dogs in season

[harry06]

Please can someone tell me how I will know when my yorkie/jack russel is in season, she is 7 months, and is the first girl dog I have had,always had boys before, thanks. Will welcome any advise

[lankeela]

Bit of useful information here:

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet/health/ne uterdog.htm?rel=nofollow

but basically any time now you may notice her licking her 'bits' and if you look you will see that she is starting to swell up under her tail. There may or may not be a slight discharge, the colour of which will change during the course of the season. She may become more 'cuddly' and want to be with you, following you around and being very clingy. She may lose quite a lot of blood, usually dripping it all over the floor and on your furniture, or she may be either very clean and keep herself spotless, or she may not drip at all. She will resist any advances by a male dog until the two or three days when she would be ready to mate, and this can be anything from about day 5 to day 28, only experience will tell. Take good care that she does not escape (bitches have a knack of finding the hole in the fence or the low bit of hedge when they are on the lookout for a 'friend'). If you are walking her, carry her away from the house or you may find the local dog population queing on your doorstep to leave their calling cards. Please don't exercise her where there are male dogs, i.e. the local park or playing field.

She will be over the season in about four weeks though you may not actually notice when the first day is. Keep a note of the dates, so you will know in future when she is roughly due in, as most bitches have a six monthly season, sometimes going to seven or eight, and some only have one a year (greyhounds for instance often only come in yearly).

If you are going to have her spayed then she should be done about three months after her season, so her body has returned to its normal settings, and if you wish to breed from her at some point you can have an injection to stop the seas

[harry06]

Thanks very much for your quick response, had noticed a couple of spots of blood over the last day or so ans she does seem to keep cleaning herself, thanks for the info, Trace

[lankeela]

Aww bless, your baby is all grown up!

[harry06]

Now trouble does start, am looking after friends yorkie/jack russell for a fortnight am going to have to have hawk eyes, its worse than havin kids, thanks again for advice, Trace

[kita1]

If your friends dog is an entire male (not been 'done') you are going to need more than having hawk eyes!!

Please be very, very careful if you don't want puppies, males will do almost anything to get at a b*tch in season, and the girls are not far behind!

Plus male dogs go off their food and pace and howl when they cannot get at the b*tch - I don't envy you for the next two weeks!

[harry06]

Thanks for your advice, dont want puppies so maybe see if someone else will look after friends dog. They dont really like each other much but I bet that would change over the next couple of weeks