At what age can my westie have her first litter?

[moosmom]

From what I know, you should let her go into heat once before you mate her. WHY you want to breed her is beyond me, since there are SOOOO many unwanted pups desperately needing homes.

[IRescue452]

2-3 years is best I believe, why would you want to breed your dog. Do you know the risks? Do you know all the steps for breeding, the health tests, the money you need to set aside for complications? After all the research you'll find you are doing yourself and your puppy a favor by not breeding.

[lv4dogs]

From what I know, you should let her go into heat once before you mate her. WHY you want to breed her is beyond me, since there are SOOOO many unwanted pups desperately needing homes.

ACtually they should go through at least 2-3 heats, they should be at least 2 years of age before they are bred.
BUT you should ONLY breed to improve the breed. Both parents (and preferably further back in the lines) should all have complete health tests to make sure their eyes & joints are stable & ok and have no genetic diseases that may be passed on down the road (like diabetes, allergies, etc... etc...) the parents should also have titles to prove they are a great specimin of the breed.

Can I ask why you want to breed her?

[k9krazee]

Hello! Welcome to PT.

May I ask WHY you want to breed your Westie?? We believe that the only people that should breed dogs are those that are doing it to BETTER the breed, show their dogs, have completed the health testing, have homes lined up WELL in advance, etc.

Please do not breed your dog There are 105 Westies currently on petfinder that need homes. And for every dog you sell, that is one more dog out there in shelters that has to die. Please reconsider!!