What You Need To Know About Havanese Breeding

by Fiona Kelly

Perhaps you didn’t intend for go into Havanese breeding, but adopted a dog that, unknown to everyone, is pregnant. Or, perhaps one Havanese met your Havanese before neutering and nature took its course. Although there are responsible breeders who plan every step in Havanese breeding care, sometimes the best laid plans of Havanese and men get overturned by canine instinct. You need to provide the best Havanese care for Mom and pups because not only is it the right thing to do, it is the legal thing to do. Neglecting newborn puppies, even if they are with mom and are fed and have a place to stay, will get you arrested.

Before you even think of Havanese breeding, know that you will have to fork out a lot of money up front. You must do it to enhance the breed and to enhance the next generation of pet dogs and not for money, or don’t bother. Proper, responsible Havanese breeding is done very small scale, in your home and with lots of vet tests done before sending Mon to the stud.

Get Mom to your vet and carefully follow his or her advice. You can great free Havanese information on care of Mom on websites, chat rooms and dog-related forums. There are also library books on all breeds about breeding and giving birth that will apply to Havanese.

Mom needs regular check ups throughout her pregnancy, lots of quality high protein food and regular exercise for as long as she can handle it.

Warning signs you need to look out for include a bad smell from the bitch, extreme disorientation, red and hard breasts, going off the food, straining unproductively for over four hours without a pup in sight. If you don’t know who Dad was, the pups might be bigger than Mom’s birth canal. All Havanese information says they do very well under Cesarean section. The pups should nurse within an hour of being born.

Giving birth and raising the puppies to eight weeks of age is the easy part of Havanese breeding. That will go by really fast. The puppies will need to go to the vet when the vet recommends. They need tests and their first shots before they can be sold.

Now comes the hard part - getting the pups to their new homes. Hopefully, you have a waiting list by now, but advertisements on dog web sites should gather interested buyers.

You need to vet your pup’s owners just as much as the pups needed vetting. Do they know what they are getting into? Do they need any extra Havanese information? Have they a vet that can give them a character reference? Responsible Havanese breeders have a clause in the contract that if the buyer has to give up the puppy for any reason, even when the dog has grown up, you will take the grown pup back.

About the Author:

About the author: Fiona Kelly is a passionate lover of the Havanese and has a popular website where you’ll discover how to have a happy, healthy and well behaved Havanese. Among other topics at this website, you will find out more about Havanese Breeding plus a whole lot more.

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