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For beginners, breeding a Shiba Inu successfully is nearly
impossible. Breeding can be very complicated, but gets easier
with experience. You should never attempt to breed unless you
know a lot about requirements for hobby breeders, as it is simply
unfair to the breed if you have a litter of puppies that simply
aren't what they should be. People who look to buy a Shiba Inu
only want top quality, which is why you shouldn't attempt to
breed just to have puppies or make a few dollars.
Breeding a Shiba Inu is a very serious hobby, one that should
be left to those who know how to make the right choices. There
is a certain amount of cost and care involved with breeding,
especially if breeders are going for top quality. There is also
a lot of responsibility involved as well, which can take quite
a bit of time to say the least.
Motivation for Breeding
Breeding can help to fulfill the needs of your dog, although
it is believed that the dog still has no knowledge of it missing,
no regrets, or no guilt towards living a life without having
been bred. A pregnant Shiba Inu female doesn't gain anything
in regards to health, as it instead causes problems. Females
that have been spayed on the other hand, cannot be bred. If you
have chosen to have your Shiba Inu spayed, always remember
that she will be unable to breed.
When looking to breed, quality breeders will have a lot of
choices in front of them. They will need to determine the pair,
meaning the mother and the father. To get the highest quality
possible from the litter, the breeder will need to determine
the traits of both dogs, temperaments, and how well they seem
to react to one another. The breeder will also need to determine
if either of the dogs has any type of health problems, to prevent
any diseases or ailments from being passed on to the litter.
Sometimes, when breeding a Shiba Inu, the mother of the
litter will prove to be unfit or uninterested, which requires
more work for the breeder. If the mother isn't doing her job
of nurturing her young, the breeder will need to do it for her.
This can be the most time consuming aspect of breeding, as the
breeder will have to feed the young and make sure that they turn
out as healthy as possible.
Aside from that, breeders also face substantial costs as well.
The prices for daily care, food, and vet bills can be very steep,
to say the least. When you crunch the numbers, you'll quickly
realize that breeders don't make much money at all when they
sell. Most breeders do it for a hobby, not looking to get rich.
Quality breeders, on the other hand, aren't concerned with money
at all, as they are more concerned about the quality of their
litters. Quality is better than quantity, as even the best breeders
out there have problems selling puppies from time to time.
Unfortunately, there are "puppy farms" that do indiscriminant
breeding and churn out low quality puppies. By "low quality",
I mean they have health defects or are not true to the breed's
characteristics.
Although breeding is fun for hobby breeders, it is something
you really shouldn't be doing if you don't have the experience.
Although your Shiba Inu may get knocked up by a dog of a different
breed without your knowing it, you should do your best to avoid
it at all costs, if you can, by being careful when she is in
heat that she does not come into contact with male dogs of any
breed.
A pure bred Shiba Inu should be bred only with dogs of her
breed, to help preserve the breed and keep their bloodline going.
If you have thought about breeding in the past, you should really
study long and hard before you actually make a reality of it. |
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