Diane, You are not alone............once have I bred a bitch the fourth time..................Mo > just a personal thing but my bitches are not bred before the age of 2, > never > have more than 3 litters and the litters are never closer than 1 year > apart. > if figure if they can't do it in 3 tries there is really no purpose in a > 4th > and if they have produced what i believe they are capable of producing in > the > 3, there's no need to do it again. selfishly, my dogs are my friends and > i > want them to have the longest and healthiest lives possible. > diane > Diane Strasser ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================