How Long Does The Male Wait Between Matings?

[Stitch]

What do you think is the definitive answer to how long do you separate a male from the female when she is ready to be mated?

I know some people let them run together for the whole time however I have never done that as I prefer to know when they mate.

Previously I have waited 24hours for the male to restore his fertility however sometimes a bitch can be over it within 24hours.

Be interested to hear what your experiences have been!

[WreckitWhippet]

Solution to the first part is to run them together, watch to see the first mating and them let them run together for the duration.

Let them have a mating and give them a good feed of red meat and they will be ready to go again , within a matter of hours. You can easily get two matings a day, although one is enough. I've found if you leave the dog and bitch to it, they will mate when they are ready and unless there's some kind of medical/fertility issue, pups will always result.

[sandgrubber]

If they've tied and she's at the right point in her cycle, I don't see why you want a second mating.

If she's not ready . . . no problem waiting 24 hours. When she's just hit the peak, she'll still be ready in 24 hrs.

There are horror stories about 'letting them run together' . . . mostly to do with breaking the bone in the male's penis. This may be some sort of urban legend. Don'know.

I would rather do a supervised mating every couple of days than letting them run without supervision.

My understanding is that a boy with lots of swimmers will again have lots of swimmers a few hours after mating. Recovery time is short. Not sure if that's right.

[Leema]

My understanding is that sperm will survive in the reproductive tract for 2 days, so you can, in theory, be 'out' by 2 days in your mating with no ill avail.

That being said, I always mate dog and bitch every 24 hours until they're no longer interested. Always supervised.