Four Steps to Breeding Success

Common Myths

  Bitches are either early or late ovulators.
  Natural matings produce the best puppies.
  Day 14 is the best day to breed.
  Artificial Insemination doesn’t produce as many puppies.
  The stud dog always knows the best date to mate.
  Breed when the color changes from red to straw color.
  When the bitch might be ready, wait two days.
  A bitch can only have pups from one sire in one heat season.
  Natural matings have higher conception rates and larger litter sizes.
  Counting days is the best way to breed.
  Vaginal cytology is the method of determining the date to mate.
  Day “one” is the day you first see blood from the bitch.
  All dogs produce the same quality of sperm on each ejaculate.
  Quality and quantity of sperm are the same.

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