For me it would depend on the quality of the litter. If it is great then keeping a coup,e makes sense. I would want to know if the weak lining of the uterus is something she might pass on to her daughters. If that is the case then you could be in for a lot of breeding problems in the future. If you place one in a co ownership make sure it is a male. I have yet to get a litter out of a bitch I have placed on a co-ownership. Just never seems to work out. Terry Sent from my iPad On Sep 13, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx wrote: > Boy it's a LOT of work to individually socialize and "do right" by a whole > group of littermates...I'd definitely keep the best male and female, > possibly the next best bitch. Reason behind 2 bitches is you are losing > mom as > a producer, and God forbid something happens to the pick bitch you don't > lose the bitch line. In fact, maybe put a co-owner on the male if you have > someone you trust. Big "if". > > Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC > Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions > visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ > > > In a message dated 9/13/2013 1:02:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > lonnagsd@xxxxxxx writes: > > Hi all, > I have a question ............. how many litter mates from a single litter > would you keep for further showing/breeding ............. keeping in mind > that space is limited. > We did a breeding than can never be repeated (due to a weak lining on the > uterus of the female, BIM, Ch bitch) so this is her one and only litter, > right now we have the top 5 picks (in our opinion), 2 males 3 females, they > will be 4 months old tomorrow ............... how many would you keep? Do > you feel that keeping several littermates is worth while or would you keep > the top two and leave room available for future pups/litters ? 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