Too Old To Breed From?

[whippet08 8]

Hello everyone, havent posted for a while, quick question for you all , would a healthy 6yr old lurcher be too old to breed to avoid complications or is that age perfectly acceptable , many thanks richard

[socks 32,253]

Perfectly fine to breed from at that age .........

[Ideation 8,216]

Probably around the kind of age you should be breeding off a dog.

[toby1066 413]

should be fine as long as the bitch is fit and healthy

[whippet08 8]

Cheers , just a few people saying that she be to old ,being shes not had a litter before, etc etc , obviously any whelping could have complications, but you would say that 6 is a acceptable age? Is this something you have done ..ie bred dogs of that age , with good results, cheers for the replys .richard

[Ideation 8,216]

Think its way more common in the working dog world than in the pet dog world. Pet dog owners like to breed off 2 yr old fluffy, because she is young and they want another little fluffy. But to be honest, most decent working dog folk only start thinking of breeding a bitch around the 4/5/6 year old mark. And plenty of healthy litters have been reared by 7/8 year old bitches. You just need to make sure she is well looked after, well fed and fit etc.

[whippet08 8]

Cheers ideation ,

[tjones3862 3,423]

a perfect age.

[pip1968 2,490]

whats been already said as most people with working dogs would wait to see if the dog was worth breeding off and not just after 2 seasons graft

[whippet08 8]

Cheers all

[lurcher2020 285]

Lined a 12 year old bitch before as long as there healthy shouldn't be a problem

[sowhat 1,572]

My 8 year old bitch had pups last October with no problems, as already been said, as long as she is fit & healthy herself ,there shouldn't be a problem Good luck!

[paulus 26]

my ols bitch was 8 when she had her litter

[vld 62]

My bitch had first litter at 6. Ended with cesarean and loosing 3 of the 9 pups. Bitch recovered fine and looked after pups well though.

[pernod 466]

My bitch had first litter at 6. Ended with cesarean and loosing 3 of the 9 pups. Bitch recovered fine and looked after pups well though.

 

 

But was the cesarian definately age related?? what did your vet say ???

 

Pernod