Your Views On Keeping A Bitch From Season..

[stormydog]

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.....as i have no idea on how this takes place but i had a good chat and feel a bit wiser. The past few weeks ive had calls asking when i would be taking a litter from China so it got my wee brain thinking...."do i want a litter so soon..NOPE !" So then i wondered should i stop here seasons ?

My China doesnt seem to have a noticeable Season, by that i mean shes had 2 and each lasted about 4-5 days with Colt and any other dog showing little amount of interest only about 2 days worth.

I considered keeping her from this but after a fone call the Vet asked me why i should bother blocking her for all the time shes in. Point taken. So im not going to stop her.

Then she went on to say that by giving this drug it also contains Steroids...which beggars the question if anyones bitch is on this drug does it have an advantage over a bitch that isnt.

Id like to hear some views on this because when i spoke to a friend earlier on the fone i seemed to stir up a Hornets Nest ! OOOPS !

The vet assured me the risks out weigh the benefits by miles with administering this drug. Good enough for me thanks !

 

[TC]

You're vet knows what they're talking about and imo I'd take their advice.

We have two entire dogs and two entire females. Difficult at times (eased by OH's mum taking bitches for the important bit) and although it would make our lives easier to supress the bitches season I would never go down that route. Very dangerous messing about with the hormones like that.

Similarly, we service our ferret jills with a vasectomised hob to bring them out of season rather than inject them.

As to the 'advantages' re steroids...whole other debate and I'm not going there 8)

TCx

 

[dennned]

having kept and raced , pure greyhounds, i have in the past and would in the future , suppress all bitches i have, only for the most obvious reason, they need to race, some , not all, come into season on a regular time , but some are either yearly, where you could leave them, as youd get plenty of racing( remembering that most greyhounds are getting past there best by 4, so you only have 2 years 7 months of racing,)but if your bitch breaks every 6 months, which does happen(you effectivley get very little racing)then there lies the problems, paying large sums of money in the region of £3000>£12000for a decent bitch, you get no return for your cash, if theyre constantly in season, so there's positives for suppressing bitches.

the negatives of suppressing bitches(which i'm having at the moment, with my bitch)it knocks there cycle for 6, having mated her for the last 2 seasons( faling on both) were now in the proccess of waiting again for her season, on comming , i will be taking her to the vet to be checked every 3 days just to make sure she's fertile, as for benefits of bitches being faster because of the steroid i'd say i've never noticed it in 30years of having bitches racing, maybe just a little more aggressive.

this is only my experiences, not saying the vets wrong or right.------dennned

 

[Debbie b]

surpressing a bitch in either form ie tablets or injection certainly would make it go faster, they greyhound tracks wouldn't let you use drugs that did thatso that isn't a worry,

as you say china only has few days notice being taken of her so imo i would leave her as she is as i have had bitches surpressed and it has has an adverse effect when coming off ie no seasons at all or really heavy bleeding, if you say that want china to have pups then any chance of unbalancing her hormones is a no but it effects different ways no all bitches are the same, at the kennels some of the bitches that are suppress are as denned say slightly more aggressive while others are fine, its all a matter of choice, which you only can make

 

[billyboy45]

The big worry i would have,is either very small litters,or no pups at all,as seen many times.I never touch my bitches,and all have had more than average litters,whereas,there are a few bitches i know off.Who've had 1 or 2 pups,where their littermates,who were never touched,had big litters.Quite a few,dont take at all.So if you have folk waitin pups John.Then keep the condoms off mate lol.Oh,and yes,it does make them more aggressive,and can lead to turnin the head.It also gives a lot of bitches more drive,which should result in quicker times.

 

[stormydog]

Thanks for the opinions. My main worry here would be messing up the chance of a healthy, decent litter of pups followed secondly by China turning into nasty dog. Theres already a few nasty bitches around that you cant even walk past...dont need any more of that sort !

It looks like shes going to be a 9mth bitch, ill know in January...atleast i hope its then ! I bought a cracking big cage last year for year so ill stick with that and forget Delvosterone well alone !

john......hater of Delvesterone and Condoms (dirty effing things eugggh)

 

[dazgail]

Can it be proved that bitches who had small litters after they were supressed that this was due to being suppressed? There are a whole lot of bitches who have never been suppressed who have had small litters and many who have never even had pups. If it is going to interfer with racing i would suppress the bitch. Lurcher racing is seasonal and a bitch is usually of top form for around six weeks when she comes into season. No one really wants their bitch to come into season during the racing season. If she comes into season in January, China should be well back to herself before the main lurcher racing events kick off.

I remember someones bitch having only one pup a while back......Billy, who would this person be?