[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Two Bitches? Two Litters?
- From: Crystaridge <crystaridge@xxxxxxx>
- To: LauraEG@xxxxxxx, rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:59:13 -0800
As far as I am concerned, the bottom line here is 'Know your girls'. There
are some that you could NOT have anywhere
near another bitch and her pups, but there are others than can co-exist
with no problems.
I have on a couple of occasions, had bitches whelp within days. The
reasons for breeding two girls at almost the same time
were varied, but usually because one had missed the time before, and I
wanted to get on with things. With my luck, of
course, I would either have NO pups or TWO litters.
The one time that I had pups four days apart, the first breeding wasn't
planned (thanks to my dear husband) <G>, and I
hoped that the bitch might not take, as I wanted to breed the other girl one
last time and keep something for myself. I
wasn't too worried as the older female was notorious for 'four pup litters'.
Well, the rest of the story is history. The first
girl had her pups on July 5 TEN pups - the female that I kept got 10
points (we are in Canada), three Puppy Groups and a Best Puppy in Show in
one weekend, not bad for an unplanned breeding!!! The older female truly
outdid herself, also giving me TEN pups - one of which became our BIS Ch.
Crystaridge's Hallmark.
As it was a summer litter, once they were a few weeks old, I put the moms
and pups in two pens that we have under
our front sundeck. I would let the girls out in the morning, feed the
pups, then let the pups out to romp and play on the
front lawn. They would stop for a slurp at whichever mom was handy. The
girls had no problem with it at all. When
it was time for the babes to go back to their own 'homes', they would
automatically go to the pen that was 'theirs'. Worked
like a charm.
But, as I say, you HAVE to know your girls.
As for the boys being around the babes ---- our "Vega" will lay in the
Whelping Box when 'mom' has gone out to potty,
and take care of the pups, whether they are his or not, until she comes
back. Our pups are born in the house (in our
Computer Room actually), and once they are old enough to wander around, they
can snuggle up to any of the adults that
they can find, even if mom is around. I tend to feel really sorry for the
kids that go to homes where there are no other
dogs.
Sylvia
Crystaridge German Shepherds
http://www.geocities.com/crystaridgegsd/
----- Original Message -----
From: <LauraEG@xxxxxxx>
To: <rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Two Bitches? Two Litters?
> In a message dated 12/20/2004 12:37:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> This is a totally new situation for me and I don't want to proceed without
> hearing from some of you who might have done this. Thanks.
> Pat
> We did this several times. We had a mother and daughter whelp litters
side
> by side. It really worked well, the daughter could not produce enough
milk to
> feed her 9 pups, mama only had 4 to raise and was able to feed the
additional
> 9 pups. The daughter was able to help clean and stimulate the pups, just
> could only provide enough milk for a snack. We also did something quite
unusual,
> we could put both mom and daughter in with all 13 pups and EVERYBODY was
happy!
>
> Later, we whelped half sisters, literally side by side at the same time,
and
> were able to co-mingle pups and moms. But the thing I used to love was
> watching our male dogs come and love and nuzzle the babies when mom was
outside
> taking a break. The males would nuzzle and clean and play with the
babies, until
> they tried to nurse. At that point the boys would make a hasty retreat.
>
> That was our experience with two bitches, two litters - hope you enjoy all
> that puppy lovin coming!
>
> Bruce & Laura Gilbert
> Chesapeake, VA
> Jo-Bar's Shepherds
>
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