While incompetent breeding has hurt the bloodline for poodles, many competent breeders have and are breeding healthy poodles with a bloodline without genetic ailments. It is possible to obtain a healthy poodle puppy. A place where dogs are kept inhumanly and bred without regard for the wellbeing and personality of the puppies needs to be closed. Puppy mills are where dogs are bred consistently hurting the breed and creating potential health problems for the puppies. These are strange names, however they are serious health diseases.Ĭoncerned thoughtful people want to stop any puppy mill. Some genetically predisposed diseases of the poodle are hip dysplasia, epilepsy, progressive retinal atrophy, sebaceous adenitis, patellar luxation. When purebred poodles are improperly bred genetic health problems develop. If you love of the Breed of Poodles, please breed properly as incompetent breeding leads to genetic health ailments for the breed.Īs poodles became in vogue, poodles were bred for puppies to sell without regard for the wellbeing of the dam or future generations. The health and her ability to have more litters are at stake. One best practice is not breeding the female until her third heat cycle.
Not spending the time to learn how to breed places your pet at risk for health problems, infertility and having unhealthy puppies. Even if you are not interested in showing your dog, or breeding professionally, it is vital to learn best practices for breeding.