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Originally Posted by fbkeays  What is your hurry? In the USA (the country, not the GSD club) the standard is OFA. I know of no rottweiler COE club that allows breeding before 24 months of age. I would be very suspicious of a person who wants to breed so young. I want to know what their motives are and before even knowing what they are, I would suspect that they are not in the best interest of the bitch or the breed.
Rottweilers are prone to a type of cataract that does not typically show up until between 18-36 months of age. Personally I don't believe or trust any clear CERF that was done before 18 months of age because of that and perfer to see CERF for after 36 months.
Again, what is your hurry? |
I am not in a hurry. My girl is 2 weeks shy of her 2nd Birthday. She is in heat now, but her progesterone tests is at a 1. Typically she is at a 4.0 on day 12(I have run progesterone tests on her every heat cycle to get an idea of how she runs, since I may take her Europe to breed in a year or so, and may want to get there ahead of time.
BTW, you insinuation that I am only in it for the money....Hah....If that were the case I would not have started doing hip exrays at 6 months, eye exam 2 times, thyroid tests(twice), complete blood work with Brucellosis testing on both dogs.
Breeding in Europe is standard at 18 months. So why do people here have an issue? They are so much more knowledgeable there than we are here.
And, further, many professionals handlers/breeders/conformation people will breed early in order to fill out a dog.
What if you import a dog at 18 months in whelp? What if you purchase a dog from Europe that has been bred? At say 20 months?
Do they even do Eye exams in Europe? Seriously? I have never seen evidence if they have.
I am not suggesting breeding a dog under the age of 18 months....but, I do not see a problem breeding a dog at 18 months or older, AGAIN, if all health testing is in order.
Just an opinion.