I have a chocolate dapple miniature dashund. He is seven months old and I have somebody who is wanting to mate him with there dashund. Is he old enough to get her pregnant? What age should I wait until I mate him?

Most Males reach sexual maturity at about 12 to 14 months. However, while your interested party is obviously interested in breeding for COLOR with your male, there are other factors to be considered, especially with the dachshund breed.

Due to indiscriminate breeding, by some people, Dachshunds have developed some health problems, and of course most breeds with longer backs already HAVE inherent possibilities for specialized health challenges.

AS A RULE most responsible breeders wait until their Dog and Bitch is at least two year of age. Part of the reason for this is to assure that both ARE sexually mature, (especially the bitch), but even more importantly...there are some health certificates that you can not GET for your animal until they are about two years of age.

By the age of two, you pretty much know for sure if you are looking at a SHOW QUALITY or a PET QUALITY ANIMAL!

In addition to the interest in the color of your Dog...are EITHER OF YOU BOTHERING TO SHOW YOUR ANIMALS? Despite the presence of a desired COLOR, what other outstanding attributes does your Dog have to offer? Unless you are showing, you really cannot know the answer to this question. Showing lets your dog earn points and titles that PROCLAIM HIM TO BE OUTSTANDING, worthy of passing on his bloodline to IMPROVE this breed, otherwise, you are just hocking sperm based upon color and not necessarily doing anything but helping to put more puppies out in the world, where so many (including purebred) are put to sleep every single night.

Likewise...what about the bitch? Is she earning points and titles? What's her standing?

You already KNOW you have a desirable COLORED Dog...assuming you show and he does earn his titles..WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW HIM TO BE BRED TO AN UNTITLED BITCH?....You want the best bitch for your dog...he's half the formula! Breeding him to an untitled, connects him to a less than suitable breeding in the world of RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS.

These are things to consider, beyond...hey I'll give you $100 if you breed your dog to my Bitch!

Here's a couple of sites with additional information for you to check out as well.

http://www.oes.org/page2/10944~What_age_would_my_male_dog_be_ready_to_mate.html

http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/breeding.html

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I don't show my dog. He is a beautiful dog though. I spent well over $600 for the dog as a present for my husband. He is just our pet. He loves my two girls. I would love to find a blue dapple dashund. The percentage rate of getting a dapple because you mate a dapple is very slim, but its worth a try.
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by Christa on March 9th, 2007
Are you understanding my point about RESPONSIBLE breeding as compared to BACK YARD and PUPPY MILL breeding? I'm sure your little fellow is a wonderful dog, I have no doubt he's beautiful and sweet. But, unless you are willing to put out the efforts to show and hopefully earn his titles, and DO THE BLOODLINE research you would be simply helping to produce MORE PUPPIES and contribute to MORE DEAD DOGS, purebred, crossbred and mutts. WONDERFUL dogs are killed EVERY, SINGLE NIGHT in this country, because no one wants them. This breed is often dumped because they can sometimes have more House training challenges than some people are willing to put the training effort into to see them fully house trained.

I beg you to consider becoming part of the solution, instead of part of the problem. My dog is beautiful, smart and wonderful, I'm frankly besotted with her. But there is no way in hell she will EVER have puppies in this lifetime. She's spayed.
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by Redhawk on March 10th, 2007

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I asked a simple question. I know there are many of dogs needing homes. I adopted one for myself. Raised him til he was two and had alot problems when we moved. I had to put him down due to the safety of my children. Don't get me wrong i loved him and it hurt to put him down, but me wanting to mate my dog has nothing to do with putting more dogs in the world. There are people who want the dogs when they are ready.
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by Christa on March 9th, 2007

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