The American Beagler Forum

My female only had 1 puppy yesterday! Is that right?????
My female really slowed her eating in the last weeks, but she seems healthy. The puppy (male) seems really healthy, his cord is still attached, but about 8" long and dried. He is active, crying and feeding.
I don't think she would eat any, would she?

Chris

I HAD A FEMALE (COTTON) THAT HAD ONE MALE PUPPY HER FIRST BREEDING TO SYRIS MAGEE.HER SECOND BREEDING TO T-N-T RIGHT HANDMAN PRODUCED TWO MALES. THREE PUPS OUT OF TWO BREEDINGS ALL MALES. LOOK AT IT THIS WAY ,IT'S EASIER ON THE FEMALE TO RAISE ONE THEN EIGHT.

Looks like whomever ends up with the pup gets the pick of the litter.
My bitch's first litter at 15 months old had nine. She raised eight and one died that never fed correctly. One seems a little low but maybe the male had a low sperm count.??

We had an accidental breeding one time that only had one puppy. Not sure who the father was. We know it wasn't a beagle. The mother was young, not sure if that had anything to do with it.

A gyp of mine had 1 male her last breeding.This time after I sold her she had 7... The pup I had was also a male and he is now 7 months old and started good..

did your female get big and show like she was going to have more than just the one pup? Or did her stomach not show much?

The biggest reason for missing breedings is timing. Its possible you bred her too early or too late. Another factor could be a thyroid problem. As long as this puppy and the dam are fine I'd go ahead and try her next time but, make sure you use a proven stud and make sure you get your timing right.

Leah

Funny because a lot of old heads believe that the later in the cycle the bitch is bred, the bigger the litter.

Larry G wrote:Funny because a lot of old heads believe that the later in the cycle the bitch is bred, the bigger the litter.

The size of the litter depends on when the bitch ovulates and how many eggs she ovulates. The male only fertilizes them and is responsible for the sex of the puppies. So, breeding early or late really doesn't matter its the timing of ovulation that matters. If a male has a low sperm count of course that could cause a small litter.

Leah

Windkist wrote:The biggest reason for missing breedings is timing. Its possible you bred her too early or too late. Another factor could be a thyroid problem. As long as this puppy and the dam are fine I'd go ahead and try her next time but, make sure you use a proven stud and make sure you get your timing right.

Leah

How do you know when the timing is right ?

Buddy

My gyp was kenneled with this male as were 3 other females. All of them had nice litters and all within weeks of each other. No ryme or reason unless my gyp was bred last and he was wore out by the time he got to her...A males sperm is still active and viable for days after he breeds the female, when we breed we try on the 9th,11th, and 13th days of her cycle and usually when she is receptive she is ready..

i dont think sperm count is to blaim as much as the number of eggs produced and timing the breedings,i breed on days 9,11,13 and have always had big litters,tom floyd bred a female to dozer at the same time i bred a female to him,mine had 10 pups and raised all 10,his got huge and had one and it died,i think the female didn't produce the eggs or he messed up on the days he bred her.

I have also seen this happen 3 times,each time a single pup 2 male 1 female .My dad brought it to my attention that each time this happened I had breed her to the same old male,so the next two times she was breed to different dogs and had large litters. so I cant say for sure the it has any thing to do with the stud but it sure seems to look that way.

CHRIS WHITT wrote:I have also seen this happen 3 times,each time a single pup 2 male 1 female .My dad brought it to my attention that each time this happened I had breed her to the same old male,so the next two times she was breed to different dogs and had large litters. so I cant say for sure the it has any thing to do with the stud but it sure seems to look that way.

If you were breeding to an old dog then most likely his sperm count was low or he had poor motility. Obviously the bitch was producing eggs ;-)

The only way to know exact timing is to run progesterone. Its expensive and I rarely do it. I start putting the pair together as soon as 8 days into her cycle and let them mate generally every other day until they don't want to. Haven't missed many in 20 years. The key is to know the exact day your bitch came into season.

leah

leah,

Shouldnt that be until SHE doesn't want to. We know how that works...lol