Breeding 15" to 13"

[Blue Briar Kennel]

I was wondering how many of you guys have bred a 15" male to a 13" female? Did your females have any problems having her pups? Is there a greater chance of her not being able to have them? Any info would be helpful.

[briarshakersdaddy]

Just had a litter on Jan. 3rd male full 15" female border line 13" she had 9 pups 1 was about half the size of the outher 8 lost it but the outher's are doing fine. She had all 9 with no trouble

[MasonKennels]

In my limited experience, 15" to 13" breeding is not that great of a disparity to cause any birthing issues normally. The reason being that most beagle pups are approximately the same size when born.

The issue would probably be more severe if you bred 2 dogs from 2 different size breeds. For instance, breeding a male coonhound to a 13" female beagle would produce a greater risk of birthing issues.

Just my $.02 worth....


Jonathan

[marr24]

Have done this a couple of times with no issues whatsoever.

[jcrowner]

I have done this a couple times as well with no problems.

[Blue Briar Kennel]

Well that mkes me fell better about breeding my female to a 15" male. Has anyone else done this.

[jlboomer]

I used to have a nice 17" male that was my main stud and ive breed him to some pretty small females 12 to 13" and never had any problems. Another funny thing to add i raised 18 pups from this dog and never once did one go over the 15" mark. he was one heck of a stud dog.