Reproduction

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Reproduction

• Also known as
• Responsible sex for pets

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Why should we breed pets?
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Reasons to Breed

• Perpetuate the breed or specific breed
  characteristics
• Provide more animals for people wanting pets
• Experience the miracle of birth
• Breeding is _________
• Pets need to reproduce
• Others?

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Perpetuate the breed or characteristic

• Genes ___________ outcome
• Whose genes? Mother AND father(s)
• Identical genes? No
• Environment and life experiences exactly the same
  for offspring as for parents?
• More issue with ____________
• Less issue with ___________ characteristics
• What about cloning?

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Experience Birth

• My children should witness the miracle of birth
• Dogs cats
• Usually whelp/queen _______
• Prefer quiet privacy (cats can be especially
  secretive and move kittens a lot)
• May become stressed, aggressive, inhibited
• What if something goes wrong?!

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Pets NEED to reproduce

• Choices of mate
• Owners decision pet may/may not breed
• Pets decision may/may not be owners choice
  (relatives, offspring, wrong breed)
• Risks of reproduction
• Injury (fighting, accidents, etc), death
• Damage and strain on tissues
• ______________, _____________
• Life span of intact animals (ex rabbits)

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Available homes

• Overpopulation
• Shelter issues
• Rescue issues
• Fates of unwanted pets
• Homeless/feral
• Shelters
• Incompatible homes
• Dog fighting bait

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Breeding is profitable

• Costs incurred
• Obtaining the parent(s), food, housing, materials
• Veterinary care, testing, treatments, vaccines
• Breeding fees and travel
• Housing, equipment, feeding during pregnancy,
  birth, lactation
• _______________ care if problems
• Puppy/kitten costs (care, vaccines, tests, etc)
• Finding homes (ads, calls, screening)
• ____________ (monitor homes, problems)

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Breeding is profitable

• Costs outside the checkbook
• Time
• Emotional investment
• Relationships

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Breeding is profitable

• Income expected
• Sale of puppies or kittens (all sold?)
• Sale of extras diet foods, treats, grooming
  supplies, how to books, birth videos, etc.
• Referrals for future sales (investment)
• If income costs,
• If income

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Birth control

• Female
• Hormone treatments to stop cycling
• ___________ Ovariohysterectomy
• General anesthesia abdominal surgery
• ? mammary cancer, repro damage cancers
• Male
• Neutersol injections to atrophy testicles
• Neuter ______________
• General anesthesia, scrotal or abdominal surgery
• ? prostate cancer, eliminates testicular cancer