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Heat Questions?

Mom4Life1994

Active Member
I have a few questions about an EM female and going in toheat. I have been doing some research on it and I’m finding anything from 5 months old to 15 months old to be their first heat. Ok I know all dogs aredifferent but is it really that much of a range? The reason I ask is I don’t plan to have Adara spayed until she is 24 m and I have an intact male that I will begetting fixed but I need to wait a couple months due to scheduling issues. I don’twant pups (Good gosh no) so when should I be watching Adara for a heat? Coda will be fixed in June and Adara will be just over 4 months, Will I have to watch them? Also just wandering how often do the EM females have heats? I was finding like every 6 months? Is this what you have seen?
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Smart_Family

Dog Food Guru
Usually the earlier end of that range is because there's another female in the house that goes into heat and it essentially forces the puppy female into heat. You'll most likely know when she goes into heat and she won't be fertile the entire three week either. Our shepherd female had one silent heat that we knew about because our male at the time became really interested in her female areas. She never had visible bleeding though. I would say its unlikely but not impossible that she wouldn't go into heat before your male is fixed. Our shepherds fixed now but azlin is almost 7 months and she hasn't had a heat yet.
 

NeoBull

Well-Known Member
Great, I have some questions too!

Branka went into heat yesterday, she's 11.5 months old. When is she at risk of getting pregnant? I think I read that they are the most fertile like 15 days after the bleeding stops? Does the bleeding usually last 3 weeks or does that include the fertile after bleeding part too?

Basically, when and for how long do we have to have her 100% supervised in the yard? And when will it be safe to go back to the dog park?
 

bkcain

Well-Known Member
My female didn't go into heat the first time until she was 18 months! I had an intact male who was only 3 months old at the time, and I was going to get her fixed when I wasn't working (I am a school teacher and wanted to get it done in the summer) I figured I had AT LEAST 6 months before her second heat, UH NO, 3 months later...... she was in heat and my male was old enough.It was VERY hard to tell when she was in heat because she bled very little. I have an old German Shepherd with elbows that sometimes leave little blood spots on the floor, and she bled even less than the elbows. We had a litter of 12 puppies. (felt REALLY stupid, because we didn't want to breed these 2 AT ALL!) We gave all the puppies away except for 1 and I got her fixed as soon as I could after the puppies were weaned. I am glad to hear about the silent heat because I was worried that she was in heat again after being fixed. My male has been sniffing around her A LOT. I was worried that when they fixed her they messed up and she wasn't really.
 

dogman#1

Well-Known Member
I wouldnt worry about a 4mth old pup goiing into heat much less getting preggo...if it was a really small breed then yea but not an EM. You would notice bleeding or male getting super interested way before her fertile period (standing heat) comes.

Neo, Every dog is different and even each heat can have variances depending on stress, diet, etc.I have never heard of 15 days after it actually stops, i would imagine that is way too late already. I own and breed Fila Brasileiros and they tend to go into standing heat about 9-12 days into the heat, some have come in as early as 6 days and some as late as 15 days. Mine bleed all the way through, almost a full month. I prefere to go to repro vets (I recommend Melissa Goodman in PA) to pin point exact dates of fertility. Some people like to use progesterone levels others use lutimine (sp?) level spikes. You can also guage an approximate time by viewing the blood and what color it is on a daily basis. It usually starts off relatively dark and eventually starts getting lighter. When it turns to an almost a yellowish orangy color that is usually around the time when the dog is fertile and will stand (I have had dogs that would not tolerate a male mounting them ever). good luck and there is an insane amount of info on this subject all over the place.
 

awestruckgsd

Well-Known Member
I have always relied on my boys to tell me when my girls are ready to be bred as they usually start to whine and cry and eventually stop eating...Here is a website that will further explain things for you...My girls are kept away from the boys and seperated for a minimum 3 weeks or 21 days if a breeding is not planned...http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/breedingheat.htm
 

Cody

Well-Known Member
We know it's coming when joe boxer's teeth start chattering like Hannibal Lector.
That is when the band goes on him and the diapers come out.
However, he is now 8 and been through 6 heat cycles no action, he has stopped caring. He doesn't even bother sniffing that much.
To be on the safe side I would have her under supervision at all times when in the yard for the entire heat.
My dogs go into lock down. The last thing you want is a neighbor dog going through your fence :D
 
I have an 11 month old female mastiff who hasn't shown any signs of going into heat. We check her every day to make sure she hasn't started showing signs of her first heat. We are hoping she doesn't have a silent heat because our male german shepherd has shown interest and so has she. Can dogs get pregnant during a silent heat? We keep them separated or watch them outside as much as possible.