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[nicky12]

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hi clair so i need to bath her then about day 22 yes and what shampoo did you use ?

 

[meddling]

hi clair so i need to bath her then about day 22 yes and what shampoo did you use ?

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I have used a fairly strong smelling one! (I used a green insectacidal one - but have fluffy fleabags at the time :lol: :b )

All bitches are different with length of seasons - they stop bleeding when they are ready for mating - so don't take a lack of blood for 'safety'!

 

[~JO~]

I found if you lock the boys in a seperate room they were much worse, so as long as we were in the room she was in her cage, boys in the same room and they did settle down even at the worse stage. At night she slept upstairs with us.

 

[nicky12]

I found if you lock the boys in a seperate room they were much worse, so as long as we were in the room she was in her cage, boys in the same room and they did settle down even at the worse stage.  At night she slept upstairs with us.

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Yeh i found that to jo ,but ther still pretty bad even in the same room as her ,im getting really worried about my ollie he has lost loads of weight and hes not eating iv just tryed him on some nice cooked chicken but he didnt wana know ,i took tia to my mums the other day thinking it would be kinder for all of them but i had to go get her half hour later as the boys went nutts trying to find her making a terrible racket and fretting all is quiet at the moe cause i think the boys are just exausted now ther in ther cages and tia with me on sofa so they can see her ,glad when its all over now :sweating:

 

[Macha]

(I think "pyrometria" is the spelling, Nicky)

I recently took in a small whippet bitch who needed a new home, even though I have unneutered males. She has been in season 4 days now and her discharge is very light, just flecks of red on the tissue. I started giving M. odour-reducing chlorophyl tablets a week before she came in season as I noticed her flirting with one of my males (he rejected her) and was expecting her to come into heat. I put the two entire males upstairs as soon as I thought the bitch was in heat (the other male started paying her attention), and I moved her to the small room behind the kitchen with my neutered dog for company. She exercises in the well-enclosed back yard and the dogs go out the front door for their walks. So far no strange dogs are visiting, my dogs are not marking, howling, or fighting with each other and the only problem I have with the bitch is that she keeps jumping at the door to the kitchen trying to get back into her comfort zone. It is the one inside door with a lock; all my whippets know how to open doors by pushing the handles. So far it's going much better than I feared it would.

Are things bound to become far more difficult next week? Or might it go smoothly enough if I continue to take care to keep the dogs a good distance apart? (I'm surprised that Jo found it best to keep the dogs near each other but crated)

How far away do dogs smell bitch scent on the air (as opposed to the ground)? Will I have problems with the dogs smelling the bitch off me? Yesterday I walked all three males together, including the neutered male who is kenneled with the bitch, and that was no problem either. The neutered male has been sniffing around the bitch; he notices her scent but isn't all excited by it.

 

[k4tie-d]

how is it these old threads get dragged up??

i was so confussed for ages thinking reading this till i saw its 2008!! :wacko:

 

[nicky12]

(I think "pyrometria" is the spelling, Nicky)
I recently took in a small whippet bitch who needed a new home, even though I have unneutered males. She has been in season 4 days now and her discharge is very light, just flecks of red on the tissue. I started giving M. odour-reducing chlorophyl tablets a week before she came in season as I noticed her flirting with one of my males (he rejected her) and was expecting her to come into heat. I put the two entire males upstairs as soon as I thought the bitch was in heat (the other male started paying her attention), and I moved her to the small room behind the kitchen with my neutered dog for company. She exercises in the well-enclosed back yard and the dogs go out the front door for their walks. So far no strange dogs are visiting, my dogs are not marking, howling, or fighting with each other and the only problem I have with the bitch is that she keeps jumping at the door to the kitchen trying to get back into her comfort zone. It is the one inside door with a lock; all my whippets know how to open doors by pushing the handles. So far it's going much better than I feared it would.

Are things bound to become far more difficult next week? Or might it go smoothly enough if I continue to take care to keep the dogs a good distance apart? (I'm surprised that Jo found it best to keep the dogs near each other but crated)

How far away do dogs smell bitch scent on the air (as opposed to the ground)? Will I have problems with the dogs smelling the bitch off me? Yesterday I walked all three males together, including the neutered male who is kenneled with the bitch, and that was no problem either. The neutered male has been sniffing around the bitch; he notices her scent but isn't all excited by it.

hi my lily is in season now her second week and its still as stressfull as wen i posted this about tia in 2008 week 1 fine week 2 god bloody help ya i think as joe has already stated the best for me and my dogs was keeping them in cages near to eachother that way ollie can see her and doesnt fret so much also just take it in turns letting one out for few hours and one in cage during the day and in evening there both out but i have lily constantly up on the sofa with me ,need eyes in bk of your head thou ...i think they know wen a bitch is in season and i belive they can smell the bitch on you to ,good luck hope it all goes a bit smoother for you :thumbsup:

lol katie i think macha has just done a search rather than start another thread for advise ....did confuse me at first thou ...doesnt take a lot thou :teehee:

 

[pointydogs]

hi clair so i need to bath her then about day 22 yes and what shampoo did you use ?

I gave Bibi her end of season bath today using 'canac tea tree oil dog shampoo' and she smells fresh as a daisy - might be worth a try for anyone else in this situation as it seems to have nutralised the smell really well? :thumbsup:

 

[teachtrinity]

Molly has just had her 2nd season, we went on a walk a week after she had finished and Snoops, my friends dog was still mad for her and kept mounting her but I am now house/dog sitting for her and all the dogs are fine now.

She had a 21 day season and her bits went right down towards the end and she had no discharge at all.

Just my personal opinion but if I had a mixed-sex household I would be more inclined to get the boy's 'done' rather than the girls since it is an easier op for them :thumbsup:

 

[~Sarah~]

Just my personal opinion but if I had a mixed-sex household I would be more inclined to get the boy's 'done' rather than the girls since it is an easier op for them :thumbsup:

Sometimes even having the boys neutered doesn't solve the problem completely, as when Dolly had her first season, Bobby (then aged about 5) actually 'mated' and tied with her even though he had been 'done' when he was about a year old. We were a bit shocked as at that time didn't realise it could happen. (w00t) We watched them very carefully after that!! Both my girls are spayed now. :sweating:

 

[fallenangel]

I have entire and a nuter mail and 5 entire girls and have never had any problems with eather the dogs or bitches when there a season we do shifts the lads spend 1/2 there time in alexs room with door shut and gate up aswell and the other hafe with free run of the houes and garden and they the girls go in my bedroom with door and gate up so every few hours we take tures with eather boys or girls in season out. we have not had even one winge cry nothing of anyone and we have done quiet a few seasons this way now. you cant tell how they will reacted all dogs are difernt

 

[Macha]

1) "if I had a mixed-sex household I would be more inclined to get the boys 'done' rather than the girls since it is an easier op for them"

yes, but you still have to keep the bitches confined as other people keep un-neutered males, and as Sarah says sometimes the neutered males can still be a problem (though there won't be unwanted pups). And spaying the bitch will prevent pyrometra and uterine cancer whereas health benefits of castration are minimal. There are, of course, health risks in operating also - reaction to anaesthetic, infection, long-term incontinence etc.

2) but back to dealing with our non-neutered mixed packs: for me on day 5 it's still going well, but how many of you have found you could manage your dogs ok the first week and then all hell broke loose when the bitch entered her fertile phase?

3) as for the question that started this discussion thread, knowing when the season has ended ... It's ~25 years since I had an entire bitch. Two whippets I had in 1970s/80s came both came in season about every 9-10 mos and had quite light discharges. But this bitch appears to be having a "dry season"; I detected a very small amount of blood the first 3 days and since then having found any discharge. Her vulva doesn't even seem very engorged (she holds her tail tight down most of the time so it can be hard to get a good look!). So it's going to be difficult to tell when she can socialize with the males again. The most frustrating thing would be if she has a "broken heat", something I just read about, where bitches go in to season, stop and then go back in season again.

 

[nicky12]

1) "if I had a mixed-sex household I would be more inclined to get the boys 'done' rather than the girls since it is an easier op for them"
yes, but you still have to keep the bitches confined as other people keep un-neutered males, and as Sarah says sometimes the neutered males can still be a problem (though there won't be unwanted pups). And spaying the bitch will prevent pyrometra and uterine cancer whereas health benefits of castration are minimal. There are, of course, health risks in operating also - reaction to anaesthetic, infection, long-term incontinence etc.

2) but back to dealing with our non-neutered mixed packs: for me on day 5 it's still going well, but how many of you have found you could manage your dogs ok the first week and then all hell broke loose when the bitch entered her fertile phase?

3) as for the question that started this discussion thread, knowing when the season has ended ... It's ~25 years since I had an entire bitch. Two whippets I had in 1970s/80s came both came in season about every 9-10 mos and had quite light discharges. But this bitch appears to be having a "dry season"; I detected a very small amount of blood the first 3 days and since then having found any discharge. Her vulva doesn't even seem very engorged (she holds her tail tight down most of the time so it can be hard to get a good look!). So it's going to be difficult to tell when she can socialize with the males again. The most frustrating thing would be if she has a "broken heat", something I just read about, where bitches go in to season, stop and then go back in season again.

if shes anythin like my lily this wont last long (w00t)