for example if a female dog breeds with 4 dogs can each dog become a father to the pups in the same litter?
2006-12-20 21:51:48 · 7 answers · asked by naomi 115 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Most strays we find pregnant and large litters It is very obvious there are different daddys. Its always funny when we can show them mom they want to see the dad and the comment is the dad got away. No childsupport or anything just ran off.
2006-12-21 00:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! Female dogs ovulate over a period of several days. One dog can "cover" a female and fertilize the eggs present. Another dog can "cover" on the next day or two days later and fertilize the eggs present at that time. They don't fertilize the same egg. Once the egg is fertilized, it's fertilized by that dog.
So absolutely there can be more than one father to a litter.
2006-12-21 06:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by a10cowgirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible, but since the window for fertilization is small, it's rare that there would be more than 2 fathers (Unless she got a lot of action in a short time period!). The pups can only have 1 father each, being the result of the eggs fertalized during that mating session.
2006-12-21 06:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by Yo LO! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, one litter can have multiple sires.
2006-12-21 13:02:24 · answer #4 · answered by hllyrch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Sometimes it is easily seen, sometimes, where the males are similar, it takes DNA testing to tell.
2006-12-21 05:57:31 · answer #5 · answered by sue 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Here's a little more info: http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-18290.html
2006-12-21 06:00:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mandy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my...I never thought about it. I guess so... why, of course so!...But I don't know when such a rare ocation would take place.
2006-12-21 06:30:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋