How long between seasons?
Thanks for your help! |
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| It really does vary quite a bit, one of my girls is a ten monther, one goes 8 months, one goes 5 months. |
| with Marley its anytime between 5 and 7 months. I think the first and second were the closest.
Having had intact females before i know there is quite a disparity and outside factors - such as being around other bitches in season (even for a short term exposure- right Kristine?) can effect it |
kerry wrote: Having had intact females before i know there is quite a disparity and outside factors - such as being around other bitches in season (even for a short term exposure- right Kristine?) can effect it
Definitely. I have a girl that came in 6-1/2 weeks earlier than I expected this last time. She's never been on a 6 month cycle except for once. Another thing to check is how the mother cycled. That will give a clue too. |
years ago I had 2 yorkies and after they were about 4 they both came into season within days of each other, got all the teddy humping and the glazed expressions out of the way in one swoop!  |
kerry wrote: Having had intact females before i know there is quite a disparity and outside factors - such as being around other bitches in season (even for a short term exposure- right Kristine?) can effect it
Ya think? <snicker> Mine seem to settle in on a six month schedule, but as youngsters often yoyo and then become more predicatable. All else being equal. Which it rarely is
Kristine & now four bitches in season in residence, three of them about 6 weeks early, thanks to one visiting in-season puppy bitch  |
There all different, I have one that goes 8 months, another that went 6 months on the dot, you could actually mark the calendar to the day and bingo 6 months and she was in.  Previous one was a 6 monther too.
A friends sheepie girl is every 4 months (that would drive me insane) and still waiting on Babettes first, she is 11 months and me thinks might be soon as her brother keeps an interest in snoofing her butt all the time. Mommy has been in and syd did not click, just snoofed around the house at all these weird smells and was kept well away from her, me thinks it will be heaps of GAWD why did I keep a dog when he has to be seperated and live the Bachelor life while sissy is in  . Those two crave each others company so that will be fun keeping them well apart  |
| Maybe Syd and Tiggy will have to buddy up will Babs is in. They can teach each other to be up to each others tricks while keeping Syd from being lonely. |
| I'm still waiting for Sophie to start. She is going to be 1 Feb 29th and still no season. I want to get her spayed soon but am waiting for her first cycle. When do sheepies normally have their first cycle? Is there something wrong? Our GSD's always were around 6 - 9 months old and they would have been scheduled for their spay. |
| The youngest I ever had a girl come in was 7 months. She was a very petite bitch overall. The oldest was Mariah at almost 17 months. She wasn't a large looking girl. What I would consider high end of medium size for a girl. But she had a lot of bone & muscle, solid as a rock & not very feminine looking until she reached the age of 3 or so. What age did the mother come into heat the first time? That can be a good clue. |
| Well thanks for the warnings! Sweetpea obviously didn't want to be left out so she started her first season today too! Must have been hastened by Poppy's hormones! So that was 8 months and again at 13 months for Poppy and Sweetpea has her first at 9 months if that helps anyone else!
Back to the mopping up........  Two girls in season at the same time isn't fun. I think we will spay both of them in 12 weeks time when their hormones have settled down..... |
Daisymog wrote: Back to the mopping up........
Two girls in season at the same time isn't fun. I think we will spay both of them in 12 weeks time when their hormones have settled down.....Good thinking. It's best to spay them sort of mid-way between seasons. Easiest on them that way. Are they really that messy? I have four in season right now and minimal mess. Now, they do smell a bit ripe if you ask me. I just got back from agility run-thrus with two of them and even though I cleaned them up a bit before we left they still made the car smell a little - hm - ripe. Though that may also be due to the fact that we've had so much snow laterly it's rare that they are actually fully dry, so maybe it's a bit of wet dog I smell. But not much in the way of mess. Odd. Maybe different bitches are different in that regard. Mine spend a lot of time cleaning themselves and they were even cleaning the poor puppy (who just came in for the first time at about 14 mos old), who is now obsessively cleaning herself as well. I'll be eating dinner and all around me I hear lick-lick-lick-lick. And I wonder - well, actually I don't - why I have no social life outside of dog people
Kristine |
| They 'drip' all the time which is easy to clean up when its on the kitchen floor but on carpets - another story! They are so used to being with us all the time that I can't shut them away in the kitchen just because its easy to clean! I'd rather clean up after them than make them think they've done something wrong. I've just been upstairs to 'drip proof' the bedroom ready with old towels/fleeces etc because they've always slept with us on the floor and its easier to wash stuff every day than try to clean blood from the carpet!
They do clean themselves but there are still lots of drips and they wonder why we're not so keen on them kissing us at the moment!! |
You can use panties. I don't like them on bitches in show coat since the hair tends to mat, but I know what you mean about the carpeted areas (and mine sleep on my bed, so...  )
Since mine are docked I just use little girl panties with a pad in them at night. Except for Sybil who makes a sport out of removing the pad and shredding it
Tailed dogs probably need the ones especially for bitches in season. Otherwise, tile and so on is such a godsend, isn't it? Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: Tile and so on is such a godsend, isn't it?
Kristine YEP Sheepie girls are banned from upstairs when in
I'm not a big fan of panties on them when in, as I don't think they learn to clean themselves as good, besides that you always have to whip them off for potty time and mine seem to pee and pee and pee when in so it is a never ending story, whip them on whip them off so easier not to have them, but do have the convenience of tiled floors downstairs.
OH and yeah definately no sheepie kisses from them when in, PHEW the breath aint good neither is the pong |
Mad Dog wrote: You can use panties. I don't like them on bitches in show coat since the hair tends to mat, but I know what you mean about the carpeted areas (and mine sleep on my bed, so... With Cheyenne I bought pull ups and cut a little hole for her tail. LOL then she figured out how to chew the stuffing out!!!! that was messy )Since mine are docked I just use little girl panties with a pad in them at night. Except for Sybil who makes a sport out of removing the pad and shredding it Tailed dogs probably need the ones especially for bitches in season. Otherwise, tile and so on is such a godsend, isn't it? Kristine |
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