palo1
Well-Known Member
I wonder if the experienced AAD forumites can answer some questions for me! I have put my name on the waiting list for a pup (Irish terrier - yippeee!!) having spent just over a year doing some research and finding an assured breeder with dogs I love and a home environment that is fantastic. The breeder is waiting for her bitch to come into season but had estimated that I might plan for a puppy in July'ish. It will obviously happen when it does but that would be great timing for me as I can take extended leave from work to start with almost any time through July/August and into early Sept. The thing is that I had sort of expected that a mating might have been possible by now....Am I just being impatient? Are bitches usually coming into season by now or is it absolutely entirely variable? This is not the bitch's first season but will be the first mating. I think she is 2 years old. Sorry for being daft - I have never had to consider seasons/timing before now! The end of August/early Sept would not be such great timing for me and hard to take long leave but it would not be a disaster if pup arrives later- I certainly do not want to look elsewhere. How do folk cope with the waiting ? The poor girl has not even been mated yet and I am desperate to whisk a pup away!! Please tell me that bitches are weather sensitive and as soon as we get warm, sunny weather she will be good to go! Thanks.