[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The old days of breeding.
- From: Mary Tripp <mtripp4113@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: sallyhayden5@xxxxxxxxx, "blackhawkfarms214@xxxxxxxxx" <blackhawkfarms214@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:24:49 -0500
And to the detriment of the breed. Give me all the progesterone
testing you would like but a great stud dog can tell a whole lot faster.\
Mary
At 03:36 PM 3/11/2014, Sally wrote:
>I was always old school also. Natural breedings..never did ultra
>sounds to find out if they were pregnant nor exrays right before
>whelping to find out how many.. Never felt i want to expose or
>stress my bitches to the vets office before whelping. Always had big litters
>
>Now have a breed that is ai'd . Don't like the idea bit if i want a
>litter won't have much choice? Times have changed
>
>Sally
>
> > On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:01 PM, blackhawkfarms214
> <blackhawkfarms214@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I had a couple of questions about breeding as it relates today.
> > Do you think, we as breeders are "too involved" in the process? Or could it
> > possibly be because we were not really involved in the earlier days with a
> > lot of pre breeding testing that has caused missed pregnancies and smaller
> > litters?
> > I am from the school of the bitch came into season. You went to the vet and
> > did a VC/BC and waited for the results. We drove or shipped the bitch to
> > the stud dog owners place and was bred day 10-12 and maybe days 14.. 9
> > weeks later you had a litter of 10 and most, if not all were spoken for by
> > 8 weeks of age.
> >
> > We all have seen that mix breed, unspayed female roaming loose in our
> > neighborhoods, she eats what she can, shes usually wormy, unthrfty yet,
> > each season, she usually free whelps 9-10 puppies under someones house and
> > they all live. She hasnt had any vet care, no progesterone, no BC or VC.no
> > mycoplasma counts, etc. Yet, she conceives (and whelps) easily.
> >
> > While I understand the necessity to check to make sure your bitch is
> > disease free as possible. Is it possible we are now "too involved" with the
> > blood draws, swabbings, etc which may be the reason why I have seem to hear
> > about smaller litter numbers and missed conceptions Maybe its something
> > that I havent considered.. diet?Environment?. What are your thoughts?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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