On Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at 12:30:00 PM UTC-7, Ray wrote:
Andrea J Chee <andrea@bloodaxe.com> wrote in news:MCttNGETyC08EwIH@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk:
In article <Xns9200638E859CFchucklescxxpeoplepcx@19.5.30.190>, Chuck
<chucklesCx@xpeoplepcx.com> writes
We had our two year old Thai Ridgeback bred, but she had a false >>pregnacy. Never had this happen before with a dog, so when can I expect >>her to go into heat again?
False pregnancy is essentially part of a bitch's normal cycle - unlike people, they go through the same hormonal changes whether they are
pregnant or not, or whether they are mated or not. That part of the
cycle is called met-oestrus when they aren't pregnant. Some bitches
respond to the hormones and have a visible false pregnancy, others
don't, but the hormone cycle is still happening in both. So her cycle should remain the same regardless whether she's had a false pregnancy
or not.
I'm a little concerned that you're mating a bitch without knowing the normal cycle though. It implies that you may not have done enough
homework to get your girl through her pregnancy and delivery safely, to keep most of the puppies alive (expect to lose some even with the very
best care - sometimes you get lucky, but even the best breeders
regularly have pups that don't make it), or to make sure that the pups won't suffer from expensive and heartbreaking genetic disorders as they grow up.
If you have your girl's best interests at heart, get some books and do
some general research on bitches/mating/pregnancy/whelping. You'll also need to find out what breed-specific health testing the parents should
have before they're mated, which known problems in the breed you need
to avoid, and so on - this may take some time in what is a
comparatively rare breed, and you may need to speak to some responsible existing breeders. To get you started, you may wish to look up luxating patella and dermoid sinus, which are known inherited problems in the
breed.
- ANDREA
Whoa Andrea.....better reign in that condescending holier than thou reply. Who made you judge of other peoples abilities? Who said they did not know what a normal cycle was?
I raise Rhodesians, which are very similar to Thai Ridgebacks. My bitches having a false pregnancy due to an unsucessful mating will go into heat 3-5 months after the false pregnancy. There are many factors that will affect when the bitch will go into heat again depending on whether there was no conception, if there was a miscarriage, or if it was just a false pregnancy with no mating. You may not know if there was a miscarriage very early in the pregnancy.
As for saying that, "her cycle should remain the same regardless whether she's had a false pregnancy or not." Sorry, you got that wrong. My bitches have proven that statement to be false several times.
Ray
You seem to be the most reasonable human being here and I'm having no luck in research so maybe you can advise me....I'm not looking to breed my girl but here's the situation ....
We adopted a beautiful pittador 2 years old about 53 days ago. She is showing EVERY single sign of dog pregnancy. There is nothing wrong with her the vet couldn't confirm anything when we first took her in at first symptom and now she's seemingly going
back to normal nipple and such but no puppies....obviously 'false pregnancy' these people who had her were horrible and have zero information for me..... no they didn't charge me for her it was straight up adoption anything they surrendered her to us.....
but.... just so I know roughly what to expect when does anything heat (blood visible) cycle happen after this type of false experience for her? Again I don't want to breed her but would like to kind of know what to expect
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