How long until heat begins for GSD puppy?
First, her first heat can come anytime between 6 months and 1 year. Second, she shouldn’t be bred until she is AT LEAST 2 years old, otherwise the pups or her will probably die. If you breed her now, she will be unable to carry the pups, and will either die, or she will need to have them aborted and be spayed, and she will never have puppies. You need to keep the male separated from her, and it’s going to be hell, because he isn’t going to like it. If you keep them together, she will either die or need to be spayed. Even the next heat cycle is too soon. ADDITION: On another note, she is not a good specimen of the breed to be bred. Her ears are not in the proper place in relation to the head, and neither are the males. It may seem small to you, but people aren’t going to even want a GSD that doesn’t have the ears in the right place/doesn’t look right. ADDITION: They can’t be tested for OFA until at least 2 years of age. Hip displaysia is common in poorly bred shepherds especially, and i
