At what part of the heat cycle isn't a female fertile?
We're going to have five dogs at our house this weekend (including Nunya and Snoopy) and one of them just came out of the visible part of the heat cycle about a week ago. Snoopy isn't neutered (until Monday... muahaha >:]), and I know he's young but I don't want to take any chances with letting him run with her if there's a chance she could get impregnated, since I can't find anything on how you can really tell if a male has reached sexual maturity.

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I wasn't sure if this was health of general?

I know that only after a female stops bleeding, she becomes really fertile. I'm not too sure about the time frames, but I'm sure others can chip in that info.

I believe it's the 12-14th days of their heat cycle, so usually right after they stop bleeding. I would keep them separated the whole time, there's probably a very good chance she could get pregnant if he mounted her.

Okay, thanks. He can play with the other two, until he's snipped. Then he's on bedrest.

It's about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks from when the bleeding started. The girl parts will become less firm looking, bleeding stops/gets yellowish, and she will encourage males to approach (IMO, the female's attitude is a really good indicator for most). I would play it safe and keep them separated because (1) if he tries to mount her before she feels ready, she could get aggressive and hurt him and (2) if he is successful, the sperm could potentially live until she ovulates.

Those would be some fugly pups. She's pit bull-boexer lol

dahowlers wrote:

Those would be some fugly pups. She's pit bull-boexer lol

"Who you callin' fugly?!"


Kidding

Aaw, that's kinda cute!
But I'm not trying to getting his hopes up
She keeps flagging nunya and he has no idea and just wants to play, meanwhile Snoopy is screaming his head off and slamming into the door in my bedroom.