Shadow and Molly are AMORE! The next puppy season has begun. This will be Molly’s fourth and final litter before retirement. She is such a perfect mom and loves babies so much (when she missed a heat she tried to adopt Jenny’s babies) that I’m already sad for her that this is her last. We only do four litters per mom.
This is a great time to explain why I breed every heat, as long as the mom bounces back well, instead of giving my girls a rest as some breed clubs require.
The short answer is that skipping heats increases the likelihood of mammary cancer (already much higher in dogs than in humans), pyometra (life-threatening uterine infection caused by psuedopregnancy when not bred), and endometriosis. For the long answer, see the links below.
https://www.midwoofery.com/post/back-to-back-breeding
Most reproductive veterinary specialists now recommend doing back to back breeding as long as the mom recovered easily from the previous litter. Then they recommend retiring a dog early.
We should have babies in about two months if all goes well and I can’t wait!
