tips

here's a tip. not sure how effective it is, my Vet told me this;

just when your bitch is starting her heat feed her puppy food. This is going to give her more energy so she is going to ovulate more, thus more puppies!

kennels

Here's another link that I foudn very helpfull:

you can find guides to have your own kennel, how to build it and arrange it

http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/kennels.htm

I hope one day to have my own kennel

about breeding beagles

Since I am new to breeding, I've been reading a lot. Here's a link that really helped me; it's only about breeding beagles. It's from the uk so it explains how to breed hunting beagles, but stil it's very helpful.

http://www.beaglesinperil.org.uk/breed2.htm

Here's my summary:
after your bitch starts her second heat (or the one you desire), start using the calledar.

1. mark the callendar for the 7th day after the first day she is in heat. this is when you should get her with the disered sire.
2. during the next 5 days she sould be with the sire 3 times, for a 100% fertilization
3. you have to remember that the day of mating is not the same as the conception day, it's usualll 2 days later.
4. 20 -25 days after mating take the bitch to the vet to check if she is pregnant with a simple palpation ( the vet trys to feel the puppies, first to see if the bitch (now a dame) is pregnant and how many puppies she is carrying.
5. 60 - 65 days after mating you can expect puppies. Be ready to sleep a lot less, they tend to arrive at nigth.!

Breeding Bellota

Since I love dogs, my dream has always been to breed a dog. This is going to be the first time I do this.

Fisrt Step: get a female dog
In more "technical " terms, a beach. Her nme is Bellota, she a beautiful beagle. She is 1 year and 7 moths old, extremly social so i spect it to be easy.


Second Step: find a male dog

I have about 8 male dogs or sires (to continue the lesson in vocabulary) that are dying (they are dogs!) to mate with Bellota.


Third Step:
wait for the bitch to be in heat, at leats for the second time, usually when they are a year and half.

just in case: when the beach is in heat is when she starts the reproductive period, I' explain more tomorrow.