My little pup has come into her 1st season...

MrsTinks

I adopted my b!tch at over a year old and in season so sadly she couldn't be done before her first season. I would have far preferred this. Then again maybe it's more of an issue to me because my mums unspayed b!tch had several tumours...
She was never bred but was bought from a breeder where she should have been a breeding b!tch - she failed one of the stricter danish breed tests though Shame they don't have them here if you ask me
You do see a lot less dogs in Denmark but it's because they are more expensive, and when people buy they figure they might as well buy quality so only go with accredited breeders...

hethmar

Im sorry but it would be total selfish madness to breed any more staffies. Just look at ANY rescue website, you will see hundreds of them abandoned, thousands more probably put down as strays in the council pounds. I cant believe anyone could contemplate adding to this horrendous situation.

foreign_correspondent

Anyone see 'seven pups for seven people'? - the woman who bred her dog took no precautions to ensure healthy pups, and so her costs were low - when someone rang and asked about health checks she said 'what the f*** are they?' (or words to that effect) - I don't think she even bothered with the basics, such as the course of worming both b1tch and pups should have had, in pregnancy and after birth - she struggled to sell them and gave some away

-she still said it had cost her more in dog food than she made, despite her not shelling out for vet checks etc

http://ww w.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nts91/Wonderland_Series_2_Seven_Pups_for_Seven_People/

Kimberley

Pete G I think you will be irresponsible to breed from your Staffie. People buy them as pups and then when they get big and the novelty has worn off then they dump them in either rescues or tie them up in parks and leave them. Jack Russels and Staffies are the top breeds that end up in rescue centres.

baileysbattlebus

foxy-roxy wrote: »

she is only 9 months old?? Is this normal? i was expecting it to be around the age of 1. She is a blue staff (and so adorable.)
She is fine with it, hasn't changed her in anyway and we have a male dog who hasn't even bothered with her - yet, although they are seperated when they are left alone.
Is it a while yet before she gives off a scent of being in season to other dogs? I thought it would be straight away, also my male has been neutered so could this be why he isn't bothered?

Our staffie had her first season at the end of November last year - she was 12months old.

Our vet will not spay until they have a had a season - the reason she gave was that once they have had a season you know they are mature - I don't know whether that is correct or not - but it was the reason she gave us. We got her at almost 5 months and wanted her spayed as soon as possible.

Her behaviour did change during her season - which I was dreading because she wouldn't be exercised as much - and she was pretty hyper and used to have an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon - but she became very quiet and tended to lie around a lot - so a short walk in a very quiet part of the park everyday was enough.

There were about 2 days in middle of the season when during the short walks she had she was almost doing somersaults on the lead trying to get to other dogs. None of the dogs bothered with her - but for those 2 days she was more than keen. Most of the male dogs where we walk are neutered.

We are now mid January and her behaviour is still different - she is a much quieter dog - someone who knows her well said she is like a different dog - she doesn't go chasing up to other dogs she approaches them quietly - sniffs and comes away - her recall is much better - I don't know if that is because she had the best part of month being walked on a leash.

She still gets excited sometimes - but it seems at lot of the "puppishness" has gone. I don't know if this is normal or not.

She is a pretty blue - but I wouldn't dream of breeding from her - she was a rescue.