i have a very sweet girl ,germanshepherd . i fell in love with her as a puppy and as time goes on ,i fall more and more in love with her every day .now at 5 years old i would like a piece of her to live on .i took her to my vet and had her checked and the vet said she is fine to breed and in perfect health .i went on the hunt forthe perfect mate for her and she excepts him as a friend .she has never had any thing but me inside her .and i realy dont wana watch another male doing my girl this is my question would she be more relaxed if im not there or would she be more relaxed if i am .would you want to be there or would you just let nature take its course behinde closed doors .this is hard for me because she is my girl and she means every thing to me thanks mop.

hi
i been with all of my girls over the yrs when i did breed them. i like knowing that she is ok and it dose make them more relaxed if you ask me too.
so meny thing can go wrong if your not there watching
it is hard to watch some time as all my mates have only been with me. but she dose know that im ok with her breed to a dog too
i did have one girl that would not breed if i was not there too

i do have a daughter(sierra) out of dakota witch i glad i do as i lost dakota a few yrs back .
i now i have a daughter(aurora) out of heidi

would i do it a gin yes to keep the lines going i plan on keep one if sierra pups when the time come too


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sierra a gsd
heidi a gsd
aurora a gsd
sandy a gsd/sib. husky mix
amber a gr. dane
and a male gsd shadow

I'd be there, if I were you. That way she won't be alon or in the care of a relative stranger i.e. the owner of the stud.
LTD

OKhere'sthething: (one word)

In the wild of nature, the goal is for each pair of (whatever) to produce 2 surviving offspring before they die.

Look at the potential birth rate: Dozen or so litters, half dozen each?

How many failures occur? In the overall "Circle of Life" (Cue Elton John for the warm, fuzzy version),
lots of pairs aren't successful, some die trying, some get chewed up or injured, it's all OK as long as the average births are more than the deaths. Many are born; many are lost.


BUT: You are concerned with that ONE individual Sheppy girl. Is the "Let nature take it's course" rate of success/survival good enough?

For me, no. None of my animals breed unsupervised. Dogs and equines in particular are very "dynamic" breeders, fully capable of doing themselves and their mates serious injury, as well as just flat "missing the mark" until they give up. Particularly a first time breeding....... One of the odd things about dog mating is that both male and female seem surprised the first time by being tied together. If one of them spins, rolls, or otherwise panics...... Watched a video here a while back of 2 white dogs doing the first time thing--Both of them spent much of the time trying to snap at the other's genitals.

I'd say that if you are anywhere near as concerned about your girl as I think you are, you would not want her to be unsupervised, and I, personally, would not want to depend on the care/competence/attention span of someone else.

Your call, of course. Mine would be for close supervision, and a steadying hand if needed.

:D

Just a little perplexed you want her to mate and reproduce like mother intended.
But you sound like a cross between a mother fearing for her siblings and an envious lover when the wife goes home to her husband.
:thinking:

thanks every one yes i want her to have puppies ,i gess im just nervouse .i do love her and i am gental with her ,i have watched matings that arent that makes me nevouse haveing another males thing in my girl makes me nervouse nowing she could die having the pupps makes me nervouse .but like i told her i will be there for her and the pupps so i gess being there during the mating is part of it .i tried to mate her before but she was gana kill the stud dog for even thinking about it head went down mean teeth came out tail tuked the breeder said muzzle her and hold her head while he did her .i said no i anit holdin my girl while she is saying no and let anyone rape her this is the first male she decided to like so im just nervouse thats all

Just a few questions which, knowing you as well as I do, you've probably thought about already. Who will care for the pups while you are on the road? How many are you going to keep? Do you have potential homes lined up for the oes you don't keep? What does the owner of the stud want, money? pick of the litter or what?
Just wondering,
LTD

money for the stud service yes i had homes for the males and i pland on keeping the female pupps .and since thats all her mother had was females 9 of them i figured the females number would be high .as for who would take care of my girls while im on the road i take them all with me i made another post maby i should have just added to this one she refused to mate again .

Picture the male dog as the sperm bank to get your wife pregnant for which you can not do. You will be the father to the pups, and still make a great husband for her. Dogs are not to much concerned about how or what they have sex with, in nature, their goal is to reproduce their species, and life will go on.. :beer:

It's good that you thought ahead and planned out homes. there are too many unwanted dogs out there.

very responsible. :D