Pitbull Boxer mix breeding?
Hello. I have recently adopted a pitbull from an abusive home. They kicked him, punched him and would throw him across the room. They never showed him any attention, never bought him treats or toys…so I paid them $50 bucks for him…
Anyways my question is when he is older do you think I might be able to breed him since this mixed breed is becoming popular once I register him? Right now he is only 4 months old and I’ve had him since he was 3 months. He shows no signs of agression and is a very smart and lovable dog. He has a very nice posture and structure. He is already leashed trained which is weird since the first time I put him on a leash he would not pull, tug or anything. He followed right by my side and not infront of me nor behind me.
I’m pretty sure he is a pit/boxer mix but I might be wrong…
Trust me. I know of all these problems. But I also know how to choose people to take the puppies in as their pets. I know many people who love animals and abosuletely love Alias (My puppy). I also know how to tell them that they are very energetic and smart dogs..and that when they get bored they tend to be destructive. I’m not one of those people who are like. YEAH JUST TAKE IT.
No, I’m one of those people who check out their homes, yards, children, other animals and also inform them of the breed of how they tend to act.
I’ve worked for an Animal shelter and tend to know that if you infrom people of the breed they make better choices.
Thank you for your answer very much Pixie. It seems to me that your only one of the few to be answering this question for me seriously…
I had intended to nueter him in the first place and the fiance suggested breeding him. So that’s why I came here to see what other people would say without my influence of wanting to fix him.
We do have the money to do all of this..but I wanted to have others opinions and views on the matter before I told him I’m just going to have him fixed.
As for Jillybean. If you would look up my questions and answers you would see I’m a very intelligent person when it comes to animals. I’m one of those people that when I see someone abusing and animal I walk up to them and tell them my mind. I’m one of those people who call the police and animal control when an animal is being abused. Before you accuse someone of (having an award) you should understand what they are about. This just makes you look ignorant.
Also I know that getting him fixed is much healthier for him…
No, don’t breed more mixed breed dogs. There are plenty in the shelters that still need homes, your own dog is proof of that! Pit bulls, boxers, and their mixes are pretty common in shelters because they are high energy breeds and many people don’t realize this when they first get them, and then have behavioral problems due to having an extremely bored dog and drop it off at the shelter when they don’t understand what the problem is or how to fix it.
Please do not contribute to this problem. The breed mix may be popular, but that doesn’t make it right to breed more of them.
What?? Why would you want to breed him? So even more dogs can end up in bad homes, or no homes at all? There are already millions of these types of mixed breed dogs waiting for homes in shelters already, or worse, being put to sleep everyday.
Absolutely not!
This dog does not need to be bred at all, not ever. He is a mutt.
You say once I register him. With what registry? No legitimate Kennel Club (AKC, ANKC, UKC, CanKC etc) will register a mutt.
Pitbull mixes are a dime a dozen at shelters everywhere. If someone wants one, then they can go buy one from there and not a greedy BYB.
This poor dog has already been through enough. Just enjoy him for the pet he is.
ADD: I myself compliment people on their dogs, but that doesn’t mean I want one of their puppies!
Mutts are not breeding quality and never will be. They have unpredictable traits pertaining to size, weight, temperament, colour, shedding, trainability, exercise requirements, health issues etc so you can not possibly educate someone properly for a particular mix.
Do you know about genetics and STD’s??
You say you’ve worked at a shelter before. Then why the hell do you what to contribute to the dogs that end up in there??
If you don’t know what his breed is, how do you plan to register him? You should get him fixed!! There’s enough un-wanted dogs sitting in animal shelters right now, waiting for it’s death sentence!!
No pedigree history? Do you know if there blindness, hip dyplasia, elbow dyplasia in 5generation of his bloodlines?, Oh that right you have no pedigree on them because he from an abuse home. How do you know he not going to have inherit defect from both he’s breeds, that could potential cost his littertheir life, and painful expensive for the future owner of his pups, Good temperment alone doesn’t mean he fit to breed.. How do you know his parents were not aggressive? Even though he himselve is not aggressive, he could still produce aggressive puppy since you don’t know the genetic line.
No papers?
No showing?
No OFA?
No eye certificate?
No 5generation pedigree?
Then no breeding
Now don’t get me wrong. I love Jake Gyllenhaal as much as the next girl, but this picture makes me want to smack him. A puggle, Jake? Really? I thought better of you.
If you are planning on investing in one of these breeds (the goldendoodle, the cockapoo, really any of the -doodles or the -poos), I guess that’s your prerogative, but please just hear me out first.
What is This New Fad?
If, somehow, you have missed it, there’s a new trend in celebrity dog ownership: strang, unnatural crosses of unhealthy dogs that people pay thousands of dollars to own. They call them “designer dogs.”
Look at these Amazon links to the left! There are books now about these popular dog “breeds,” describing their temperaments and how to raise them. Again with the wanting to smack people. These animals are not a new breed; they are mutts! Accidents!
Now, I’m all for the owning of mutts. I, myself, have never had anything else. But to breed (that is, intentionally) is to choose two champion animals with a high quality of various traits and to test the parents for congenital diseases. Puggle, labradoodle, pekepoo, or any other cutesie-named dog breeders are not doing this. They are picking cute animals and forcing them to breed beyond their capacity. They are not breeding to “improve the breed.” They are breeding solely to make money, and that poses problems for the animals and for their owners.
What is to be Done?
Still think you need one of these “designer hybrids”? Think you can’t even deal with adopting a brand new, accidental “hybrid” from the pound? First just take this quiz and prove to yourself that you can tell the difference.
Basically, all that can be done to overcome this destructive fad is to keep a level head. If you want a Boxer x American Pitbull Terrier, I almost guarantee there is one at your local shelter. But if you buy a ” Bullboxer Pit ” you are encouraging puppt farm and backyard breeders to breed more trendy dogs who will not necessarily be healthy.
Pet overpopulation is enough of a problem in this country. Please don’t add to the problem.
UInless your dog can pass all these test, then no breeding.
Step 1 NORMAL EXPENSES BEFORE THE BREEDING
Shots, Worming $ 75
Brucellosis Test (Doggy VD) $ 25
Hips x-rayed (for dysplasia) $ 200
Elbows x-rayed (for dysplasia) $ 75
Thyroid Test $ 50
ACVO/CERF (eye exam) $45 per/8 years $ 360
DNA Test For PRA (eyes ) $ 250
Step 2-AT TIME OF BREEDING
Stud Fee $ 500
Boarding Expenses $200
Step 3-AFTER THE BREEDING
Good Quality Food $ 90
Whelping Box $ 100
Whelping supplies $ 100
Step 4-AT BIRTH
Vet check for Mom & Pups $ 75
Dew Claw Removal $10 per puppy $ 100
Step 5 AS PUPPIES GROW
Clean Up material/garbage bags $ 25
6 week vet visit with shots $ 250
Newspaper Ad $ 40
Puppy Food $ 90
X-Pen for Puppies $ 75
Safe Toys $ 50
Step 6-PROBLEMS OVER & ABOVE THE NORMAL COSTS
C-section $ 1200
Mastitis $ 300
Supplements if your ***** won’t nurse $ 150
Euthanasia for physically deformed puppies $ 50
Trouble if a puppy/puppies don’t do well $200+++
PARVO and possible loss of some or all puppies $3000+++
Other associated difficulties too many and too varied to mention
but they can and do happen $200+++++++
Approx Expenses 9,830
# I want another one just like my dog.
This never works according to plan. When a dog gets pregnant, the puppies will take the father’s traits, personality, and physical, and the mother’s traits, and mix them up, taking some of one, some of another, and developing their own altogether. You will never get a perfect match. In stead you may end up with the worst traits of both dogs.Even cloning a dog (see Cloning Your Dog) has proven that while a genetic match is possible, looks and temperament are still in the hands of Fate.
# Puppies are cute, there’s always people who want puppies.
No, unfortunately this is the most ignorant assumption made these days. Not everybody wants puppies. Hundreds die everyday because of the lack of homes. How heartbreaking to hold a twelve week old puppy and put her to sleep because somebody thought for sure there would be somebody else who wanted her. For every puppy born, three die in shelters. There are too many out there and not enough homes for them all. If this is not enough reasons to stop you from breeding your dog, then here are a few more:
Complications in birth and pregnancies happen all the time. You could face losing your dog to death, and all the puppies with her. Will YOU pay the $1200.00 for a much-needed emergency cesarean section when she cannot deliver the pups? What about sexually-transmitted diseases? That stud dog you had picked out may have one. They are more common than you think. How about genetic diseases? They abound. Breeding is not a careless affair, it is so much more than bringing ***** and stud together during a heat cycle. Please think it over carefully.
Isn’t it wrong to deprive an animal of the natural right to reproduce? No, it’s wrong to allow these animals to reproduce millions of unwanted offspring that are eventually killed because there aren’t enough responsible homes.
Of cause males don’t dogs fixed-its something to do with them thinking the dog won’t think he a boy when he is casterated.
My father / boyfriend / husband won’t let us get the pet fixed.”
Now come on, guys. Grow up a little. Neutering has nothing to do with a man’s anatomy. Only the pet’s testicles are worked on, not the “whole package”. The animal suffers ZERO psychological damage, and won’t really even notice.
Don’t you want your pet to be around a long time? They will leave YEARS longer if you get them fixed. Males have decreased incidence of prostatic disease, testicular tumors, perianal tumors, and hernias! Female benefit too, with less chance of uterine infections, ovarian tumors, and mammary tumors — which, by the way, are often malignant in dogs… but rarely happen if your dog is fixed!
You obviously have taken away nothing meaningful from your shelter work. Instead of adding to the problem, be part of the solution. You’re so great at screening adopters? Then go back to work for a shelter and help place animals that are already here. Chances are slim to none that any of your dog’s offspring will be anything like him
Hmmmm, breeding more to get kicked around, abused and tortured…great idea! They should have some sort of award for people like you. Have you ever been to petfinder.com? Have you seen how many pits and boxers there are that have been abandoned and are waiting for ANY kind of home? There are thousands.
You know nothing of breeding, your dog is a mutt, you don’t even know his exact breed mix, he is not health tested, titled, has no champion bloodlines.You work at a shelter and you are doing something they are trying to stop!
So in other words, No.
there’s absolutly NO reason to breed a mixed breed dog. Pit mixes are a dime a dozen in shelters and rescues.. every “home” you find for a pup, is a home a shelter dog could have had.
Get him neutered, and enjoy him as a pet.