Is 7 months old too early to breed a Boston Terrier?

by reba
(athens tn)

she's in heat and I'm worried they'll get together before it's a good time. Is she too young?

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Is 7 months old too early to breed a Boston Terrier?

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Apr 17, 2011
 MY BOSTON IS CURRENTLY GOING TO HAVE PUPPIES
by: Anonymous

My AKC female Boston Terrior went into 1st heat at 8 months, I sent AKC my boy Boston(they are not related) to a kennel when it was estimated she would accept a male for mateing to advoid accidents. Bottom line we are expecting puppies next month. The vet told me that small dogs are have reach full growth by 8 months. Am I worried, yes I am. However my dogs are not Toy Bostons they weigh about 20 lb and my Feebe's mother was a free birther. Will post back when the birth has happened.
Nov 02, 2010
 too young.
by: Anonymous

Hi I have a seven month old female too. I chose to spay mine because we have two already. However, you should always wait until their second cycle at least if they come in heat before they a year old. A seven month old is still a puppy herself and is not through developing although, there are times this does happen your pup could run into some problems. I hear Bostons can have difficulty during birthing as it is. So, I personally would recommend you not to let her breed yet. If she does get pregnant I would take her to the vet to see if they think she is big enough to have puppies without it causing her harm.
Nov 02, 2010
 Breeding
by: Mary

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It is always good to wait to breed until the second heat. Some breeders wait until the female is two years old, so yes, she seems a little too young. If you have a male in the house then you definitely need a crate and a separate room. Our female is in heat right now and we do not want to breed her so we have her in one room on one side of our house and our male is on the other side of the house. We let them out to potty separately and they never will see each other until 4 weeks pass. The male stays mostly with my husband and the female gets to follow me around mostly. But we always have at least two closed doors between the two. It may be a little hard on them and us but it is better for the female because we do not want to over breed her. In our area we have too many puppies up for adoption and I do not think that the demand is high enough to produce another litter. Four weeks pass faster than you think and after that you have 6 months of rest!

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