PARVO!!! - Page 4

I have to comment on the " ... importance of breeding every heat until retired...." thing. Stephanie, have you ever seen or heard of a bitch having so many litters back to back until her poor, worn out uterus can't take any more and ruptures, killing the bitch?? It happens and there is no excuse for overbreeding. Dogs are not livestock, there is no shortage of them and even hog farmers and cattlemen rest their females.

It's nice how people put words in my mouth. Since when did I say I bred my dogs until they were worn out? I have never bred a bitch more than 5 times.  And NO I have never seen a dog where it's uterus ruptures. My dogs don't get to that state.
I work on a cattle ranch and they are bred EVERY year. We rotate the bulls on the pastures. Maybe some ranchers rest thier livestock but the ranch I work on does not. They have the best looking animals around. Very well cared for.

Steph
I have no issues with anyone breeding a healthy female 4 or 5 times in her life time but when you breed 3 females within weeks of each other in smacks of puppy farming . What need other than financial would one have to do this ? Are you running a puppy on from each litter ?

Just addressing the whole "rabies vax cures the disease" statement.  This is not exactly true - at least not in the human world.  If someone who has never had a rabies vax is exposed to rabies, they will receive rabies immunoglobulin first to provide passive immunity which will begin to work immediately, then they will receive the vaccine series to provide active immunity.  Without receiving the immunoglobulin after exposure, the body probably would not respond quick enough to build up the antibodies to the rabies vaccine to be considered effective.

I know nothing of the OP so these are  general statements on just a couple of the more recent posts, not defending or attacking anything to do with this particular circumstance. I just see some of these statements over and over and they're just incorrect, from a biological standpoint. 

You are all aware that housing females in close proximity synchronizes their cycles, right?  Meaning...no one plans litters within weeks of each other (no one in their right mind, anyway), rather, it just happens because their cycles synch that way.  I wouldn't want to breed more than one at a time, but if it was that or wait another 6mos. on a bitch who was nearing middle age, I'm going to err on the side of the bitch's health every time. 

A canine uterus doesn't "rest". It ages regardless of whether the bitch is bred or not, as progesterone is the aging factor, so imo, better to breed a female often and young, then retire her than "rest" her while her uterus continues to age and try to breed her when she's older, possibly increasing risks of complications,  all because it "looks" better for your image portrayed to those who are really too ignorant to understand why their preconceived notions bear no merit. 

Well, personally, image portrayed has nothing to do with what I practice. As far as aging goes, I bet that more than the uterus ages, regardless of pregnancy;) Anyway, go for all the breedings back to back with your animals your heart desires, and I'll continue with my program.

Just found this thread from 30 March 2011 on PDB, Breeding Frequency for Female Dogs. Every one has an opinion, seems like.

Just addressing the whole "rabies IgG is given before the rabies vaccine" statement.  This is not exactly true - at least not in the human world.  Actually, they are given at the same time.

By the way, Recuperation benefits the entire body.