Hi, I was wanting to hear of experiences from people who breed their dogs.

My little 7 y.o dog mated (not for too long) about 18 days ago (it was unplanned).
Since yesterday she has had a yellow discharge and keeps licking herself and today it has turned into a clear discharge.
Is this normal, is there a chance she could be pregnant?

Thanks in advance.

ANY odd discharge, other than what you'd normally see to the end of a season - she will still be in season even if she's been mated, for the full 21 days - should be checked by your vet.   I'd not want to see anything and it's quite possible she's picked up some infection - pyometra comes to mind.   When you take her in to be spayed, your vet should sort out what's going on.   As for the mating, it makes no difference how long the mating took - if there's penetration you have a 99.9% chance of a pregnancy which at 7 for a first one, could be life-threatening for her.

Please get her in to be spayed asap (apart from this troubling discharge), letting the vet know she might be pregnant.

Yes, I agree with Mamabas - having a litter at 7 - especially a first one - but even a 2nd or 3rd litter at 7 for most breeds is unlikely to go smoothly and will cause more problems for your girl.

Any abnormal discharge is worrying and she may have picked up an infection from the male. You will need to get her checked out by the vet and also talk about the possibility of her being pregnant. There is an injection available that acts like the morning after pill for dogs that can be administered and prevent an unplanned litter. As she is of a good age and finished growing, it might be a good idea to get her speyed as it reduces the risks of pyometra which can be life threatening if not diagnosed quickly.

Please do come back and let us know how you get on.

You should take her for the Alizin injection when the season ends, it is given as two injections two days apart and will stop a pregnancy.  It can be given up to 42 days after the mating but will cause abortion by then.

Many bitches discharge becomes less bloody and more straw coloured when they reach the most fertile stage, but others continue with blood coloured.

If it has an offensive odu8r rather than the normal feminine one, then it could  e sign of infection, if in any doubt a vet visit will clear things up.

Thanks for your response..
We took her to the vet yesterday and he said that she has pyometra and that theres not much stomach tension and the puss is draining which is good.
He gave her some tablet antibiotics for 3 days and we will see him again on monday.

I was wondering is it possible at all that she has pyometra and is also pregnant?

He felt her uterus/ stomach region and didnt say anything about puppies but i was reading at this stage (20 Days) Vets may not be able to feel the puppies as they are just embryos that would be starting to implant.. Would that be correct?
I plan on getting her spayed once this pyometra stuff clears up, i think the vet said it cant be done until the infection is gone.

If she has pyometra, most unlikely and surely anyway the pus in  womb would drown any puppies.I'm not a vet but I'd be more concerned about the pyo which can be life threatening than whether my bitch might be pregnant which I doubt she is.

I'd check back with the vet because frankly the normal treatment for a pyometra is to go ahead and spay asap, never mind being on antibiotics which she'd need, probably, in any case.   I seriously doubt she's in whelp!!   And as has been said, my concern would be for the well being of my bitch - pregnant at 7 years, for the first time?   Not a good idea.

Yes an open pyo is 'better' than a closed one (because the pus is draining) but if she was mine, I'd have asked him to get on with spaying her, perhaps to save her life.

What is it with vets. Twice my friend at this stage of pregnancy with slight discharge (quite normal) have pronounced Pyometra and two healthy litters born.

Precautionary antibiotics are fine, but this bitch has been mated, and most bitches mated become pregnant,  and this bitch needs an ALIZIN injection course now!!!

ALIZIN is also used as a treatment for Open Pyometra when a bitches breeding potential needs preserving.

Either way the possibility of pregnancy is definitely there.

So ALIZIN or spaying needed to address thisbreal possibility.

I seriously doubt thisnis Pyo if the discharge is not foul and there are no other signs like thirst, raised temperature.

OP, if she is pregnant are you planning on letting the pregnancy continue?
If she was mine and might be accidently pregnant at 7 years and currently has a pyo, I would be down the vets demanding a spay.
Pyometra scares me witless and is the reason why my dogs are spayed directly after they have matured.

I see that it is showing the OP as living in Australia. This might explain the different advice being given by their vet.

I find it strange that rather than do an emergency spay, the vet has given a short course of antibiotics. In the UK, unless you really want a litter out of a bitch with pyo, most vets would do the operation.

I would be going back to the vet to discuss my options.

I know it is many years ago (1980s) and treatments will have changed but my then 8 year old bitch had pyo shortly after being in season. The bitch was not showing any real signs of being ill but had a dark blood stained discharge. The vet put her on antibiotics for a few days and then did the spay. His feelings were that as she was not apparently ill there was a chance that the antibiotics would kill the infection and cut down the risk of bacteria getting into the abdominal cavity during the spay operation. Had she been ill or deteriorated during the course of antibiotics of course he would have done the operation immediately. Certainly do not risk any pregnancy continuing.

One of my girls had pyo. It's horrible. It can kill in days, please just do what it takes to save her.

Thanks for all your replies.

I am just posting on behalf of a family member. She use to be my dog, but i had to give her away to another family member. shes not in my usual care but i see her atleast once a week.
The vet i went to seemed a bit dodgy but i only went there because her usual vets had no appointments for that day (friday) or over the weekend, only had one on monday.
The vet i went to didnt even take her temperature and didnt have a clean looking table in his office AND he got her name wrong twice. He looked VERY old.
We gave her the antibiotics he gave us her over the weekend and went back to her normal (professional) vet on monday. Confirmed it was Pyometra.
They gave her surgery the next day and she is recovering just fine. :)

> We gave her the antibiotics he gave us her over the weekend and went back to her normal (professional) vet on monday. Confirmed it was Pyometra. <br />They gave her surgery the next day and she is recovering just fine. :)

Good to hear - best outcome all round really.

So glad she is on the mend. Phew. Hopefully she will soon be back to her old self.