Hi, I am new to the group and fairly new to breeding. I have had one very successful litter!

Anyway, I have an 8mo tri ckcs that I plan on breeding in about a years time. However, my dog (who is an awesome stud) dug under the fence two feet down, got out and tied with my 8mo!
Surely this is far to young! I have some concerns though! I am not a fan of murder, and killing any puppies would be murder in my eyes. However I am concerned of what MAJOR complications could arrise from her being pregnant so young. My vet has said that I can come in and get a shot for her tomorrow and then thursday, but I am not sure what to do. Do you know if there are side effects from this shot. Because I do want to breed her, I don't want to harm her chances in the future.
Any advise would be much appreciated. I have scoured all my books but find no mention of what to do in this situation. In an ideal world I would never find myself in this situation!
Your help appreciated, your advice needed.

Amy (looking at my poor 8mo as if she has been assaulted!)

Thanks for the advice. We are already starting to re-do the run. We are expanding it, and putting all the outskirts to concrete slabs. No more digging for him! I also thought that I could put my penny in with him. She is fixed and they get along well.
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Great small breed dogs. She is well worth breeding, it took me two years to find the line I wanted! I called the guy I bought her from, he has been breeding for 25 years and confirmed my fear. Pregnancy would be fatal for her. She is going in the morning to get the shot. Quite a 'wake up' call and is making me think over having a stud dog at home at all!

It has been quite a scary experience for me, and I am sure for Lola as well! She is still a baby and any fears I have for breeding her in the future were wiped away when I learned it would be fatal for her to be pregnant.

thank you for not being negative. It is much appreicated!
Amy

ckcs is the short name for the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Same family as the cocker, a bit smaller, but imho the best campanion dog I have ever come across. Complete unconditional love. They have the best temperment! I am originally from Texas and I had never heard of them when I first came to England. However it didn't take me long to fall in love with the breed. You could easily take a few back to america because there are no rabies there, it is only bringing dogs into England that requires a 6mo quarantine. Or at least when we moved back to America and brought our cat, she didn't have to go through quarantine.

I have posted some pics of them for all to see, you are not the first one to ask. My sister fell in love with them when she was over and was tempted to try and take one of my puppies back!

I love this breed. They are a toy breed and therefore have no 'real' function other than companion. They are energetic, playful, loving, tolerant the best dog around children I have ever seen, cute!!!! smart and easy to train. I am sure your could google them to find out more if you wanted. That is how I did it! Because of their big hearts (figuratively speaking, although as a breed they are prone to heart problems if allowed to get overweight especially) they are also easy to re-home once they are adults.

Dog owning is quite a bit different in this country. Dogs are treated like people for the most part and given what ever they want. The overweight dog population in this country is almost epidemic! I have a hard time holding my tongue when I see a poor dog struggling to keep up on a walk because the owner has allowed them to get so big! Anyway, another story all together. Hope this has answered the question, maybe I will post more about the breed later.
Have a Merry Christmas!!!

Hi. i'm not sure when all this happened but i do know you have a limited window to get the shot. I would think that there may be a few "side-effects" since everything has some but it would definatly outway the risks to your bitch in "breeding" her so young. The damage to her growing body would be irreversable. It takes so much out of a grown female I can't imagine that poor little thing having to go through all that. I would get the shot for sure and not feel the least bit guilty about "killing" the pups. They would run the risk of death and complications anyway not to mention your bitch's health. I too am a "new breeder" I have successfully whelped 2 litters in the past week and 1 back on Sept. 29th. Don't feel bad and good luck witth future litters!!!

Funny, my vet mentioned nothing about pyometra. But thanks to this post I was able to keep an eye or her.

Just wanted to let you know she got the 'all clear' and is not pregnant!!!!

One can not say 'close call' enough! As I speak my great boy charlie is in the run which has proved to be un-escapable. Also, since we got Maisy (she is due to be fixed in the next few weeks) I have someone who can always keep him company when he has to be fenced in.

I somehow feel complete with four dogs now. Maybe it is because I now have four dogs and four children, I must like the number 4, although have only been married once......

I must just add that this is the best dog forum I have come across and really appreciate everyone putting the time in to help me out and give advice or just make me smile. You guys are great!

God Bless,
Amy

10 or more years ago, our breedable GSD was young, and we had to go somewhere while she was in heat, I didn't want to leave her in the house, the mess you know. We put her in our garage, that had an upstairs, with shutter type doors over open windows, with hook and eye type fastners. She figured out how to open one, and jumped down from the second floor, and bred with the neighbors Olde English Sheep dog. She only had one pup, and he was really kinda cute, we named him Dooley, why? I don't know, he kinda looked like one. After that episode, she was better contained, but that was her biggest moment, she looked like Lassie leaping to the rescue!!