Joseph, there are some free ebooks on this site and I THINK there is one on breeding. Let me see if I can find the link. I'm getting tired and was rather short with you. My apologies.

My male has been arching his back a lot. He was doing it before I got the female, but doing it a lot more.

http://leerburg.com/breedingdogs.htm

Here ya' go. Have a good evening.

Also I never saw him use his vomeronasal organ before like this.

Thank you Barbara you hit the nail on the head with that info. Answered a lot of my questions. This is why I always ask this website anything before I go anywhere else...

If you are planning on breeding your dogs, whether you are going to be monitoring the breeding or some friend, you should be much more knowledgable about the process & the conditions of the dog's being bred or you should NOT be breeding your dogs. JMO but you have W A Y too much yet to learn to be thinking about breeding your dogs.

There is alot more to breeding then just putting to physically 'ready' dogs together to make puppies.

Just because a dog may come from good or even top lines, doesn't mean that they are 'breed worthy'. My male's sire competed the the BS & won in 2005,finished 12 & 13 the 2 following years & his dam is a very well titled Belgium Sch3 dog. He is an excellently breed dog & is still not a dog that I would breed.

Has you male been OFA'd yet? He's 2 yrs old right? What titles does your male have or are you working on? Are you planning on titling your female? What makes you think that they are 'worthy' of being bred? It's almost impossible to predict if a 4 mo old pup will be breed worthy as an adult.

BTW...females can come into first heat anywhere from about 6 month to a year, give or take. Some even come into fisrt heat with almost no signs of being in heat, but can still breed. My female was just a year old when she came into heat the first time. The average is around 8 months. But each dog is individual.

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Thank you Barbara you hit the nail on the head with that info. Answered a lot of my questions. This is why I always ask this website anything before I go anywhere else...

Your welcome. I felt I had been a bit blunt and rude by suggesting you speak with your friend, but have to be honest, I agree with Anne that there is a LOT more to breeding two dogs than just figuring out how often the bitch goes into heat and getting her together with another nice dog. Hopefully, since you've found Leerburg, you'll continue to do a lot of reading and searching out posts which deal with the topic and get lots more info before making a final decision.

I would recommend maybe sending your male to go stay at your friend's kennel while your female is in heat. It would be kinder to the dog if he didn't have to live with her in season if he isn't going to breed her. And of course it will be a couple years before she's old enough to title out and have health testing and xrays done. So you'll have to deal with several maximum security heat cycles.

Males act like lunatics around females in season. Prepare to have your house destroyed, kennels broken, and all rules forgotten. Its next to impossible to achieve any meaningful training while he's got it on his mind. It can be an ugly thing! Someone once told me that its like a teenage boy going through puberty living next door to a stripper. I'd seriously think about your living arrangements and plan accordingly.