"Fixed" dog is in heat!

[EweSheep]

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Oh gosh.. My dog Chloe has not been spayed yet. We have never had a surprise pregnancy, but she can get pretty creative when let outside during a heat. Thank god no accidents yet! We've bred her once, and plan on spaying her sometime soon. Guess we just have to put up with the 21 days of annoying behaviour/messes everywhere every 6-8 months.

My male fixed dog, Koda, will hump her like there is no tomorrow. He will LOCK with her. She gets pretty excited. Maybe he is what holds her over. I can't begin to explain how embarrassing it is to catch our dogs locked butt to butt in the front yard with kids getting off the school bus.

Yep. She will be fixed once we get enough money to do it.

I am surprised a fixed dog is able to perform the mating act. Usually they don't do it at all. Was he "proud cut"? or his spermatic cords were just cut but able to retain the testicles (similar to human males)?

If you are not that concerned about it and it does not bring in pregnancies, I would not worry about it.

However if you are worried about ANY males besides yours coming in for your female, then I would go ahead and get her spayed. It would help in the long run, preventing cancers, unexpected litters and problems down the road.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

Its not at all uncommon for a neutered dog to be able to achieve a "tie" with a female dog in season. Even a male dog that was neutered young and was never around an in season female before. I have seen this happen several times and have heard about it even more.

 

[StupidBird]

The dog has an appointment with the vet Monday to make sure it's a heat; then have to wait till she's done with the heat before fixing.

Thanks everyone for your advice.

 

[EweSheep]

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Wow that is something new! Learn things new everyday!

How come it never happens to geldings? (the ones that has been gelded young, or has NO experience in breeding mares prior to gelding). Even a gelding I had, bred two mares, had two sons that was worse than him, he ended up being gelded himself at the age of seven years old. He still displays stallion-ish behavior (pacing, greeting horses) but acted like a gelding when you ride him or being around horses in a ring or trail ride. He has not yet acted studish to a mare in heat nor could he "perform" the acts.

I guess each and every animal is different!

 

[EweSheep]

Your dog will thank you and you will thank yourself from the aggravations LOL!

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[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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Wow that is something new! Learn things new everyday!

How come it never happens to geldings? (the ones that has been gelded young, or has NO experience in breeding mares prior to gelding). Even a gelding I had, bred two mares, had two sons that was worse than him, he ended up being gelded himself at the age of seven years old. He still displays stallion-ish behavior (pacing, greeting horses) but acted like a gelding when you ride him or being around horses in a ring or trail ride. He has not yet acted studish to a mare in heat nor could he "perform" the acts.

I guess each and every animal is different!

I don't know enough about horse reproduction to make a really educated guess about your question

But dogs seem to have a very strong drive in that area.

 

[pbjmaker]

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Yeah - it happened at our house our fixed "puppy" caught his mama last year. We didn't know that could happen either so we weren't concerned about having her around him. Our vet said it has a slight chance of causing UTIs.

 

[EweSheep]

Might let them enjoy it!

As long its in a proper time, and place LOL! I hope they don't do it excessively!

 

[babyblue2]

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Wow that is something new! Learn things new everyday!

How come it never happens to geldings? (the ones that has been gelded young, or has NO experience in breeding mares prior to gelding). Even a gelding I had, bred two mares, had two sons that was worse than him, he ended up being gelded himself at the age of seven years old. He still displays stallion-ish behavior (pacing, greeting horses) but acted like a gelding when you ride him or being around horses in a ring or trail ride. He has not yet acted studish to a mare in heat nor could he "perform" the acts.

I guess each and every animal is different!

My older gelding has been trained and trained and trained and wouldn't consider stepping a foot out of line, even with a toddler ridding him. Out in the pasture with his favorite girlfriend... different story. lol.

 

[EweSheep]

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Wow that is something new! Learn things new everyday!

How come it never happens to geldings? (the ones that has been gelded young, or has NO experience in breeding mares prior to gelding). Even a gelding I had, bred two mares, had two sons that was worse than him, he ended up being gelded himself at the age of seven years old. He still displays stallion-ish behavior (pacing, greeting horses) but acted like a gelding when you ride him or being around horses in a ring or trail ride. He has not yet acted studish to a mare in heat nor could he "perform" the acts.

I guess each and every animal is different!

My older gelding has been trained and trained and trained and wouldn't consider stepping a foot out of line, even with a toddler ridding him. Out in the pasture with his favorite girlfriend... different story. lol.