Bloody dogs offlead!!!

lostinrates

Lequirk wrote: »

Well you might be able to spot the precise moment your female dogs come in to season and when they stop being in season, but i am not perhaps quite so well acquainted with our dogs nether regions. Accidents do happen.

Should we be aware of her being in season then we do not walk her, it would, i concur, be irresponsible to do so.

The calendar is the first clue, though not fool proof, but there are indications before season starts, often behaviourally,( she'll pee more as well. Behave a bit different ly usually) but crucially, there should be some swelling of her vulva and its a bit pinker than usual before seasons start.. ( people talk about discharge, have to say ours have never shown noticeable discharge change, other indications are far clearer in ours, but might help you.

So yes....I do have a pretty good idea when to start keeping an eye on things. I've been brought up in a household with breeding dogs and girls living as house dogs together ( apart from in season) and never one mistake....living with entire dogs monitoring them is part of the responsibility. It makes sense to be familiar with all parts of your animal, in cluding 'nether regions' especially if entire. Monitoring changes as part of regular grooming and checking over every few days lets you get the prior warning you need when combined with observation.

Lequirk_2

lostinrates wrote: »

The calendar is the first clue, though not fool proof, but there are indications before season starts, often behaviourally,( she'll pee more as well. Behave a bit different ly usually) but crucially, there should be some swelling of her vulva and its a bit pinker than usual before seasons start.. ( people talk about discharge, have to say ours have never shown noticeable discharge change, other indications are far clearer in ours, but might help you.

So yes....I do have a pretty good idea when to start keeping an eye on things. I've been brought up in a household with breeding dogs and girls living as house dogs together ( apart from in season) and never one mistake....living with entire dogs monitoring them is part of the responsibility. It makes sense to be familiar with all parts of your animal, in cluding 'nether regions' especially if entire. Monitoring changes as part of regular grooming and checking over every few days lets you get the prior warning you need when combined with observation.

I am familiar with all parts of our dog, i just don't look at her personal bits every day. It doesn't make me an irresponsible dog owner. The calendar is not fool proof by any means, in fact our gal is a tad irregular in that department, hence my concern.

Person_one

Lequirk wrote: »

I do not understand your post. Please explain.

Ah come on, an off lead dog that you admit to not having much control over, and a female in season to top it off! If you admit to not cleaning up after her when she poos you'll have the hat-trick!

lostinrates

Lequirk wrote: »

I am familiar with all parts of our dog, i just don't look at her personal bits every day. It doesn't make me an irresponsible dog owner. The calendar is not fool proof by any means, in fact our gal is a tad irregular in that department, hence my concern.

We have an irregular girl too, not help ful is it. And I don't look daily, though the one I cannot see daily because of coat I check twice weekly ish . not just vulva but every thing under tail. By checking that regularly and knowing what is her 'norm' I notice changes quickly. Weekly would probably do, a part of your groom and check over for minor injury routine for example. The vulva changes are noticeable.


Its the sort of habit like a self breast or testicular check that ( which ever is relevant) should just become part of routine for ourselves.

Similarly I am not regular, but I know what to look out or in my body to 'give me a clue' in the few days proceeding:rotfl: luckily I don't have to sugpffer the indignity of a regular unromantic check under the tail:rotfl:

Person_one

There's always the spay option as well.

lostinrates

Person_one wrote: »

There's always the spay option as well.

Well person one, I just don't think I'd cope with the recovery time ATM. .

Do you mean the dog? The longer fur bottom has been booked in repeatedly and had upset stomachs like lick work each time :mad:. She's now reaching the end of her life so it will not be an issue. :(.

Irregular girl we didn't do because initially she was to be bred from, then after first accident I decided not to, but didn't want to surgeries in one year. The next year she did the other leg! So again, with her vet decided in our home circumstances it was better to keep her entire another year.

So in spring she will finally be spayed and I will be delighted. It will make life much better for her IMO, and easier for me as a bonus. :j:j. I'll have only one of each sex, an entire girl would make that harder on both of them too. The boy, he actually I think isn't going to show now, so I think he'll be going the same way too. It will be...a relief.

Lieja

I'm a bit stuck with my boy - he's a Malamute and so only has recall when it suits him, and is quite a hefty lad. He's soft as a pudding and has never shown aggression towards person or animal, but I only let him off lead when I know there's nobody else about as I'd hate for him to run up to a person or animal that didn't want him around. Instead, he bounces around on his lead, pulling me all over the place because he's dying to play! I would love for him to socialise with other dogs, but because he's always on lead when other dogs are about, owners instinctively put their own dogs on lead and drag them away - I'm assuming this also has something to do with his size and the fact that he's leaping around like a maniac! We also live in a rural area where we tend not to meet many dogs out on our walks, and when we do they tend to be on the other side of a field... There should be a universal dog owner's sign for 'my dog isn't going to eat your pooch, and would really quite like to play'. Instead, he just has to watch them all back off from him and he gets even more frustrated, and I come home with very achey arms!

minimad1970

Lieja, Don't always assume it's about your dog. If you were walking towards me I'd have my dog on his lead and be giving you a wide berth as he suffers with fear aggression. I do try to say to other dog walkers it's not their dog it's mine.

Person_one

Lieja wrote: »

I'm a bit stuck with my boy - he's a Malamute and so only has recall when it suits him, and is quite a hefty lad. He's soft as a pudding and has never shown aggression towards person or animal, but I only let him off lead when I know there's nobody else about as I'd hate for him to run up to a person or animal that didn't want him around. Instead, he bounces around on his lead, pulling me all over the place because he's dying to play! I would love for him to socialise with other dogs, but because he's always on lead when other dogs are about, owners instinctively put their own dogs on lead and drag them away - I'm assuming this also has something to do with his size and the fact that he's leaping around like a maniac! We also live in a rural area where we tend not to meet many dogs out on our walks, and when we do they tend to be on the other side of a field... There should be a universal dog owner's sign for 'my dog isn't going to eat your pooch, and would really quite like to play'. Instead, he just has to watch them all back off from him and he gets even more frustrated, and I come home with very achey arms!

There is, its a calm and friendly dog off the lead. If you work on training to the point where yours has a solid enough recall and is sensible off lead then you can let him play.

I appreciate this is harder with a Malamute than with some other breeds, but its not necessarily impossible.

lostinrates

Lieja wrote: »

I'm a bit stuck with my boy - he's a Malamute and so only has recall when it suits him, and is quite a hefty lad. He's soft as a pudding and has never shown aggression towards person or animal, but I only let him off lead when I know there's nobody else about as I'd hate for him to run up to a person or animal that didn't want him around. Instead, he bounces around on his lead, pulling me all over the place because he's dying to play! I would love for him to socialise with other dogs, but because he's always on lead when other dogs are about, owners instinctively put their own dogs on lead and drag them away - I'm assuming this also has something to do with his size and the fact that he's leaping around like a maniac! We also live in a rural area where we tend not to meet many dogs out on our walks, and when we do they tend to be on the other side of a field... There should be a universal dog owner's sign for 'my dog isn't going to eat your pooch, and would really quite like to play'. Instead, he just has to watch them all back off from him and he gets even more frustrated, and I come home with very achey arms!

Poor you.

The problem is of course with a dog bred for such great stamina and exercise requirement you risk a vicious circle with him getting more and more excited and anxious to run and play and let off steam. I have to say, while they are simply gorgeous dogs their huge rise in popularity in my area, particular in local towns has concerned me for them for this reason. Some one I know 'drives' them and the thrive on that kind of work and are super relaxed dogs.



Have you thought of trying to start a group of people to walk with? Mine would enjoy playing with yours for a short time, but yours would be still wanting more when mine was long finished :rotfl::rotfl: