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Old 03-22-2008, 07:33 PM
fbkeays fbkeays is offline
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Re: Breeding Before 2 yrs of age

I would never dream of breeding even 1 day before having the OFA hip number in my hands. I am NOT impressed with you doing pre-lims. Big whoop! I have done pre-lims. I know lots of people that do prelims.
I have done many complete physicals, at least one a year. I even had my spayed bitch OFA'd hips and elbows. I did eye exams and full thyroids yearly on her too. All of my dogs have multiple CERF exams. Heck, I even had my neutered male get his cardio clearance via cardiologist. What you have done should be standard procedure. I am not impressed.
In America, for the Rottweiler, ethical breeders don't breed until after 24 months and after the health tests are done. I am sorry that your girl is in heat now, and there not being enough time to do OFA x-rays and get the result back in time when she turns two.
One of the signs of a responsible breeder is patience. So you have to wait, so what. There are some things that responsible breeders do and those are the things that separate the responsible breeders from the irresponsible. It is just something that responsible people do.
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