When can a dog have some puppies

There are absolutely pretty dogs dying giving birth every day and in shelters all over the world. Vanity is not a reason to breed a dog.
 
If you just want another pretty dog around, take a walk through your local animal shelter.. fall in love with a pretty dog, bring it home and save it's life[]

my previous Shepherd was pretty too. Lovely double coat which was white with apricot tones. Great brown eyes set in that white coat.
She was a looker!! And she got tons of compliments her entire life.
Good natured too. Smart, well behaved. She would learn something in 5 minutes she was so focused.
Beautiful dog and people often asked us if we were going to breed her. We had her spayed at 6 months of age.
She was born with genetic hip dysplasia which we knew of when she was 3 months old. Upon having her hips x-rayed when she was spayed the left hip was nearly totally shot.
She had chronic UTIs and eventually developed stones. Then she developed liver disease, possibly genetic but we'll never know for sure.
Due to her hips she eventually developed arthritis in her front joints from having to use them so much to get up.
But she sure was a pretty dog!!!!

Everyone thinks there dog is sooooooo prettttttttty. Does that mean you should breed them? NO. I made a huge mistake, not getting Sara fixed right away. She had pups and they were beautiful and wonderful. It was expensive, it was a mess. It is more work then you can imagine. Look up a few sites that provide info on the whelping process. You will se for yourself. Are you prepared to take your girl for a c-section when things go wrong? Do you realize what that will cost? Do you plan on keeping all of the pups because they are soooooooooo cute, or are you going to make a lot of cash? If your dog has not even been health checked or anything, you are taking a big gamble. What if one of the pups are returned to you are you going to keep it, or allow it to be put in a shelter? I made the big mistake, and my dog should NEVER have been bred.

You say your pup is young, so you have a long time to consider before breeding her.  She shouldn't be bred before the age of 2 as that is typically when dogs fully mature.  It will also give you a long period of time to determine whether she has any health issues.  If she has any, then you should not breed her as you will pass these along to the puppies.  Even if she is 100% healthy, you need to also consider the health of at least the previous 3 generations in her lineage.  She may be a carrier of any of thier health issues, but she may not display them.  If she is paired with the wrong male who is also a carrier, you will definitely end up with puppies that have health issues.  And if you sell a puppy with health issues you are putting yourself in a position to get sued.  Personally I wouldn't want to take those risks:
(1) The possible risk of your female dying during birth.  Toy dogs typically have a greater risk during pregnancy.
(2) The possible death of the puppies
(3) Health issues of puppies
(4) The cost of breeding, maintaining a pregnant bitch and her puppies
(5) The emotional pain you may cause the future owners should your pups have health issues.

The only reason to ever breed dogs is for the betterment of the breed, not because they are cute. Even professional dog people with far more years and experience than you do not breed. I know of a woman who owns a kennel and training service in my town. She has a golden retriever, registered, with a pedigree going back generations, and a CGC rating, and is also a therapy dog. Sweetest temperment in the world with stellar genetics. And she is spayed and has never been bred. Why? Just because her parents put out good pups doesn't mean she will. There are already more than enough "cute" dogs in shelters. And you don't do it for the money. Even the most legitimate breeders don't start the breeding until they have buyers with deposit money lined up.
 
I agree that your dog is absolutely beautiful. But people here want to help you not make a big mistake. Right now, you have a lot of time before such a thing becomes an issue. Read everything that you can. And then spay.

She will come into heat around age six months. If you do not spay her before then, you will absolutely have to keep her 100% confined for a month at that time, or she WILL accidently get pregnant. At such a young age, it may kill her. If you make it through the 6-month-old heat, she will continue to come into heat every six months. You will have to make sure, for her health's sake, that she does not get pregnant until she is at least two years old. Before breeding, you must consider what you are planning to do with up to 14 puppies. You must be certain you can provide excellent life-time homes for these puppies. You will not make any money selling these puppies, since their only quality will be "cuteness", and cute pups are a dime a dozen. You will spend a lot of money on the care of the mother and puppies. Possibly thousands of dollars, if the pregnancy goes awry. Your breeding scheme may end up killing the mother.

I have now been approached by 3 different people asking if they can use Crusher as a stud.  The pick of the litter was probably the hardest to turn down as I'm sure he would make beautiful pups.  The $500 that another man offered was hard to say no to as well.  Since all 3 have been backyard breeders, I won't do it.  The pups wont get good homes.  And even if they do, there will be 8-12 pups in shelters put to sleep because Crusher's pups took their rightful spot.  I couldnt deal with that.  Could you?

I have posted on this topic several weeks ago about  you wanting to breed your dog. And as I told everyone we bred ours, not intenionally, but it happened.
I already wrote about the cost etc.
We kept two of the pups. One is doing absolutely great. The other one has healthproblems. I had to leave her at the vet's office overnight in december of last year. She had seizures, was in pain etc. She recovered and was doing a lot better. She was playing again, eating right...but then over time I started to notice that her back isn't straight. She was diagnosed with scoliosis yesterday.
Had we not bred her parents( which are fine, but who knows where this came from in their background) she would not have to go through life this way. It breaks my heart to see this little girl not being able to jump up on my leg like my other dogs do. She sometimes stumbles when she goes for a walk, has fallen as she was walking...it makes me want to cry.
She is very sweet and because of her having been ill we are very close, but that does not correct her healthissues. I have contacted the owners of her brother and I am going to contact the owners of her other sister aswell. And there again another issue where I should have had a contract with them about not breeding them etc. So many should have's. Things I had no clue about at the time.
I have learned so much already in the short time I have been reading on this board. For my dog all the info is too late, but you can still prevent your dog from putting puppies in this world where you don't have any info about the parents background.
Please listen to everyone here.
 

It's better to wait until the dam is either two or three years of age because some dog mature slower than others. Make sure you have all the health clearance on your dam. And talk with the breeder who you got her from to make sure there is no none health problems with in her family, so she doesn't pass any bad health problems to her litter. But I do agree with everone else about getting her spayed. Some females are know to kill there own pups. Some refuse to feed them and to help stimulate the pups so they can use the bathroom. You might have a female like or you may not. But if she is like that you will have to do all the feeding and the stimulating by yourself.