(21-12-2021, 04:24 PM)Muzza3 Wrote: Right , much has been assumed , sure not much to do with female dogs , always owned males in past , not money motivated , more interested inhte progeny , will keep one hopefully ..Not a first litter , has had 2 in the past .
I also checked with vet , being a dog of small stature , will be better than a larger lab  or GS with a shorter life span .
Hopefully this allays some fears

(21-12-2021, 04:53 PM)crafters_corner Wrote:

(21-12-2021, 04:24 PM)Muzza3 Wrote: Right , much has been assumed , sure not much to do with female dogs , always owned males in past , not money motivated , more interested inhte progeny , will keep one hopefully ..Not a first litter , has had 2 in the past .
I also checked with vet , being a dog of small stature , will be better than a larger lab  or GS with a shorter life span .
Hopefully this allays some fears

No assumptions. Simply giving my point of view. Dogs are bred and inbred, for the purposes of selling, or using them as fighting dogs, or other nasty reasons.

No matter the size of the dog, the age thing is more important imo.

Think of the dog. It's 8 years old fgs. It has no choice, but you do. Get a younger dog, if you want to become interested in the 'progeny' of it's offspring, and descendants.

So no, your words don't allay any fears for me.

Just my two cents worth.

(21-12-2021, 04:24 PM)Muzza3 Wrote: Right , much has been assumed , sure not much to do with female dogs , always owned males in past , not money motivated , more interested inhte progeny , will keep one hopefully ..Not a first litter , has had 2 in the past .
I also checked with vet , being a dog of small stature , will be better than a larger lab  or GS with a shorter life span .
Hopefully this allays some fears

(21-12-2021, 08:45 PM)crafters_corner Wrote: Where did you get 40 in human years?? Nonsense.

As a general guideline, though, the American Veterinary Medical Association breaks it down like this:

    15 human years equals the first year of a medium-sized dog's life.
    Year two for a dog equals about nine years for a human.
    And after that, each human year would be approximately five years for a dog.

So, that makes this 8yo dog 54yo in human years.  Even if possible still, at least a 54 yo woman has a choice. A dog doesn't. Unless they have selfish owners, who are potentially putting their dog at risk of all sorts of complications.

(23-12-2021, 07:57 AM)bryalea Wrote:

(21-12-2021, 08:45 PM)crafters_corner Wrote: Where did you get 40 in human years?? Nonsense.

As a general guideline, though, the American Veterinary Medical Association breaks it down like this:

    15 human years equals the first year of a medium-sized dog's life.
    Year two for a dog equals about nine years for a human.
    And after that, each human year would be approximately five years for a dog.

So, that makes this 8yo dog 54yo in human years.  Even if possible still, at least a 54 yo woman has a choice. A dog doesn't. Unless they have selfish owners, who are potentially putting their dog at risk of all sorts of complications.

That would only work if humans expected to live until they were 108, which is rare rather than common. 8 for a Jack is mid life (one would expect a Jack to get to 16 years easily). So no where near your 54 years. For a Rotty 8 would be near expiry. An 8 year old bitch on a 3rd litter should be no problem at all. The complications thereafter depend on litter size, food supply etc.