Multi Sired Litter - Page 1

What do you feel are the Pros and Cons to breeding two males to one female?

Are you talking about a multi-sired litter,

or alternating the use of both studs?

Yes,a multi-sired litter.

Makes no sense at all.
Would cost a fortune to straighten it out in DNA tests, and to what end?
Speed up someones so called breeding program?

 

I know someone who did and it made complete sense:) She wanted to breed her female to two different males but the female was getting a little older and the owner wanted only one litter. Each male would bring in different lines that the owner wanted to perpetuate with her "breeding program."
So the female was bred to both males and the owner kept 3 of the pups back.
http://www.akc.org/dna/multisire.cfm
Mary

Well its her dime when it comes to the DNA testing.I think it is getting quite common these days to use two males.I dont but some can.

If you want the added expense fine, if your in a hurry fine, anyone could have a reason I'm sure.
The bitch doesn't care one way or the other.
AKC will register anything for the right price.  I just ordered a DNA kit for Indy, $35.00 prepaid.   But thats not the cost of sorting out a litter.
Maybe it depends on what kind of breeder you are.
Just sounds desparate to me, or indulgent.
I dunno.   I can't slam it but I wouldn't want to go to all the trouble myself.

   I can see the reasonableness of of a multi-sired litter, especially if the bitch is not going to be bred again.  The expense of sorting out the paternity is one that the breeder is free to embrace.    I could see it, for example, if there were frozen semen available from one stud that was limited and another stud was available for multiple live covers.  If the breeder wanted to "make sure" (as sure a one can with these things) that at least one breeding took, or that the heat cycle was not "wasted," if the breeding with the frozen semen didn't take.  The additional cost for DNA testing may well be worthwhile.

Before you can DNA the puppies you have to have them ID'd by either a tattoo or a microchip....THEN and only then can DNA be done on each puppy.

So for a litter of 6 puppies:

6 x $20 microchip = $120

6 x $35 pre-paid DNA kit = $210    - That already $330 and you haven't even registered them yet.

AKC DNA Profiling
You must obtain AKC DNA Profiles for the sire(s), the dam, and each puppy from this sire and dam and submit
copies of the Profiles with a Multiple-Sire Litter Registration Application.
Fees (subject to change without notice; processing fees are nonrefundable)
• $200.00 administrative fee to process multiple litter applications for a dam for the whelping date specified
• $25.00 processing fee for each application
• $2.00 x the number of puppies – puppy fee
• $35.00 for Expedited Handling and Priority Mail service for each application (Continental U.S. only. No
Saturday delivery. No delivery to a post office box number – full address only.)
• $65.00 for each application if it has been more than 6 months since the litter was whelped

Most people going to the trouble of multi-sire litters, would already be doing tattoos (or chips). And most of the studs that might be used would already be DNA'ed. So if I were breeding for myself, I would not let a few hundred dollars stop me:)
Mary