Anyone have experience breeding dogs?

Well its confirmed, showed her some stuff from this thread and she agrees its more aggro than its worth.

No pups for me.

Originally Posted by hongman

No pups for me.

Stick with your wife's

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Originally Posted by shonadoll

Good decision, very responsible. Always good to get a bitch spayed as they can develop pyometra, a uterine infection. Don't agree on the cancer risk for dogs, my two are entire and staying that way, I'd reconsider if they had behavioural issues but the cancer risk is very low.

Yeah...cancer risk is debatable, I just prefer not to take the chance.

Out of interest, what is your insurance like? Mine dropped when they were neutered...quite considerably too.

Don't have insurance- have a separate account for the dogs and pay into it every month. I work in a vets so get treatment at a greatly reduced cost anyway, and to be honest these days I'm not as pro insurance as I was. Saving money for them is always a good idea.

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Originally Posted by shonadoll

Don't have insurance- have a separate account for the dogs and pay into it every month. I work in a vets so get treatment at a greatly reduced cost anyway, and to be honest these days I'm not as pro insurance as I was. Saving money for them is always a good idea.

+1 on having money set aside for them. To be honest, my main reason for keeping them insured is that they have lifelong plans, so if one or all of them get anything that needs permanent treatment, it is covered for life.

I just wondered as the premium dropped by £40 a year for the bitches and £45 a year for the dogs after they were neutered.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

Don't. Know what the discount would be I was with marks and Spencer's. Just found this-shocking!

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Originally Posted by shonadoll

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

Don't. Know what the discount would be I was with marks and Spencer's. Just found this-shocking!

Wow....glad it doesn't affect me but surprised they can get away with this.