Working A Pregnant Bitch.

[frazdog 252]

Its asking for trouble imo, the litter must not be that important, so as to work the bitch, why take the risk, youd be balling if anything happened, an to work a bitch in pup till 8 week, thats just stupid imo

[morton 5,368]

Its asking for trouble imo, the litter must not be that important, so as to work the bitch, why take the risk, youd be balling if anything happened, an to work a bitch in pup till 8 week, thats just stupid imo

Its never caused me bother and ive worked at least 5 or 6 bitches in whelp,over the years,if a little light graft and chewing on a small rodent restricted my terriers working life,even in pup,id take up knitting.I believe any resultant litter benefits from the immunity the mother builds up,especially from work related activity,each to their own i suppose.

[frazdog 252]

Each to their own, an if one of our digging bitches was in pup, she'd be in comfort an less stress as possible, with daily exercise, not working, I just cant see the point in working bitches in pup, when the pups are important, but some mean more to men, than to other men.

[Blaise 2,324]

20 years ago, a bitch was hunting wild boar during the winter, froze and snow. Some Boars have been shot. When the night came, the bitch was lost. No bitch during two weeks.

This little Bitch has been found alive, inside the carcase of a lost boar. She eat the boar. And inside the carcase, nestled with the mother and leaves, three little pups.

[leethedog 3,071]

Good mother

[Shamo 319]

To me a Bitch wouldn't be put to a Dog until the Bitch was 'proven', to my way of thinking. I would also choose a Dog of better or equal quality, so why would I then risk any Pups by potentially over facing the Bitch. I only want Terriers to go to ground and then Foxes would be accidents, so slightly more strenuous work......lol. A bit of Ratting shouldn't worry a proper working Terrier. We used to Hunt Hounds up until the 5th or 6th Week, when they were obviously showing and struggling.

[Cleanspade 3,324]

Each to their own, an if one of our digging bitches was in pup, she'd be in comfort an less stress as possible, with daily exercise, not working, I just cant see the point in working bitches in pup, when the pups are important, but some mean more to men, than to other men.

if i left one of my best bitch in when i went out hunting she would be having some SERIOUS stress issues. and would snake and bounce till i returned . its a mute point to me as i havnt bred in over a decade. i wonder if i would see it different if i did breed again