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Thu, 09 Aug 2007
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So you want to breed mastiffs. Breeding mastiffs
is not an easy job , Please take a moment to read
this before considering being a mastiff breeder.
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The English Mastiff is one of the hardest and
most expensive breeds of dog to raise and breed .
Fertility problems in both the male and female
mastiff is common . Whelping difficulties are
normal for the female mastiff as well as post
delivery problems are a high probability in this
breed. You can not breed a mastiff until they are
at least 19 months of age and if you try breeding
after 6 years of age you will be courting
disaster. So you would be very lucky to see 3
litters out of a mastiff female , I have been
breeding mastiffs for 10 years and have never
managed to get 3 litters from any of my
bitches. .This is one of the reasons the cost of
buying a mastiff puppy is higher then other
breeds .Reputable mastiff breeders seldom ever
make money breeding mastiffs.
Before deciding to breed a mastiff stud dog or
bitch , the breeder should be confident that
their mastiff is a good example of the breed in
both temperament size and confirmation and dose
not have health or temperament problems that can
be passed on to their puppies.
Health problems that should be tested for are Hip
and Elbow Displacia , Heart problems, genetic eye
problems , and thyroid . Many reputable breeders
go even farther and do testing for many more
genetic health problems.
If you are thinking why bother testing , I will
tell you that from a monetary standpoint you do
not want to be refunding money to unhappy puppy
buyers because their pup has Hip dysplacia or a
bad heart. You could go broke really fast , You
may even find yourself in court over an unhealthy
puppy. Your goal as a breeder should always be to
produce a healthy , sound, friendly, mastiff, of
outstanding breed type.
You can contact you local veterinarian and he can
make all the arrangements for the testing you
should do before breeding your mastiff.
If you are thinking of breeding your mastiff to
make money let me show you how wrong you can be.
First of all you will need to factor in the cost
of buying a breeding quality mastiff , you are
looking at paying $1800 to $3000 dollars for a
mastiff puppy from a breeder who dose genetic and
health testing on their lines . . Then the cost
of caring for that mastiff for 2 years before you
can breed the mastiff.
Then you are looking at about $700 dollars to do
X-rays on hips elbows , eye testing , and heart
and thyroid .
You can then expect to pay $2000 to $2800 for
stud feel to the owner of the male you are using .
As I stated before mastiffs are very hard to
breed so you may well have to do progesterone
testing on the female to make sure you have bred
her at the right time , so factor in another $400
dollars on progesterone tests . 60 percent of
mastiffs need some sort of veterinarian help
whelping and many end up in C-sections at a cost
of about $1000 or higher 1800 because of course
it will be after hours when you need the
emergancy c-section. . After the mastiff whelps
you have a very high probability of mastitis in
this breed , This is an infection in then mammary
glands , “My last 4 breedings my females all got
mastitis” and you may well end up bottle feeding
pups and have a bitch so sick she needs strong
antibiotics and sometimes surgery to drain the
infection, you could well be looking at another
$400 to $600 dollars for this common
complication. Then you must supplement the pups ,
pay for worming and vaccination and health checks
before you can sell the pup , as well as the cost
of registering the pups . Add another 600 dollars
for this expense . We are not even going to
factor in to this the cost of laundry , whelping
box, puppy food, milk replacer, thermometer and
other whelping and medical supplies . Now suppose
you only have 4 pups in the litter ,, Guess what
even if you sell your pups for $2000 each , you
are in dept big time . Now to make matters even
worse , lets say some of the pups have a genetic
health problem after you have sold the pups , You
will ether have to refund the puppy buyers money
or they can take you to court and sue you. . Gee
should have done that genetic testing and X-rays
right !!
So you wonder why anyone would every want to
breed mastiffs , There is only one reason
reputable breeders keep on with the breed and
that is LOVE OF THIS BREED, Any long time mastiff
breeder will tell you they have gone in dept ,
that breeding mastiffs is hard on the pocket
book . I know many mastiff breeders and do not
know a single one who can say they make a profit.
Here is a great article by Dr. robins on whelping
and breeding the difficult mastiff.
MASTIFF BREEDS DIRECTORY
http://members.aol.com/rocknrob56/index.htm
Article on Determining if your mastiff is
breeding quality
Are you a wanna be mastiff breeder , this mastiff
breeders site has lots of great article
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