Dog Breeding and Mating

== == You have to wait until the dog is at least two years old to start breeding him. This is when he/she is fully sexually matured. They are sexually mature at 6 months of age but their sperm count may be low and some registries have a minimum breeding age requirement of 7-8 months.

a jack Russell terrier usually would have 3-8 puppies sometimes less.

average is 4-6.

you have no way of knowing how many pups there will b... get an Xray 3-4 days before she gives birth, thats the only way to know. your dog could have 1-10 pups.. it all depends on how many eggs were fertalized.

This is a sign on anti-social behaviour. Sitting down or moving away when other dogs attempt to smell the rear end is a sign that your dog does not want, or does not know, how to react or be social with other dogs. Perhaps your dog didn't get enough socialisation with other dogs when it was a puppy? Try to let your dog spend as much time as possible around strange dogs. If it continues to sit down, keep it moving to prevent this. Hope this helps!

"Labradoodles" are a hybrid breed that are created by crossing Labrador Retrievers with Poodles. With the addition of "mini", I suspect this litter would be a Labrador Retriever crossed with a Miniature Poodle. This is too new of a deliberate breed cross for specific health problems to be known about the cross. However, Labradors tend to have problems with obesity, hip dysplasia and several different cancers; Poodles tend to have skin and ear problems, usually associated with underlying allergies, and dental issues. When crossing these two breeds, you may get some of the above, all of them, or none of them - it just depends on how the genes recombine and how the dog is raised.

You can take him out in your arms as soon as you bring him home. Don't let him have contact with the ground where other dogs have (or may have) toileted and don't let him have contact with other dogs unless you know them VERY well and know they are healthy and fully vaccinated. During his puppy vaccination series there is a period of time when he will have little or no immunity and is at increased risk of contracting diseases. You have to keep him away from sources of infection during that period. The problem is, we don't ever know exactly when that period is or when it ends. Most vets will clear a puppy to be out in public (and around other dogs) a week after his second set of shots. But you should do whatever your own vet recommends because he knows your specific area, what's going around, and the specific needs of your puppy best.

Agressive behaviour, Usually biting or barking at you.

with a premature puppy you should feed it with a dropper . If the dropper does not work then you MUST take the puppy to the vet

A warm, dark, place, make sure at night (if you have the mom) that they are with their mom. They should always have blankets, and you always need to be able to see them at night, still, get some sleep! You don't need to watch them as much while their with their mom.

Because they want to be mounted, and then plowed by a male.

She most likely is- you should take her to the vet and find out for sure

If you need to ask, you shouldn't breed. The only good breeders are responsible breeders who know what they're doing and spend thousands of dollars health checking parents, testing etc. You would be adding to the population of hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs/puppies. Get them fixed.

Around two months the same as dogs that are not inbreed dogs

Check the local humane society and rescue groups.

Newborn pups are protected from disease by the antibodies they get from their mother's milk. This natural immunity begins to fade as the pups start to get bigger, at which point they'll be needing their puppy shots, so they will continue to be protected from disease as they grow. A puppy can start it's vaccines as young as 5 or 6 weeks or age, and get the second set about 3 weeks later. At 12 to 15 weeks of age your puppy will need another combination vaccine.

Once puppies start to crawl around and get mobile, but haven't yet completed their puppy vaccines, they can be protected from disease by not taking them outside in areas where lots of dogs toilet, or near other dogs that are current on their vaccines. Once a puppy has had it's puppy shots, it's safe to take it places.

I think (but I'm not sure) that they are asking if they are allowed to breed the puppy once they buy it, I think.

A small amount of plain boiled rice is fine occasionally, and is actually good for some stomach problems, but too much rice is not nutritious, and a good quality dog food (such as Before Grain) should be given as the main food source.

maybe you should talk him and ask him why. You are asking the wrong people ... sit down and ask him! He may have many reasons for his actions, but it doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't love you. It's time you found out exactly what he felt because you don't want to hang around someone that doesn't care for you. If he can't talk you and make more of an effort in your relationship then it only gets worse when you get married. Before the 60s young men and women didn't live together (if they did it was top secret and they'd lie and say they were married) but when the 60s came, rah, rah, rah, and "anything goes" brought on by a hippy, gypsy style of life, it went over the edge and went too far. People were sleeping with other people (often sharing partners) and many living together. While it may have been a great feeling of freedom people who did this gave up a lot: control in their lives, taking the mystery out of relationships, and telling all or giving all to a point life became mundane and there were few surprises left. By living with someone, having children as well and if lucky, then buying a home, it seems to me it's all backasswards. It's sort of like your birthday coming up and you are hoping and praying you get a certain something and then you see the box sitting there on the table. Anticipation is the best thing in life and gives us the thrills in our lives, so we can either leave that box sitting there for a few hours to a few days and get that excited anticipation or, we can open the box and take away all those great feelings. Well, when you live with someone, they get to know you, there sure isn't much to know any longer. Instead of partners making their relationship exciting, full of surprises, etc., all is said and done, the partners become bored quickly (men especially) and problems arise. There is nothing abnormal with not living with someone you love and waiting to get married. Actually, more and more young people are getting on the band wagon and not living with each other and also abstaining from sex if you can believe that. Instead of relationships getting more modern they are starting to turn back to the good old fashion ways. I know many younger men who often ask the advice of my husband and I, and the first thing out of their mouths is they want a good old fashioned girl and they are tired of the rat race out there. These young men don't mean that the woman stays home, cooks, has children and doesn't have a life, but they want a young woman in their lives that has a life of her own, is active, thinks further than just getting married and sex immediately. There is so much to see out in this world and it can be made more exciting by having a loyal and fun partner to do these things with. It's adviseable that one gets to know as much about themselves as they can before they hook up with someone that they really love. Getting to know as much as we possibly can about ourselves gives us strength in character and we learn many things such as loyalty, problem solving, wisdom, etc. Without it most relationships never survive.

It depens on what the sheltie is mixed with.

She will start to pant heavy and look for a place to have them so have a clean quiet place for her to go and keep an eye on her and take water to her she will not get uo to get water so you must do that for her.

It depends on how old you are! lol

if they arn't fixed they will go into heat and try there hardest to get to each other and the result is normally a pregnant mother dog for 3 months. hello puppies!

To watch cute puppies play :D

comfort the puppy try to make it feel safe. this lets the puppy know you care and can run to you for safety. if the puppy is scared of an object simply remove it or try to persuade the puppy that it wont harm it. or let it get comfortable around the object if the puppy is scared of things like lightning, thunderstorms, or any other weather hold the puppy, distract it while playing with it, remove it from the area where it scares it the most. If the puppy is scared of you try to be playful or cuddle with it. if the puppy has had an bad and abusive life it may take longer for it to get used to you. Just show the puppy your trust and that you mean no harm.