Breeding a dog (age)?

I would not recommend breeding a dog the first time at 4 years old. The proper age to breed a dog is about 2 years old. It will be harder on your dog to get pregnant, stay pregnant, deliver the puppies, and nurse the puppies since she would be an older mother, just like it is hard for a person over 35 to get pregnant, carry the baby to term, deliver, and nurse the baby. The risks to the dog and to the puppies is greater when the dam is this old. Breeders that breed professionally usually breed at 1 and 1/2 to 2 years old the first time and only have about 2-3 litters unless they are running a puppy mill. Once a dog has had puppies before, its a little easier for them to go through it again than it is to do it for the first time at 4. If you do decide to breed, use an experienced male and make sure both the dogs are fully vaccinated and have been tested negative for canine brucellosis.

Your dog is a mutt. Goldendoodle is a made up name. There is no such breed. She's a mixed breed aka mutt. There is no reason to "professionally" breed her. There is no way to know what the puppies would be like.

Mutts make nice family pets and you have a nice dog, but why breed her? If not for money or for show quality dogs what is the point?

By the way, there a quite a few people who should never reproduce yet they do it anyway. The kids have horrible lives and are abused. So, yes, for the same exact reason you shouldn't create puppies, And if you can't afford kids, you shouldn't have them. Kids in orphanages and dogs in shelters are both sad sad mostly avoidable situations.

MONGREL DOGS DO NOT NEED TO BE BRED.

When we tell you the truth on this question, will you delete it, too?

Even if your dog is perfect, she is an anomaly - NO ONE lets actual, quality purebreds be involved in cross-breeding which means that she carries the genetics for at least one major health or temperament problem. Also, she could ONLY breed to a crap-quality dog, because, again GOOD DOGS DON'T BREED WITH MUTTS or to make mutts.

She isn't "too old" to breed, you are too ignorant to breed her and she is NOT a breeding-quality dog. Period.

You can't find an ethical mentor because they won't be involved in producing a litter of mongrels to die in shelters, you can't find a decent stud because they won't be involved in producing a litter of mongrels to die in shelters.

Are you willing for your dog to die in labor? Many dogs do, particularly when they have their first litter at an older age AND when their owner doesn't know the first thing about what they are doing. Can you afford a $2,000 c-section? Can someone be home 24/7 from a week before she is due until four weeks after the pups are born? Can someone not only be there but also get up every 2 hours to bottle or tube feed if she can't care for all the pups herself?

Comparing dogs to humans is just asinine. When you have a child, it is with the expectation that the child will grow up to make their own choices and become independent. Dogs are domestic ANIMALS that will depend on human beings from birth until death - they have no intrinsic right or need to breed, and any life you bring into the world that way AND their pups and so on, are YOUR responsibility. If you crunch the numbers, if she has "just one litter" and each of those pups has "just one litter" you're talking about 5,000+ dogs in less than 10 years.

Sigh.

At least get her health tested? These are the conditions the breeds in her mix are prone to:

http://www.caninehealthinfo.org/brdreqs.html?breed...

http://www.caninehealthinfo.org/brdreqs.html?breed...

People should use birth control now, and too many stupid people ARE getting knocked up.

You still shouldn't breed a mixed breed.

Dude, if you wanted to get a purbred dog, and get a conformation title on it, and learn some dog things THEN go ahead an breed.

just don't breed a mutt

Your not going to do it professionally because there isn't any breed of dog called a goldendoodle all it is a mixed breed.

Dogs aren't humans - simple as that. They aren't packed into grimy pounds awaiting their fate in the back room.

You aren't breeding your dog "professionally", but you can call it want you want if it helps you to sleep at night.

But to answer your BYB question, genetic health testing of hips, elbows, eyes, ears, heart etc cannot be done accurately before the age of 2.

No dog, BYB or not should be bred before the age of 2.

SHE IS TOO OLD FOR A FIRST TIME LITTER. DO YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY IN CASE OF A C SECTION? LOTS OF DOGS THAT HAVE A C SECTION REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEIR PUPPIES AFTER THE PROCEDURE. THEY DONT KNOW THEY HAD PUPPIES. YOU RUN A GGOD CHANCE OF THE MOM DYING SUDDENLY AS WELL.WHAT THEN? IVE HAD LITTERS OF CHAMPIONED DOBERMANS AND THE PUPS ALL HAD SHOW HOMES BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. NONE OF MY FEMALES WERE EVEN NEAR 4YRS. OLD BC OF THE PROBLEMS LISTED ABOVE. DO YOU LOVE YOUR DOG? THEN DONT RISK HER LIFE.THANK YOU

You keep asking questions that a person that can be responcible would not need to ask. You have a cross bred mongrel and the poor old thing needs to be spayed.

"proffessional" breeders don't breed old dogs for fun. They do it because it is their life's passion, and they work hard to improve a specific breed. DO NOT BREED MUTTS!