rsiz020 Dog Breeding - Sud Dog Selection and Management *Notice: Due to Increased Demands, Ground Orders May Be Delayed. « Phone Hours x Temporarily Reduced to 7:00 AM-5:00 PM Mon-Fri, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM Sat® oO PRINT ARTICLE Dog Breeding — Stud Dog Selection and Management We select new genetics because of confirmation, size, and the ability to reproduce the traits in offspring, There are multiple Factors that go into stud dog selection—selecting for fertility, ease of breeding, litter size and the ability to correct a weakness we see in our females. Much time goes into looking at parents and siblings as stud dogs are selected and purchased as puppies. We keep our own females as we can raise better Females with known maternal traits for whelping, litter size, and ease of handling than we can buy. Replacement females willbe selected out of these stud dogs, so select well, Remember, management should not stop after the purchase. Testing Once selected, take your stud dog prospect to a veterinarian for a health exam. Your veterinarian should make sure he has two testicles, both testicles are down, and that the prepuce and penis are normal. The veterinarian should also assess the knees, hips, heart, bite and general health. There is rarely a perfect puppy, and we need to know where the weakness is to decide if we will keep him, Once he passes his veterinary exam, he needs a Brucellosis test to prove he is negative for this disease. Repeat the Brucellosis test in 60 days to prove he stayed negative and was not incubating the disease at purchase. We don't want to introduce a disease we don’t have! A screening Brucellosis card test can be run in a veterinary clinic or a more definitive PCR or AGID test can be run at a lab on serum, Roomates Once home, isolate for three weeks and treat for internal and external parasites, give a booster vaccination, and make sure he is staying healthy. After the three week isolation, we can raise with appropriate sized puppies. Do not select a roommate that is dominant as we want this guy to be dominant and an aggressive breeder. Never grow a stud dog prospect with a retired female. Grandma will box his ears every time he acts like a teenage boy and suppress breeding behavior. Breeding isa learned trait, and we want to set this guy up For success. Growing We recommend giving Doc Roy's® Daily Care vitamins to replacements we are growing for breeding, male or female. Daily Care is made in the USA and ensures optimum growth. The goal is to raise replacements that mature physically by one and one half years of age. Their diet should be the one you raise your puppies on as you are feeding the best food you can get. Learned Trait By five months of age, it is good to house a stud dog by himself or with another male his age, but definitely not with another female. They can breed but we do not want a female pregnant before she is mature. Allowing him to see breeding behavior is good, but be cautious with housing next to an older male who will intimidate him through the Ips: revivalanimal comipethealthstud-og selecionleaming-center 12rsiz020 Dog Breeding - Stud Dog Selection and Management fence. They still have pack mentality,” and only the most dominant male breeds. An intimidated male will not mount or breed in the other male's presence, and we do not want to see that behavior in a young stud dog. Age to Mature New stud dogs can see limited use when one year of age. By one and one half years of age, we can use as we do our adult males, ifthey have grown well, Mature males can be bred once a day without lowering sperm count significantly. Four Females to one male is easily managed; breeders manage six Females to one male if breeding is controlled. This allows the best genetics in our puppies. Breeding females every other day wil allow us to settle females in standing heat and keep male sperm count high. Low Sperm Count Occasionally a young male's sperm count is low For no good reason. You can raise the sperm count effectively with Breeders’ Edge® Oxy Stud™ vitamins for males. L-Carnitine, vitamin D and zinc, as well as many minor minerals and vitamins, are needed for sperm production. Oxy Stud™ packages these vitamins in either a meat treat or a meat flavored soft chew. Giving Oxy Stud™ once daily has been effective with raising sperm count in sub-fertile males in 60 days. We purchase replacement genetics in an effort to raise the perfect puppy. We never get to perfect but thats what keeps us trying! Stud dog selection is part of that effort, but you must raise your replacements effectively. You purchased him for his genetics; let's raise him to become the stud we purchased! IFyou need help call, us at 800.786.4751. -DrB Don Bramlage, DVM, Former Director of Veterinary Services at Revival Animal Health Was this helpful? 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