My Weimaraner skye started her 1st season last monday and still bleeding and is still very swollen  how long will this last please as this is the only weim i have had that i have let have a season any replies would ber appreciated thanks so much

A season normally lasts approximately three weeks, but to be safe she should be kept away from any Male dog for four weeks from the first day of bleeding.

According to the books a bitches flow will become less bloody as eh reaches her most fertile time, but bitches don't read the books and many show blood stained discharge through the whole season and some for only a few days.

also i took her in to town today and had a nasty comment off someone saying how could you bring her out when shes like that quite upsetting

I agree totally that you should NOT take her into town whilst she is in season. It is dreadfully distressing to male dogs, and you are just asking for her to get mated. Please read this thread...........http://www.champdogsforum.co.uk/cgi-bin/board/topic_show.pl?pid=914872;hl=walking%20in%20season#pid914872. The person wasnt being nasty, just honest. If you own a bitch you really should ensure that you are more knowlwegeable about these things, or you are going to get into terrible trouble, and end up with pups.
....I would advise you to get the "book of the bitch" and start reading it NOW.

I live in a small town very quiet and there where No DOGS male ones that i encountered at all and was only there for a matter of mins so i dont think this would do any harm
also i am not asking for trouble!

I`d also like to state to everyone, that when I bought the dog, i did not buy her to breed, she is a family member now.

after this season she will be spayed.

I`d also like to show my anger at the poster above, who has made me out to be brainless, my mai8n post was to ask for help, not a lecture.

Nobody thinks you're brainless, Skye's mommy, but by your own admission you're not fully genned up a bitches' seasons. No shame in that, and you've done the right thing in acknowledging that and asking advice from more knowledgable people.

The facts are that while she is in season (about 21 - 28 days from when she started bleeding) she will be attractive to male dogs, who will be able to scent her from a couple of miles away, and the more you take her out and about to spread the glad tidings to them, the more likely it is they'll come to you and camp out in your garden. Towards the middle of her season the discharge will probably (but not guaranteed) get paler in colour and her vulva become softer and 'flabbier'. At this stage she will probably be very keen on attracting a gentleman friend and getting to know him really well! Litters have been sired from matings as early as the 5th day and certainly as late as the 20th day - so allow a few more days of isolation to be on the safe side.

So don't even allow her out in your garden unattended till her season's over - many is the litter that was sired by an athletic Romeo who jumped the fence!

Hope this helps.

thanks for the kind reply all i asked for was that and you gave it thanks again

> agree totally that you should NOT take her into town whilst she is in season. It is dreadfully distressing to male dogs, and you are just asking for her to get mated

I'm sorry but why?  In what town are dogs allowed to be off lead?

The park is a no no, but certainly taking your bitch out and about on lead to places dogs are required to be on lead is perfectly OK.  Any male who may notice her should b e under proper control on their lead.

Mine go out with me road walking, as there are no latchkey dogs around thanks to efficient dog Wardens and expensive reclaim charges.

Of course you should not leave her unattended, and it is polite to cross over to the other side of the road, and if practicable politely let them know you have a bitch in season if you see another dog walker.  50% of the time the other will be a bitch anyway.

thanks you for that

>In what town are dogs allowed to be off lead?

I guess it depends on the individual location. Where I am there is a huge offlead area no more than 2 minutes walk from the town centre. Inbetween the two there is a very busy road with a sharp bend where people are often knocked down - a dog hot on the trail of an inseason bitch wouldn't stand a chance. There are also several parks dotted around the town center where dogs are offlead.

We aren't talking parks we are talking the town, i.e. public roads where dogs are required to be kept on lead under the road traffic act and bylaws.

Yes, but dogs can and do bolt from parks, like children after an ice-cream van! And of course people live in the centre of towns too, and dogs can escape from their houses and/or gardens if sufficiently tempted.

i was talking about the town and  no dog is off the lead.
when i take her to the park she in on her retractable lead and its locked if i see another dog so she is safe with me  and i go a different way and avoid but most times im the only one dog walking.
i have owned weimaraners in the past but with my others had them spayed
i got Skye 3 weeks ago and shortly after she started her season so was only asking for advice not to cause trouble :(

>We aren't talking parks we are talking the town, i.e. public roads where dogs are required to be kept on lead under the road traffic act and bylaws.

Unsure what you are saying. I am talking the town also. There is a highly popular off lead area a very short distance away from the town centre (probably about a 20 second sprint for a dog) - is it ok to walk an inseason bitch past there just because you are on a public road then?

I can honestly say in 20 years of entire bitch ownership and walking I have never had a follower, and there are plenty of dogs living close by, and I daresay I do pass fairly close to several recreation grounds etc.

I did have a dog come close to following that was loose on its owners drive while he was tinkering with his car.  I quickly warned them I had a bitch in season and they retrieved their dog, and put him indoors where he should have been, as a cat could just as easily have caught his eye.  Though I have had dogs take interest in us when the girls have been nowhere near in season, so a silly thing for the owner to allow their dog to be on their drive loose.

> when i take her to the park she in on her retractable lead and its locked if i see another dog so she is safe with me  and i go a different way and avoid but most times im the only one dog walking.
>

Now you should definitely not walk her in the park or anywhere dogs are likely or have aright to be off lead.  The owner will not know why their dog is suddenly hot on your trail.

Discreet careful road walking is acceptable going to the park, fields, woods, beach, or anywhere dogs are let off lead is definitely not.

> is it OK to walk an inseason bitch past there just because you are on a public road then?

An owner should certainly not have their dog close enough to the gates or entrance for them to sprint off and a bitch owner should avoid flaunting the bitch right past the entrance when there are clearly dogs about.

I have neighbours with dogs, should I not own a bitch in season because their dogs may get loose, as there is a recreation ground almost right opposite my house where dogs run free, and I am sure the people who back onto this ground may also have entire bitches.  A little common sense is called for.

no i didnt mean that i have walked her in the park in season i meant before her season with was about a week cause she is new with us and quite timid of other dogs i should have stated that sorry

Oh that's good. :D

wow! nothing like a good debate!!  Personally ( & I have owned both dogs and bitches) I encountre no problem having a bitch in season, its the males that cause the problem, even if your bitch isnt in season some ( I SAID SOME!) are a problem as they havent been taught manners. some male dog owner will say 'its ok she will tell him off' SORRY I'm afraid I dont want my bitch to have to tell a dog off for sniffing at her when he shouldnt be. S I will be the one to tell them. I have taught my girls that if a boy sniffs your bottom you sit on it. It works every tiome. I work my dogs and some of the working dogs think its great fum going around all the girls. I love it when my girls 'sit on it' doing as I have taught them.  Bye the way (this will put the cat among the pigeons.!) I have never had to restrict my bitches exercise just because they were in season. we always go rural anyway and are alway still on the same exercise in season or not.  As whether my girls are in season or not, if I meet other dogs I always put my dogs on their leads. I then make a decision when I have size the dogs up, as to whether they can have a play together.

I can honestly say in 20 years of entire bitch ownership and walking I have never had a follower, and there are plenty of dogs living close by, and I daresay I do pass fairly close to several recreation grounds etc.

Ditto

I have never had to restrict my bitches exercise just because they were in season

Ditto again

Just very careful at all times

I have also had entire bitches for over 17 years and never had a problem whilst out walking in season, although I once had a male crying outside my front door!

I once took a call from a very worried lady who had a bitch in season and a male dog camped out in her back garden!!!

(and yes I advised her to get her girl spayed if no litters planned etc ;) )

we just restrict our girls to the garden when in season and so far have not had any amorous suitors attending!!

>I have also had entire bitches for over 17 years and never had a problem whilst out walking in season

Over the years I've had a few instances of loose dogs appearing from nowhere across the fields so we've had to beat a hasty retreat back to the car, and once had three dogs in the garden paying court to the bitch, while she sat in the middle of the dining table gazing adoringly at them through the window!