QuestionWe have an eight month old male min. poodle that we just love. My husband and I would like to buy a female and begin to breed poodles. How would we find some info about how to start a small breeding business?
AnswerFrankly, I am much more interested in discouraging breeding than helping. Yours is one of the few questions on breeding I choose to answer. Unlike so many others, you actually realize there is more to it than just getting a male and a female. There are those that have done so little research, that they come here to ask at what point in a females cycle she should be bred.
Responsible breeding requires extensive preparation. One book I know is good is Successful Dog Breeding, by Chris Walkowicz, DMV. There is some great material at http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/articles.html#breeding If you decide doing breeding right requires more than you believed it would, I hope you will just go ahead and neuter him. If you really love Yorkies, look into rescue work. You may
find a rescue near you starting at http://www.akc.org/breeds/rescue.cfm