Repeat matings

[jet77 68]

What's your thinking on it lads ,some lads say first litter is always the best some say different

 

[captain2010 2,806]

Would like to hear this one as well,I thought you would or maybe get near the same in both litters,don't think you'd get worse in second litter but would like to hear lads opinion on this

[j1985 1,984]

How would it be possible for a repeat mating to be worse, just as much potluck as the first surely!

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

I got to say, Ive heard folk say this, and it always used to strike me as strange, as you would expect every litter from the same parents to be very similar.

I can only assume that unless your breeding tight into a line, then the ammount of (even slight) variables will be huge, so no two litters would be the same.

Surely if line breeding, the chances are there to achieve a solid stamp with roughly equal performance throughout each litter, but only if tight lines of top quality, hard to achieve? Very I'd say, with the ammount of litters a chap, would have to breed to get to that stage. as well as the ammount of work needed to put in front of each dog to assess its worth fully. But hey we would have no breeds of working dog today if a hell of a lot of great dog men hadnt trod that rocky road

[harddigging 42]

in my opinion theres no need to do a repeat mateing why not put another dog off simular blood over the bitch leaving something to line the previous litter.

[chartpolski 28,464]

Depends; If the bitch is being used as a puppy machine, being mated every season, it will take it out of her, and possibly the later litters will not be as good as the earlier ones. It happens, some bitches have 6/7/8 litters !!

 

Cheers.