Sentences with phrase «number of litters produced»

Reputable breeders limit the number of litters produced each year to ensure the health of the female cats and will take great care to avoid excessive inbreeding (damaging to the immune system) and to widen their gene pools.

Reducing the number of litters produced is the best way to deal with this problem.

As local ordinances try to restrict the best of our hobby breeders, and after decades of pressure to reduce the numbers of litters produced, the prospective puppy buyer has less success in finding a local breeder that suits their needs.

Again, it could be very difficult for the Dept. of Agriculture to determine the numbers of litters produced and now also try to ascertain whether the breeders has sold 60 dogs in a particular year as well.

Not exact matches

The wide range of solution - oriented litters produced by Precious Cat, Inc., are designed to help cat owners address a number of issues, including inappropriate elimination, says Gina Zaro, marketing director.

According to the ASPCA's website, the average number of litters a fertile cat can produce in one year is three, with an average of four to six kittens per litter.

The average number of litters a fertile cat produces is 1 to 2 a year with the average litter being from 4 to 6 kittens.

The restrictions include limiting the number of litters a female dog could produce in her lifetime.

Imported from the U.K. the books list number of litters sired, progeny produced, CC wins, pedigree, owners, etc..

Reducing the recommended age by just one month would eliminate all those not - quite - adult kitties from producing «whoops» litters and would dramatically decrease the number of unwanted felines who end up in shelters or on the street.

She produced five puppies from that litter, four of which finished their championships, bringing her total champion get to the impressive number of 20!

Although the number of accidental breedings and the proliferation of strays in some cities suggests that canine reproduction is a snap, producing a litter can actually be a hit or miss proposition.

Table 2 lists all of the breeds in the AKC stud book in descending order based on the average number of registered litters produced in one year.

Dataset on the sires used to produce the selected 549 dogs, included number of litters and puppies produced both in total and on average in the breed.

There are a number of cat litter products which offer biodegradable litter produced from natural materials.

As though that were not enough of a feast for the breed gourmet, the books include number of litters and registered puppies produced by that dog or bitch!

This is why spring is always kitten season and at no time of the year are litters produced in such large numbers.

Hobby breeder: A breed fancier who has a breed or two (or even three); follows a breeding plan to preserve and protect each breed; produces a limited number of litters each year; breeds only when a litter will enhance the breed and the breeding program; raises the puppies with plenty of environmental stimulation and human contact; has a contract that protects breeder, puppy, and buyer; raises dog in the house or runs a small, clean kennel; screens breeding stock to eliminate hereditary defects; works with a breed club or kennel club to promote and protect the breed; and cares that each and every puppy is placed in the best home possible.

Breeders also would have to responsibly breed animals, screening for congenital disorders and limiting the frequency and number of litters that female dogs produce.

Instead, the Department is free to rely on the word of the breeder or retailer as to the number of dogs housed and the number of litters to be produced.

The SV has recently required a second hip radiograph after a dog has produced a certain number of litters, but popular dogs will still have put far too many dogs on the ground by then.