Which is why it was meant as a general comment. Sorry: to make it less absolute I shall re-phrase: our dogs
generally come on heat once every 9 months-
give or take and they stay on heat for
around 2 weeks-
give or take. Better? I think the point I was trying to make was that it isn't that hard to keep a bitch away from a potential 'mistake' if you only have 2 dogs and keep her secure in your back garden or in a closed-in-area. I have done this sucessfully for years and never had a bitch inseminated by some roving hound.
The insinuation that we inbreed was a bit of slap in the face really as this one of the main things we avoid like the plague and why my breeder spends so much money flying in stud dogs from all corners of Europe to get new bloodlines.