[LittleHead]

My family is harassing about me mating Britney with someone! :x My aunt has said about 10 times already that she's "never gonna get to experience motherhood." and at our yard sale we had on saturday, my sister-in-law's step-mother said that my dog would have beautiful babies.

I understand that...but I already went through an experience of breeding a female chihuahua....and I ended up losing her and her babies all in the same day.

 

[OzzyAndLilysMom]

Thats awful - how old is britney ? I would definately get her neutered to reduce her risks of getting cancer in later life :wave:

 

[xx-nathalie-xx]

yeah i wouldn't mate her ,if you are not really in to it !! best is to spay her as soon as possible :wave:

kisses nat

 

[KB]

I agree

 

[luv4mygirls]

yeah that soudns a lot like my mother did when muphin was younger. she's a mixed breed and not fully my dog so i had no say in anything. "i want her to experience motherhood.... let her have one litter then get her fixed" yep. makes me cringe.

 

[xKoozex]

I wouldnt take the chance get her spayed, but of course the decision falls on you

 

[janiebabes]

I dont blame you for your bad experience. I dont know if i could deal with the loss of all. Lady had 1 pup and she lost it first litter pup was too large. That was enough to scare me. She is petite and even under vets care this happened they say it is common being first litter and the male being larger you can tell I was uneducated. Now, I have more knowledge and still I am petrified. I dont know what i would have done had anything happened to Lady. I was fortunate they didnt do a c-section managed to get the pup out lost the pup and had a huge vet bill. So again, ALL you people planning on breeding think twice even 3x. Chis are prone to C-sections. c-sections are not inexpensive, You can lose your female to infections caused by the c-section. So pups versus vet bills, loss of pups or your female what would you consider the best option?

 

[Kari]

I really wouldn't mate her. Don't let them pressure you into something that you really don't want to do.

 

[Rachael Polachek]

I really wouldn't mate her. Don't let them pressure you into something that you really don't want to do.

Or something that might not be best for Britney.

 

[Kristin]

I had that same thing happen to me with my bf and his friends. I was thinking about it until I talked to the vet and (of course) got some advice from the wonderful people here . Lina is just too small and even though the male that my bf wanted to use was also small...I couldn't risk losing my baby girl just so she could "experience motherhood". That's not a good enough reason to breed if you ask me. Plus, if something would have happened to her, I would have never forgiven myself...EVER.

I think you're right not to want to go through that again. I'd go get her spayed so that it wouldn't be an option anymore. You know what I mean? Just so people will stop suggesting it.

 

[LittleHead]

Thanks for the advice all! I'll just wait til Butterfly gets older so they can mate her!

Ozzy & Lilly's Mom, Britney is 3.5 years old. She'll be turning 4 on the 9th of September