Males and Breeding

bethany.cole2013 · 03-15-2013, 07:29 PM

So, I heard a person at the vet one time say something about how their 8 month old male had gotten their two year old female pregnant. How young can a male be and still get a female pregnant?

Sunflowers · 03-15-2013, 07:31 PM

About 7 months.

They are sexually mature at 6 months of age but their sperm count may be low and some registries have a minimum breeding age requirement of 7-8 months.

bethany.cole2013 · 03-15-2013, 07:47 PM

Thank you, Sunflowers.

qbchottu · 03-19-2013, 10:33 AM

"Bethany" - have you participated on this board under a different username? knwilk44?

Piper'sgrl · 03-19-2013, 10:41 AM

6 months old is when a male can start mating with females

**JeanKBBMMMAAN** · 03-19-2013, 10:50 AM

Five months is the first big testosterone surge - I would be watchful of intact males around unspayed females at that point easily.

In fact, call me cautious, smart, paranoid, or whatever, but if I had a young male pup around unspayed females in season, I would separate.

I know people on this board have dogs that are well behaved or don't show interest, but I have 2 male mixes here who were hyper aware of females, their urine, etc, from a very young age and I am sure if they were around a female in heat, a breeding would have occurred - whether or not their sperm was ready prior to 5 months, I don't know, but they were ready to roll.

**Liesje** · 03-19-2013, 08:55 PM

I'm with Jean. The rescue I foster for knows not to send me any females older than 10 weeks or so, unless they are spayed. Being a rescue, the females often get spayed at 4-6 months so thus far, I've only had one female foster and she was 6-7 months when I got her. Better safe than sorry!!

RubyTuesday · 03-21-2013, 06:14 PM

A Norwegian Forest cat breeder I spoke with some yrs ago said that sexual behavior presents earlier when intact animals are raised together. Given this, anyone with an intact male & an intact female should err on the side of extreme caution & not assume they're too young or not interested.

Sunflowers · 03-21-2013, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qbchottu

"Bethany" - have you participated on this board under a different username? knwilk44?

Are you the same person?

bethany.cole2013 · 03-22-2013, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunflowers

Are you the same person?

No I'm not and the fact that my identity would even be questioned IMO speaks volumes in of itself about this board. I'm really disappointed.

03-15-2013, 07:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
bethany.cole2013 Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 165	Males and Breeding So, I heard a person at the vet one time say something about how their 8 month old male had gotten their two year old female pregnant. How young can a male be and still get a female pregnant?

03-15-2013, 07:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sunflowers Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Florida Posts: 4,676	About 7 months. They are sexually mature at 6 months of age but their sperm count may be low and some registries have a minimum breeding age requirement of 7-8 months. __________________ Norden von Narnia--Hans, dob 1-15-2012 http://pdgf.pitapata.com/uC6lm4.png Last edited by Sunflowers; 03-15-2013 at 07:34 PM.

03-19-2013, 10:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
Piper'sgrl Master Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Innerkip, Ontario Posts: 613	6 months old is when a male can start mating with females __________________ Piper ~01/16/2012

03-19-2013, 10:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
JeanKBBMMMAAN The Rescues Rule Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 22,786	Five months is the first big testosterone surge - I would be watchful of intact males around unspayed females at that point easily. In fact, call me cautious, smart, paranoid, or whatever, but if I had a young male pup around unspayed females in season, I would separate. I know people on this board have dogs that are well behaved or don't show interest, but I have 2 male mixes here who were hyper aware of females, their urine, etc, from a very young age and I am sure if they were around a female in heat, a breeding would have occurred - whether or not their sperm was ready prior to 5 months, I don't know, but they were ready to roll. __________________ Help IMOM help Pets www.imom.org Help a rescue: wish some big dogs a Happy Howliday! www.bigdogsbighearts.blogspot.com Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. Albert Schweitzer

03-19-2013, 08:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,257	I'm with Jean. The rescue I foster for knows not to send me any females older than 10 weeks or so, unless they are spayed. Being a rescue, the females often get spayed at 4-6 months so thus far, I've only had one female foster and she was 6-7 months when I got her. Better safe than sorry!! __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs

03-15-2013, 07:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
bethany.cole2013 Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 165	Thank you, Sunflowers.

03-19-2013, 10:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
qbchottu Knighted Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,714	"Bethany" - have you participated on this board under a different username? knwilk44?

03-21-2013, 06:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
RubyTuesday Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,438	A Norwegian Forest cat breeder I spoke with some yrs ago said that sexual behavior presents earlier when intact animals are raised together. Given this, anyone with an intact male & an intact female should err on the side of extreme caution & not assume they're too young or not interested.

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