Question for breeders of working/hunting dogs.
How close to the drop date of the litter do you work/hunt your dog? After the litter is born how soon do you get your dog back to working/hunting?
The reason for my questions. My female just came in today early. If I breed when I am suppose to that would put pups coming about the end of Sept. I would miss a lot of the tracking season with her if I can not use her. I am debating about skipping this one just wanting feedback. If I can work her up to two weeks before then that gets me the first week or so of bow season her in Ga. Looking at mid to upper 80's in the day low 70 night. Then once the litter hits the ground 4 weeks later if I could work her then I would get 2 months of good tracking in.
What is yalls thoughts?
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