Heat/Season
Female intact dogs normally have two heat seasons each year. Some breeds have their first season at six months, others at eight or nine months, and others not until they are a year or eighteen months old.
You can tell if your girl is in season if she bleeds from her vulva (below the anus). She will be attractive to male dogs.
She will bleed for about a week before she will accept a male, and she will remain receptive for anything between five and twelve days. She will be most able to conceive during the time in which the bleeding has stopped, typically two days after cessation of bleeding.
Female intact dogs normally have two heat seasons each year. Some breeds have their first season at six months, others at eight or nine months, and others not until they are a year or eighteen months old.
You can tell if your girl is in season if she bleeds from her vulva (below the anus). She will be attractive to male dogs.
She will bleed for about a week before she will accept a male, and she will remain receptive for anything between five and twelve days. She will be most able to conceive during the time in which the bleeding has stopped, typically two days after cessation of bleeding.
Obviously, you’re not daft. If you don’t want to breed from your girl, you’ll keep her away from male dogs.
There are injections to prevent bitches coming into season. Some vets think these are safe. I don’t. They are associated with a substantially increased risk of pyometra.
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