#the generally accepted interval to achieve four litters within NKKs rules is 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 and i think ive come to settle on | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fjordfolk · 1 year ago

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Talking about culture in dog breeding with fellow norwegians lately and figuring I don't mind 4 being a maximum litter number on a bitch, granted she's an easy birther of reasonably sized (not too big) litters and bounces back well. And that is a highly individual thing. And obvs I come from a breed where the litter average is 3.5 and complications are relatively rare.

What I've come to be a little more bothered about is having litters on bitches that are 2yo (and younger - but thats a full dealbreaker for me) - I don't feel like either of our dogs have seemed like full adults until ~3? Troj is 3 now and shes really come into herself in the past year, I can't imagine her with puppies at 2.

#the generally accepted interval to achieve four litters within NKKs rules is 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 and i think ive come to settle on #the early start being my main concern #but then again #idk #obviously if a breeder takes EVERY animal to 4 im also 🤨#but i remember another one (not a fan)#who'd do 4-5 litters/bitch who had one that gave fckn. 7-9 puppies per turn. insane #p sure the 9th never made it and yknow #It All Depends #ideally id obsvly prefer 4 to be an exception rather than a rule #edit: achshually it was 3 litters consecutive years w 8 8 and 9 puppies. still wild. retired her at 4.

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