deano
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Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 3
Location: Melbourne
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 Pretty Difficult
Never bred dogs, but I have read that you need to give the pregnant females a high quality dog food that is balanced for puppies. Read the label and if it says good for pregnant dogs, then that's what you would feed her. The word is that you don't need to feed them any supplements like calcium or anything, if you feed them the correct food.
You DO need to get your vet to check the female's and male's health before you breed as they can pass on eye and joint and other problems. She needs to be in top health both physically and emotionally and make sure you know all of the peculiarities of Jack Russell pregnancies. I seem to remember that it's a difficult thing to do to make sure that you follow the breed standards. You may need to research more thatn I can tell you.
You also need to wait until she is fully grown to breed her and I think that is 1yr, but I am not entirely sure about that....again, good thing to ask your vet.
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