hi my bitch is in season (her first) and i also have a dog who is nearly 2. he is not bothering her at all is this normal. people kept saying how bad he would be.

I would get her away from him ASAP.  One of my girls is 4 days gone and is still with the boys, her great grandma is also on day 4 and I've had to move her away because she's like a balloon and the last thing I would need is for a 14 year old dog to get pregnant!

Both my boys are being great and not pestering to much, actually Lastar who is a well used stud dog isn't interested in either of them at all yet thankfully but they'll be going to their grandma and grandads in the next couple of days.

Hi
I would get them separated as soon as you can, accidents can happen all too easily. Try and keep them in seperate rooms and exercise them/let them out seperately if you can't get him out of the house for a few weeks.
It can be a nightmare but its less hard work than a litter :)

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how many days in is she? as im sure that dogs dont get interested right away

Most males will not pester a bitch until she is ready to mate.  Unfortunately this can be anytime from day 3 to day 23 so ti is important to shut the stable door before the horse bolts so to speak.  they can seem perfectly uninterested one minute and you have a mating the next, ti can really be that quick.

yes, keep a good eye out and seperate all the time when your not there. they will probably get worst in the teens (ours certainly do)...but can do it the rest of the time to! constant vigilance!

Hi,
This is her first season, often in small breeds this can be as early as six months! How old is she and what day are you on??????????????????????
Please separate them ASAP. Often dogs are not interested untill they are ready to mate!!!!
Please for your girls sake.

they can seem perfectly uninterested one minute and you have a mating the next, ti can really be that quick.

Yep. I was stupid enough to get too laid back about my male dog. 6 years ago now. He showed no interest in any season bitches until they were ready, and so I had managed to leave him with my bitches for years for the first few days of each season. The full story can be found on my website. It was a ridiculous mistake to make and I definitely learnt from it. One moment my male Golden was in the same room as my in season Malinois bitch, hadn't as much as sniffed her, utterly disinterested. I said to my husband let's split them up now to play safe, before he shows any interest as it will be soon. We then stupidly let all the dogs out together for a last wee of the night before removing the male. Yup, seconds later we had a tie outside -which didn't only result in a litter of ten crossbred pups, but when I came outside the bitch saw me and tried to run to me whilst still tied with the dog, so also an emergency vet visit late that night to treat both for their injuries.It was 3 days before my poor boy stopped bleeding. Stupid, stupid, stupid and ALL my own fault. Yes, my dog knew when my bitch was ready. He also knew the best way to get at her was the few seconds I turned my back.

Since then, when anyone is near a season they get checked daily and at the first HINT of blood the bitch is removed.

ok wil do. and she is 11 months. she is 3 days in. we took her out the other day as we did not realise she was in season yet and had to bring her home becuse all the dogs would not leave her alone and just thought it was strange how my dog was not.
thanks

I have 2 entire bitches and one entire male at the moment. Seska is just out of season, everything went normal except there was no blood this time (silent season ;-) ) Not normal for her as I am usually following her with a mop :-D Her daughter is only 9 months old, so definately no puppies wanted this time around. Chance has been crated so there is no hope that. However, the daughter is sometimes showing signs of being in season and most of the time not! Chance is very interested in her so has had to be crated again. He is most unhappy. I know she isn't in full season, this is just pre-season, but I am taking no chances (no pun intended!) I just wish she would hurry up..... :-)

Who'd have bitches?????????????? :-D :-D

this is why i genuinely think if your sure your not mating a bitch its always best to spay her... its way to risky otherwise because accidents are so easy. plus it prevents probs like pyometria etc and gets rid of the HUGE hassel for the owners.

The easiest way is to only have bitches (or dogs):D

lol true, but then you miss out on the different characters... i am a dog person (i think most people either connect more with a dog or bitch) but i love my bitches to, there just so different fromt he dogs.

I think if you are going to have both sexes then you need to plan in advance what will happen about seasons. 

If your going to breed then you need to have proper facilities to reliably separate the sexes.  My home is not of a layout that would sensibly allow this and I am not the sole human living here so I chose to only keep bitches.

Ideally you need to be able to keep the dogs and bitches in different parts of the house and have them exiting the house separately to separate toileting/exercise areas.

This could work if you say have a back door from a kitchen and say patio doors from a living room giving access to separate parts of the garden.  Certainly in my breed having a male going on ground that an in season bitch goes on advertising exactly what stage of her season she is is almost tantamount to cruelty.

Relying on just a door or two to keep them apart is also not ideal as so easily someone can for get to shut a door, and let a dog out.

I could not live with the whining of a frustrated male every time one of my girls is in season ans have to crate one or both.

> I could not live with the whining of a frustrated male every time one of my girls is in season ans have to crate one or both.

it s a bit of a nightmare, its the singing that gets me...thankfully our boy only goes like that for a day or two

> I could not live with the whining

That's why I won't have another male - ever ;-)

I have tried putting him into kennels, but he won't eat and is so depressed when he comes home I refuse to do it again. I have even tried to put him to my son's house, the same thing :-( He is actually happiest when he is at home in his crate. It makes my life difficult, but as the only other person is my teenage daughter who has been threatened ;-) not to let him out unless I say so I manage. Or at least I have so far. I might have to have a rethink, depending when my youngest bitch finally does come into season. I do breed so neutering is not an option.

I'm seriously thinking of moving to a place where I can put kennels up. Not an option at the moment, thanks to my lovely neighbours :-(

It is a total nightmare, but slightly better if they are totally separated for the WHOLE time (and this includes a separate peeing area).

well we were going to mate our dog and bitch and only recently found out we could not because of my dogs knees. so rather then castrate him ( as i really did not want to) i am waiting till she is old enough to get hip scored. if her hips are fine i will prob have to get him castrated if not then i will get her done. as it would be easier if i could not mate her anyway.

> they can seem perfectly uninterested one minute and you have a mating the next, ti can really be that quick.

Barbara is not far wrong there!  A few years ago I took my girl to be mated, and the dog just messed around.  I just KNEW she was ready, but the stud owner reckoned not, so we toddled on back home.  I opened the back door to let the gang out, and turned to put the kettle on.  My girl was tied with my own stud boy!  Still, we got two cracking pups!