First time breeding questions

duckydotcom

I recently bred my male miniature schnauzer for the first time. I have been told that his behavior will change now that he has done this. (For example: trying to "mate" with everything he can...) What can I expect from him now that he has mated? Should I be concerned? Should I consider getting him neutered now? It should be noted that he is an indoor-only dog (except for walks on a leash), and is very mild tempered. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

blackrose

From my understanding, once you breed a dog, their personality is not lessened in the least, it is actually made more intense when it comes to the breeding behaviors. But I don't know for sure, so don't quote me on that.
If he is mounting everything, it could be more of a dominance issue than a breeding issue. If he tries to mount you than that is most definitally a challenge to your athority and should be corrected immediatly.

I'm afraid that one of the best ways to damper these activities was to get him nuetered in the first place, before he was even bred. Whoever told you that breeding your dog would make him a better dog did not know what they were talking about.

I highly incourage you to nueter him, since he doesn't sound like he should be bred. Leave the breeding up to the responsible breeders who know what they are doing.

duckydotcom

First of all, he mated with a dog owned by a professional breeder. She did not tell me that his behavior would improve. She didn't mention anything about his behavior. (Which by the way has not changed in the least). the question was more out of curiosity as to whether he would begin to mount everything, which he hasn't. I appreciate your response.

Dulce

It doesn't sound like you should have bred him because it doesn't sound like you know what you're doing as BLackRose said.

It's not fair to the dog. Neuter him if you can

tirluc

if he was used by a professional breeder than i am assuming (and we all do know what that word can make out of us ) that the breeder saw enuff in him to consider him worth breeding.....and if it was done by a professional (by the way, how do you become a professional breeder? professional in the breed, i can see, but the dogs do the breeding not the person "supervising") then that would be the best place to start if you want to get into breeding dogs yourself.....just make sure you learn everything you can about the breed you are breeding and make sure they are all from (genetically) healthy stock

drfong

Ducky, may I ask why you decided to breed him. Did you get this dog from the same breeder who wanted to breed him. When you got him did you sign a contract to make him available to stud or did you just meet this breeder and it just happen? Are you getting another puppy from this mating? Just curious.

Doglistener

What breeding does is make him much more aware of females on heat and females in general.

It can cause escape behaviour and roaming ,so be careful with the garden I think you call them yards, make sure it is escape proof. depending at what age he is, if you do not intend to breed from him again then I would consider neutering.

These are the figures for castration: and are the positives, I have laid out the negatives in another post and most are related to age.

Ben and Hart"at the University of California carried out the most extensive surveys on the effects of castration on dogs and came up with these statistics:

Roaming
Reduced in 90% of cases
Rapid reduction in 45%
Gradual reduction in 45%
No effect in 10%

Intermale Aggression
Reduced in 60% of cases
Rapid reduction in 25%
Gradual reduction in 35%
No effect in 40%

Mounting People
Reduced in 60% of cases
Rapid reduction in 30%
Gradual reduction in 30%
Some decline in mounting bitches in heat too

Urine Marking in the House
Reduced in 50% of cases
Rapid reduction in 20%
Gradual reduction in 30%" (Fogle, 1990, p. 53)

Testosterone has the effect of modulating sexually dimorphic behaviors as well as aggressive or reactive behaviours. "Testosterone acts as a modulator that makes dogs react more intensely. When an intact dog decides to react to something, he reacts more quickly, with greater intensity, and for a longer period of time." (Overall, 1997, p.96)

myrna

You should neuter him. You will have all kinds of problems including prostate cancer and growths.

He will also want to leave the house if he senses that a female is in heat in the neighborhood and will probably escape and get hit by a car.

Good luck and happy neutering.