How can you tell if a dog is ready to mate??

Question

ive got a 2 and a half year old black lab that came into heat she stopped bleeding so we took her to the stud dog and she accepted him with no problem and they tied. The next day she started bleeding again. the morning after that she was also bleeding and then she stopped so we took her to the stud again ang they tied how can i tell if she's pregnant and do i need to take her back to the stud?

Answer 1

a female will come in to season for 3 weeks every 6 months the 1st week she will not accept the male it is only within the 2nd week she will allow this to happen the 3rd week she will continue to bleed and not allow the male near her so no dont take her back to the male you will be able to tell in 4 weeks she is pregnant as her body changes my gds is 5 weeks now and as just started to show iv found a great site to help you as i use this and its great information
www.faqs.org/faqs/dogs-faq/ medical-info/whelping
hope this helps you

Answer 2

Mating a pet dog is a bad idea, as any serious dog person or vet will tell you. There are quite a few serious reasons for this, which you'll find when you do some research. But here are a few: 1. Before breeding, an owner needs to become an educated expert. No owner of a breeding-quality female dog will let his/her dog mate with somebody's pet Shih Tzu (and 'purebred' doesn't mean anything in terms of mating). There are networks of breeders and breed mentors, which you can find through AKC shows, or the AKC breed club. 2. Any dog who's going to mate needs to be genetically screened and health certified, which is far more involved than a visit to a vet. Otherwise, poor traits are passed on to the puppies. Some of those traits might be recessive, so you wouldn't even know that your dog has them. 3. Any dog who's going to mate needs to be proven breed-worthy in sport, work, or competition, and needs to be an excellent example of breed standards. That's to ensure that only the best qualities are passed on to the next generation. 4. Dog overpopulation is a massive problem, and all of us dog lovers should be working together to fix it. Shelters are jammed full of dogs (mixes and purebreds), overwhelmingly due to backyard breeding (which is what you'd be doing if you allowed your pet dog to mate) and puppy mills. Backyard breeding is irresponsible, because every single backyard bred litter directly causes the deaths of dogs in shelters. 5. Spaying and neutering protects your dog's health. Dogs who are "fixed" are protected from certain cancers, for example. 6. You won't make any money. No one will pay a real stud fee for the services of a pet dog. And the puppies won't be sold for much (if anything), because they'll be BYB pups. Shelters are full of BYB pups who couldn't be sold. Please, do some research. Go down to your local shelter and see how many dogs and puppies are being put to death. You'll see how important it is for all dog lovers to take a stand against irresponsible breeding. We can all make a difference.

Answer 3

Plenty of good advice has already been given, but I wouldn't waste money on having a scan unless there are complications. Several years ago years ago when our female lab did not seem to be showing signs of being pregnant at 6weeks (out of 9 week pregnancy) we had her scanned. The vet said she might not be pregnant, but if she was she would have only one or maybe 2 very small pups. In fact she had 9 good sized pups.
By the way, although it it too late now, did you have your lab hip-scored and eye-tested? Do you know the same details about the sire? Do you know if there is any family relationship between dog and female? If not - tut tut! There is more to breeding than some people think.

Answer 4

don't take her back if they tied i expect she is with pup after about 5 days she wont stand for the dog so don't worry just wait and in around 4 to 5 weeks time take her to the vet and ask for her to have an ultra sound then you will know but if she is you will see changes in her not a lot but you will notice in her moods what you need to do is make a mark on your calendar when she first was mated and count 63 days from then and you will know when she is to have the litter within a day or two of the 63 days last time i breed my b**** she only went 61 days so at the end of the day its up to you either wait or go to the vet and have your b**** an ultra sound but not for another4 to 5 weeks but you realy should of taken her to the vets before you mated her to check she was ok so as you never you need to get her checked out and a week before the pups are due you need to get some worming treatment to give to the ***** it a special treatment that will treat the unborn pups and its better that way then you will have better and healthy pup when they are born (reg breeder of bichon frise)

Answer 5

It is normal that she started bleeding again. Some dogs don't stop bleeding until after they go out of heat. You may want to take her to the stud one more time but it really isn't necessary. Most breeders like to get three ties in. You will be able to visibly tell if she is pregnant in about 5 weeks; however, 30 days after seh goes out of heat, you can have a blood test performed on her to confirm it, you can also have an ultrasound or x-ray to confirm. The ultrasound and x-ray will tell you about how many puppies she is carrying as well. Good Luck!

Answer 6

You will not know until about 4-5 weeks from now when she starts to show.

When she starts bleeding the darker red again then the standing heat is done.

She will also not accept the male anymore, (usually). Standing heat lasts only about 5-7 days at most. Usually you will have them breed every other day, total of 3 times or so. Sounds like she should be done and keep her home and feed her the normal food for a couple weeks yet, then switch her over to puppy food.

Answer 7

The best inidicator I have found is when my dog humps my leg. If I kick once and he goes away, hes not really ready.
If he just hangs on...
Sorry, I can be so imature.
I think your dog knows when shes ready or like the human world she would reject him. I dont know if they have pregancy tests but dogs show pretty quickly. If they tied up I think youll hear the pitter patter of little paws soon enough.

Answer 8

I f they tied then take hern to the vet 45-50 days after the breeding ang they can tell you.

Answer 9

I'm not sure why you are breeding your dog becuase you are just slimming the chances down for other dogs to get adopted from a pound. and onother thing is if you are really serious and know what you are doing about breeding your dog you wouldnt be asking random people how to breed your dog. How irresponsible.

Answer 10

If they tied, then she is most likely pregnant.

If you do not know the answers to breeding questions, you should not have bred her.

Please get her spayed.

Black labs have a disadvantage when it comes to shelters, because they are large and black. You are adding thousands of lives to the death row of shelter animals...