Female Puppy Heat?

[biokid101]

so i have an 11 month old female spanish water dog that i have had for 4 months...today she is acting wierd..she threw up for the first time and she is laying down alot!..she is not pregnant shes afraid of male dogs and ive been watching her.how do i know when she is in heat or is she in it now??she didnt go thru it yet..plz help

 

[Curiosity101]

You will see some bleeding and her vulva will start to swell when she is in heat, these are probably the two most noticible signs. Behaviour can often change too with them looking a bit sorry for themselves and sometimes getting a bit snappy.

If she's thrown up and is acting odd/quiet then I personally would take her to the vets. I'd not give her any food tonight, just plenty of water. And take her tomorrow. Alternatively you could fast her tonight, give her something bland tomorrow (I think boiled chicken and rice is often recommended) and see if she perks up. If there is no more vomiting and she seems happier then you may not need the vet trip.

Also unless you plan to breed from her get her spayed asap. No point forcing her to go through a season unnecessarily.

 

[betta fish]

It sounds to me as if she is not well rather than in heat, you would know if she was in heat as male dogs will flock around her when she is taken for a walk, I would advise you take her to a vet for a check up to find out.

 

[biokid101]

i just took her for her hour walk and there is a male dog up at the corner who was trying to do anything to get to her he almost broke the gate around him!!..but she is doing fine now and running and playing..we r planning to breed her in the future.she is gorgeous but she is afraid of places she never seen before and other dogs..she was literally pulling me to get away from that dog but thankfully she isnt that big so i didnt let her pull me that much. she has alot of her hair around her provate area..i rlly dont know what a vulva is but im guessing its around there but i cant see it..i need help on how to make her not scared anymore of dogs and ppl and places..help

 

[Curiosity101]

With the greatest respect I believe you should do alot more research before breeding your dog, especially if you weren't even sure if what you were seeing was a season or not.

Some of the things you want to consider are...
Do you have the money for any possible complications?
Do you have the money/space to keep any/all puppies if their 'forever' home falls through. Or would you just expect the owner to put them into an animal rescue?
Do you have someone with lots of experience of breeding dogs on hand to be there in person if you need help?
Is you dog a breed that is currenly sought after? Or is it overbred eg. staffies (in the uk they're very much overbred)
Are you breeding her because she is a prime example of her breed? Or because you 'think she's cute' or would 'make a great mom' or think it'll make you money etc etc.
Is she kennel club registered? Is she a pure bred?
Have you had her checked over by a vet for any/all breed related conditions/illness?

Here is a page of possibilities that should be considered by any breeder...
http/www.woodhavenlabs.com/breeding/breeder2.html

I'm not in any way aiming any of this specifically at you. And the fish forum probably isn't the place for it anyways! lol. But I'm just making some honest, true points that should be thought about by anyone wanting to breed their dog.

 

[Curiosity101]

Oh and in the mean time you way want to consider dog diapers when you walk her out in public. She may look silly and it may make you feel silly, but at the end of the day I personally would rather that than risking my female getting impregnated by some local mutt and producing a litter of crossbreeds.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a breed snob and would happily give a home to a crossbreed. But if you're wanting to actually breed her purposefully then I'd definitely suggest avoiding an accidental mating.

If it were me I wouldn't walk her at all whilst she was in season. I'd keep her on the garden to toilet, and only keep her on the garden when supervised.

 

[biokid101]

well when she is in season i am going to watch her outside but i still have to walk her..shes the kind of dog who likes to walk...we r breeding her in the far future maybe when shes around6,7,8 years old not now we r not prepared yet and i need to get thru school first..im only 15 its my dog but im not the person who signs her up for stuff but i will talk to my parents about it..any tips of her getting non scared ???

 

[BettaCrazy7]

Not to crush any dreams, but 6-8 is too old for a dog to be bred. That's like a pregnant 70 year old. Plus there's a lot that goes into breeding a dog. Many things have to be taken into consideration before you breed like health testing for both the female and stud(hips, eyes, BAER, etc.), do the male/female meet the standards of that breed (won any shows), do you have a few extra thousand dollars in case she has trouble whelping the pups or one of the pups needs a visit to the vet?

 

[chesterscot]

agreed you dont know what your doing !!
6-7-8 years old is way too old to let a ***** litter especially for the first time try her second season and you may be close

scot

 

[seffieuk]

Please dont walk a female ***** in season - it is totally unfair on male dogs and their owners and you will end up with an unwanted litter of pups

It sounds like you have taken on a poorly socialised dog, and at her age, this is going to be a long haul to fix - you could start taking her to dog training for some good advice (obviously not when she is in season though )

Seffie x

 

[BethK]

There are many things to consider prior to breeding any dog, 2yrs is the recommended age, although i think vets say from the 2nd heat and after (8-9 months a ***** comes into heat).

Before breeding get her checked by the vet for hip dysplasia, eye diseases, deafness, or any other breed-related genetic abnormality and the male dog needs a good checking over too. Then think about what you will do with the pups, nothing worse than a back yard breeder who has no careful intentions over pups

if she is a scatty dog, then i would not even consider breeding her. please don't breed her just for 'the experience', it's not fair on her or the pups, what with the rspca and alike being flooded with unwanted dogs/pups.

vet bills for a pregnant ***** are not cheap

 

[biokid101]

well im not alowed to breed her until i move out of here cause we cant handle 2 especially 8 dogs in the house... of course we r taking her to get checked out by the vet before so..maybe at around 3 or 4 years old we will be able to breed her after a checkup...spanish water dogs r not popular around here but i we have ppl who asked us to breed her because they want one of her..yes they r expensive but we wont sell them for how much we got her or noone will ever buy one...we r breeding her because she is beutiful and we want to see the kind of puppies she makes..i think when she gets older she will calm down about being scared cause when my parents got her(for my 15th bday) she was so terrified and shaking then after 2 days she got confortable but in 2 weeks she got used to everyone now she jumps on us and is happy..when she gets into her dog years around 2 years old she might get better cause she looks like she misses her mom still and it wassad my parents told me...thx for all the advice and feel free to tell me anything u want

 

[Curiosity101]

Did you read the link I gave you? And did you read all the questions that I said a potential breeder should ask themselves? Could you honestly answer all those and say for certain you've got all the bases covered (or that you will have them covered in a few years).

My personal suggestion would be to get her spayed. And in the future (after lots of research and saving up money). When you're in a better position to meet any eventuality you pick a new female, specifically for breeding purposes. I'm not saying that she wont be a pet, but buy one that it makes sense to breed from. Ie. is kennel club registered, has a lineage you can trace, has come from good parents that are good examples of the breed (even better if they have been shown and have won awards). Make sure there are no underlying defects in the parents history, and then breed her at the best time for the dog, as many people have said this would be around her second season.

And definitely definitely make sure that you have an experienced breeder on hand who can physically come to your house if neccesary to help you with anything you can't do.

Oh n just a little point... you do realise you could end up having to look after EVERY puppy she produces? A sign of a good breeder is that they will happily accept any puppy back at ANY time of that dogs life if the new owners can't cope. Some breeders even get new owners to sign a contract forcing them to return the dog if they can't cope, this way the breeder is being responsible for any lives they create. As opposed to the risk that they'll just end up in a dog pound or animal shelter...and worst case scenario, put to sleep purely cause no one wants them.

You've got alot of questions to ask yourself before you think of breeding a dog.

As for her behavioural problems, I suggest you get in touch with a dog trainer. She may well be a nervous dog, but a trainer could help you solve these issues.

 

[biokid101]

well no i didnt read the link yet but i will...we cant breed her now because we dont have a male to breed her with and we cant handle anymore right now with a baby in the house.there is no way we r getting her spayed first thing because the owner we got it from would happily accept one or all the puppies.we r not gonna give her all the puppies but she is a breeder and has a bunch of spanish water dogs but she wud like a puppy or 2..and if we cant candle the rest she will happily take them but we have pl around the neighborhood asking to breed her about 10-15 ppl have asked so everythings settled..if they return them we can give it to the breeder we bought her from.there is also a contract we had signed to not crossbreed her and we signed it and a paper about spaying her but we didnt sign that one.remember we rnt thinking of breeding her now we will think abou tthis stuff when we want to breed her.

 

[Curiosity101]

remember we rnt thinking of breeding her now we will think abou tthis stuff when we want to breed her.

But when you 'want' to breed her it may not be a suitable time for her to actually be bred. Aswell as the load of research you need to get done beforehand.
At the end of the day though, so long as there is always a definite home for any pups, and you can definitely cover the costs of anything that happens then you should be ok whilever you have an experienced person to hand. (Such as her original breeder).

If you could I would suggest doing alot of chatting to them aswell as general research on breeding dogs. And hopefully they'll agree to be on call for you just incase something ever went wrong.