Registered: Oct 2012
Location: thornton, washington
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today i was talking to a guy the that was breed a hound that was only a year and half old. to me a year and a half dogs is way to young and the dog is not even a proven dog. i wont breed a dog until they are 3 or 4 years old. to me you should know everthing you need to know about the dog by then. what do you think? am i wrong? thanks

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Registered: Aug 2011
Location: N Ga mtns
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I always wait till at least 2 or older! And they have to be a proven dog!

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Location: In The South
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I leave the breeding to a breeder I am a hunter and I spay/nueter all my dogs except the 2 female coon dogs I have.
A female is sexually mature when she comes in heat the firtst time and her design is to have a litter everytime she cycles.
I personally wouldn't breed a female until 2 unless I was making a cross to save certain blood.

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Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Va
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is young but by then it has the potential to be proven !!!, so guys who hunt hard day in day out have dogs by 12 months old doin it all ? why wouldnt ya breed to em? i like waitin 2 heat cycles myself even tho ive never bred anything i have because i rather buy a pup then raise a litter! ive got what i want now an soon ill start my own crosses! yes they are dogs anything can happen even a 3 or 4 yr old can turn into a cull ?? its all in what u want most people just breed to breed well thats where most ya culls come from ? thats my opinion !!!! take a great dog to great dog an sometimes get a whole litter of great dogs ! i believe a cull is in every litter maybe not but its all in the handler to bring out a dogs full potential, its up to the breeder to decide if thats what he wants to do an raise, every1 has a opinion on this im sure very few will prob. be alike,

i agree tho breed a proven dog to a proven dog for best results but age shouldnt matter if it does its job day in an day out even if the dog is young !

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I think a dog has to have at least 2 full hunting seasons in it before you can evaluate it in all situations to see if it should be bred. And really 3 is probably a better number. For a dog to be breeding worthy, it's got to be able to do the bulk by itself and doing the lead dog stuff in the race. I also think that you have to know the dog's faults before you breed it. If it doesn't have any you're either not looking real hard or being honest.

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