[Dechi]

I’ve known breeders to retire bitches by five years old, after 3 litters, maybe a 4th, and they were small dogs, who can live up to 15, sometimes 20 years old.

Personnally, if someone was breeding a female of a medium or large breed dog at 8 years old, I would run away. That’s a big turn off. It’s even borderline cruel, I find.