No - Bitches don't always have two seasons a year - I've got two here who I am lucky if they have one season a year - and then others who could potentially have three in a year because of the short intervals between them.

Have you actually seen how much having a litter takes out of a good mother? (and how much it takes out of a breeder if they do it properly even if the mother is a good one (and a hell of a lot more if she isn't)

People claim to love these dogs as pets - but what is there about 'being a pet' if all they are doing is churning out litters?

Someone recently said to me at a show - I don't see the fascination about all this showing - the dog's 'just a pet' - a pet is the most important function a dog can perform - mine are all pets some of whom happen to be shown at weekends and very occasionally, when I want another pet / to develop my line / want a pup for my next generation and hopefully shown - then I take a litter - SIMPLES

But the rest of the time, those dogs sleep with me, eat with me, cuddle up to me on the sofa - first and foremost they are pets

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What you need to know before buying a Labrador puppy

tell your sister to steer clear of the commercial breeders for sure, there are two very well known ones who have duped their buyers into believing theyre ethical, even though they breed many litters per year...and they have both back to back bred


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"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
L David Mech

We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

Great post Swarthy xx

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"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
L David Mech

We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

Thanks swarthy-I actually read candysmum's thread about her first litter after I read this thread and wow it sounds like it's an exhausting time for both dog and breeder.