features or just unusual hair styles?
Every breeder to his own breed. There are some breeds I just wouldnt touch with a barge pole but I fell for this one.
I was just pointing out the pitfalls of breeding and answering the Guests question.
Problems involving matings, whelping, puppy rearing are common in a lot of breeds now.
I suppose at one time it would be survival of the fitest but who now would call themselves a caring breeder if they failed their bitch or their puppies?
Sharon

shari,
what a good informative reply, i don't think i would ever own a bull terrier, it is only recently that i saw one in the flesh so to speak, he came to ring craft on my first time there, and i fell in love with him he was stunning to watch and look at, he only came the once as the breeder shows him and not the owner, i have taken a interest in his showing and he has just been made up, wich i was over the moon at, as i am hounds we seem to be on diff days at ch shows so don't get to see the classy ones, glad you and fellow breeders do the upmost to keep your breed surviving. regards tina

hi
think very hard about breeding a bull terrier it a lot of hard work and thing can go wrong which i find out the hard way

lorraine

Thank you for your support Tina :))

Hi Sharon

Thank you for your reply

I was getting the impression from posts about this breed that there were never natural (ie unassisted) matings, births and raising of litters in Bull Terriers which was why I was so puzzled :)

Christine

hi christine,
i thought sharon replyed well to your post and you asked sensible questions,things that i have also asked myself when hereing things on some bull breeds, i have a friend who used to have st bernards and she said without human help in mating the breed could possibly die out so to speak,as they have to have help because of the size and weight of them,also the other heavy weight breeds, those breeders who stay 24/7 so as the bitches do not suffocate the pups, it makes you think, that if human intervention was not there would we still have certain breeds, good posts by you and sharon, regards tina