My 3 year old whippet (who is in season) had (unprotected!) sex!!

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My 3 year old whippet went into season when we were on holiday, whilst my son looked after her. I explicitly told him not to let her off the lead, but being a 24 year old lad (who knows it all!), he let her off the lead. She normally has fantastic recall but obviously being in season, she went out of his sight for about 5 minutes and by the time he found her, she had tied with an un-neutered male whippet!!!

Anyway, when she tied with the male, she was on day 11 of her season, so by my understanding, at the most fertile time. My son and the dog's owner had to just wait until they'd finished. The woman gave my son her number and was very apologetic but obviously it was my son's fault - no un-neutered male would miss this chance of course.

Now, the one mildly amusing thing about this is that she chose a beautiful KC registered whippet (like she is!) so at least she has taste (!). What are the chances of that!! I know this as I have been in touch with the owner - her whippet is a stud whippet who breeds lots, so he's proven 😖

This happened 6 days ago. What are the chances she is pregnant and how would I know? I've googled it of course, but it talks about ultrasounds etc.

She doesn't seem any different yet, although her nipples are a bit bigger than normal (this could be my imagination though).

I'm a mixture of fuming with my son as this is going to be bloody hard work and I work full time, but also a bit excited 😬 We had considered breeding her next year anyway, but now is not a good time as we move house next month!

Help!

Let's briefly assume this really was accidental and you are now in this situation....

What you do now is take your dog to a vet. And pay for professional advice on how to get pregnancy confirmed. Then also pay for the advice on how to look after a bitch in whelp and ensure she helps safely or has a C section of needed. Anyone here could claim to be knowledgeable but won't necessarily be who they say they are, so the safest option for the dog is a known professional.

I get it. It's expensive. That's dog breeding for you. Trying to breed for profit, which cutting corners on vet advice is, is a fool's game.

@Ithinkwedbefriendscomelittlebabe I agree but it's so sad owners do this, there is no need to breed them its just causing unnecessary pain to the mother dog and god only knows what will happen to the puppies or where they go, probably to highest bidder

Consider how many puppies she could have... 5?6?7?do you know that many perfect owners to have them? . Free of course.... Surely you don't want to profit off your poor ddog? Can you afford an emcs if need be? What if she dies? Is it worth the risk? Speak to a vet today. Or it's easy to see why your ds is so reckless....

I would also brace yourself for a litter of unsold pups too. A quick look at Whippet adverts on the popular pet selling sites shows a significant number of pups unsold at three to four months old.

(Anyone who has had close contact with litters of Whippet pups will know how bad that will get if it's the case ... 'wall of death' round the house😆)

He's 24, as I said.

What does this mean? I had a mortgage at 24 (I’m 26 now!) and half of my friends were getting engaged/having babies!

What a coincidence that you happened to be on holiday when your in season bitch was off lead and just happened to mate with a kc registered stud.

There's literally no benefit for your dog to have puppies. In fact 2 people I know have lost their pets and all the puppies in the last year during the birth process.

They are one of the main breeds in shelters around here too.

Not a good start that you came to MN instead of your vet either.

Hope the money you get from the pups is worth the pain and suffering your poor dog will go through.

Just because he saw one mating, it doesn't mean there weren't others (highly likely he had her off lead on the other days). There's no guarantee these will be pure breed KC approved whippet puppies - you could easily end up with a litter of unsellable/unhomeable mongrels.

If you want to breed, do it properly. If you don't, deal with this now.

Oh come on OP! Pull the other one!
Your

• unspayed female
• in season
• walked off lead (high prey drive dog, yeah right)
• Found a male, entire and KC registered
• AND you sat on this a week!!!!

Totally planned litter. Go to your vet for medical advice.

Oh thé self righteous are out in force here, OP. Probably best just to ring your vet for advice.

OP having a litter of puppies really is a wonderful (but emotional and very hard) experience. You will 100% need to take time off work though.

Can't decide whether I'm more outraged by the insult to 24 year old "lads" (seriously,lad????) or the insanity of having an unspayed 3 year old dog.....

I’d say the problem is an in season female being walked off lead. Unreasonable to permanently keep a dog on lead just because it’s intact.

I got my D whippet for a £100 donation to his rescue so I doubt you yourson is going to make much money out of a litter of whippets. It's irresponsible in the extreme to breed whippets when there are so many needing a home.

On the off chance this is real, why are you asking advice on a forum when you should just take your dog to a vet who will give you professional and unbiased advice?

If the cost of a vet appointment is putting you off then wait till you see the cost for complications.

Is your dog insured?

Take her to the vet and get her an abortion. You aren't at all prepared to have a litter, and the last thing the world needs is more backyard amateur breeders.

No she isn't. Anyone with a bit of sense would have booked the dog in for a spay as soon as she found out. It's obvious the OP is after pups.

A perfect stud. What are the chances...

Oh please behave.

There are so many dogs who need homes in rescue centres and people choose to not neuter/spay their animals.

Nice cover story OP!

But this would be so unlikely to just happen like this, there’s either an element of planning, the son and the woman had a chat and decided to let things take their course, or she bred with a totally different dog but you don’t want to say.

Most likely I think it wasn’t a totally random event.

Why? I deal with rescues they are at breaking point here and the types of dogs Op has are the most abused and the most unwanted across the country. What the Op has done makes me fume! Plus she sitting with her poor dog the past week and hasn't got it checked out by the vet!!! What i said is the polite word for her. Oh i dont believe she didn't know what her son was going to do