Our litter of Belgian Sheepdogs will be 8 weeks this Saturday. All pups doing wonderful. Mom did pretty good for her 1st litter. Pups almost totally weaned, but mom will still stand for a quick feeding 1-2 times a day.
Mom blew her coat 3 weeks ago. About 2 days ago, we noticed our male seemed "interested" in her back end; just sniffing. We checked mom for any swelling or discharge and found nothing.
Today, the male still seems "interested" in her back end; still only sniffing. We checked mom and there's no swelling, but we found a drop or 2 of dark reddish-brown discharge.
Could she be going into season again so soon? I definately do NOT want another breeding. We'll be seperating this 2 until we can get the female tested. (This female has been notoriously unpredictable with her heat cycles.) Should we have vaginal smears done or is there a blood test available to check if the female is in estrus?
What you are seeing is probably discharge associated with having a litter 8 weeks ago.
it's not unusual for females to still spot occasionally for several months after having puppies.
Blowing the coat is also normal for a bitch that has recently whelped. Most of my females look pretty naked by the time the pups are ready to leave here at 8 weeks.
if in doubt, see the vet but be aware most 'regular' vets really don't know much about reproduction issues.
Thank you all. I figured the coat blowing was normal. (I also "blew my coat/lost a bunch of hair" about 2 months after having my own children!) And I've read about the females still having a bit of discharge 8 weeks out.
It's our males' behavior that has us puzzled. He's showing "flirtatious" behavior now; laying his head over her back, trying to get behind her, etc.
It's got me nervous. I had a phone consult the other day with our vet and he said he's highly doubtful she'd be fertile so soon unless she had cystic ovaries which would be highly unlikely. He said we should take her temperature and if she had a fever, to bring her in.
We're seperating them for the time being. Any ideas?
I have a Beagle male and a Chi. male, and a Boston male who will do the same thing to any female they haven't seen in a while, and the females are not even close to being in heat. The Chi will even get amorous with the cat, that would be a TOM cat.
If your female flags or presents for the male then she is probably in heat. If she ignores him or growls she probably is not. Generally the bloody discharge after pups is dark, when coming into heat it's very thin and bright red and gradually gets heavier and then the discharge gets clear when they are ready to mate. A few isolated drops would be normal post whelp discharge at 8 weeks.
Yes, our males behavior is so odd. Now... I wouldn't say that our female is presenting or flagging, but I can't say that she's "disuading" him either. She's being kind of neutral about it all. Eventually she tires of his advances.
We've kept them seperate the last few days, but allow them some (supervised) play time daily, mainly so we can observe the behavior to see if it's increasing or decreasing.
It's definately increasing. At least on his part.
Oh... I took her temp again tonite- 100.9 Discharge is very little and a dark brownish-red.
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