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Does anyone know anything about bitches on heat and dogs beahviour?

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Nbg · 10/04/2007 07:55

Over the last 3 days our dog has been following our 10 month old bitch around constantly. He keeps sniffing her nether regions and anywhere she goes, he then sniffs and drools all over the floor.
He's never ever done this before so I can only presume its through the new dog he's doing it.

Does this sound like shes in heat or about to?

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MellowMa · 10/04/2007 11:01

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Nbg · 10/04/2007 11:01

and just to point out, its typical its happening now while dh is away.

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kiskidee · 10/04/2007 11:08

i think the actually do need to wee more often. they don't need to wee lots but get a strong urge to go. i find i am the same when i am close to ovulation & tmi.

Wags · 10/04/2007 11:15

I had an incident when bf DS at a friends house and had taken dogs which I NEVER do but she had insisted. My dalmatian jumped over her fence, or rather climbed up her compost heap and neatly got into her neighbours garden. Then proceeded to 'worry' the guinea pig who was in a run but not sure how secure. Neighbours kid was playing with friends kids and said Mummy was out. Yelling at him didn't work - he is a dalmatian, was hardly going to climb back where I wanted him. So threw ds at friend, couldn't get huge leaky norks back in bra quick enough so gave up. Climbed up compost heap, got in garden, by now dog was in fish pond. Ran hell for leather down garden screaming at him only to see 'Mummy' had come home and was standing at her patio looking at this mad woman flying towards her and a dog in her pond. I grabbed dog, tried to explain, didn't make sense, had forgotten about sagging leaky norks by then as well. She just very calmly looked at her older DD who was with her and said 'Hattie, could you open the gate for this lady'. I dragged dog out back to friends house who was pissing her self laughing Why don't I ever learn - dogs ALWAYS win

Joannie2 · 10/04/2007 21:23

Just a word of warning...it is not unheard of for dogs to mate through the bars of a cage....actually it is quite a common occurance . I would recommend housing one of the dogs with family or at kennels for the next 3 weeks. A dog will try everything to get to a bitch in season and will generally create a noisy nuisance of himself. A beagle could mate a chi if determined, and the results could be fatal for the bitch. Good Luck, I really feel for you.

hercules1 · 10/04/2007 22:14

OMG I think my bitch must be in heat too!! She's 9 months and growled today at my dog for the first time. SHe's been pretty frisky going from snapping at him to trying to get him to play with her.

Thank god we had him done a couple of months ago.

Will go and look at her bits in a mo!

hercules1 · 10/04/2007 22:14

OMG I think my bitch must be in heat too!! She's 9 months and growled today at my dog for the first time. SHe's been pretty frisky going from snapping at him to trying to get him to play with her.

Thank god we had him done a couple of months ago.

Will go and look at her bits in a mo!

MellowMa · 11/04/2007 07:37

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Wags · 11/04/2007 09:52

That blardy BIGMALE dog gets everywhere doesn't he

MellowMa · 11/04/2007 10:13

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SisterOfSoapbox · 11/04/2007 10:27

We had this problem with my dog one Christmas when she was in season and we were at my parents house and their dog was uncontrollable trying to get to her. He was trashing the house with his efforts to get to the other room when we removed her and put her upstairs. And they were both howling non-stop!

In the end the vet gave the dog a hormone injection which simulates castration and the season of peace and goodwill then returned thank goodness. So this might be something you could consider doing if things get really bad or you want to completely avoid the risk of puppies!

Don't underestimate the lengths the dog will go to to get to the bitch when she becomes fertile and responsive.

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