Re: [pyrnet] Re: Family Jewels

["Chrissy McConnell" <chrissy_mcconnell@hotmail.com>]

Has anyone here ever had a female that would try anything to get out when 
she was in season?  My oldest girl Rajah (should be named Houdini) is 
especially good at shape shifting when in season, although we've not had any 
accidental breedings, we do have to watch her.

Chrissy


>I feel sort of like the Devil's Advocate here.  And that I have to say once
>again that I do believe in altering and that almost all of the dogs I breed
>are sold already altered.  However, I do think that there is a big
>difference between the experience of breeders and the general beliefs of
>people who do not breed.  I have had both male and female intact Pyrs for
>over 30 years.  I have had numerous of both sexes at one time.  I do not
>keep altered dogs.  I have *never* had an accidental breeding because a 
>male
>dug under, went over or chewed through anything.  And my males are kenneled
>side by side with my bitches while they are in season.  These are six foot
>high chain link runs.  My males may pace a bit and whine and dance for the
>girls but they don't even stop eating.  I do think that basic pet owners 
>who
>harbor intact dogs of opposite sexes without kennels of any sort, do run a
>higher risk of those accidents.  My belief is that people who have intact
>opposite sex dogs just to have "one" litter for whatever reason, would be
>better off skipping the whole thing.  I am not saying that one has to have 
>a
>large number of dogs in a large number of runs to be qualified to breed.  I
>am saying that bringing a litter into the world is a HUGE commitment to
>those pups (I once got back a dog that I bred that was 10 years old) and a
>huge commitment to the breed and its survival and betterment.
>
>Linda
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