Well Tundra has been in and out of heat for the past month. We could tell that she really wasn't fully in heat as we know how Moose acts when a female is in heat. AKA not eating, pacing, cyring etc. Well she got very swelled up again last weekend and is now in full blow heat. We have been now rotating dogs for bathroom breaks and keeping the boys on a leash in the house etc. Each dog has their own kennel as well when we are gone. I was joking with my mom that it wouldn't surprise me if moose found his way into Tundra's kennel......well bite my tounge he did today!!!! He made a whole not very big in his kennel and made his way into hers. So here is my question. At what point after a dog has been bred would we know she is pregnant?

My vet told me that at this point the only thing they could do to ensure no pregnancy would be to fix her. This would then defeat the purpouse for the future. He also said at her age she would not have any bad effects on her body to have the pups.

Believe me I am not too thrilled about this as I was hoping to get health testing done before any breeding took place but at lass.....we may have not been able to....Of course we assume he covered her as we were both at work.

So I would like to avoid having to do an ultra-sound in two weeks if there is another way we can confirm pregnancy before like the 7th week so we can prepare. Any advice would be great.

And please no "you should have been more carefull advice" as there really was no way we could have been more careful.

That made me laugh Megan! Thanks! We were planning this pair to breed but not for another year at least! Geez...gotta love them. They willl be good pups though. Our male is a phenominal hunter!

I'm glad I wasn't the only one this happened to. I am not sure on the time but last Year when Hunter got in with Belle, it wasn't very long after that and she quit chasing after him and then (I will say Chest as I'm not sure how to put it) her chest started to swell and get bigger. They started to hand down a bit. I really noticed a change in her attitude as well.

Good luck, I hope it works out. Hunter chewed through his fence again yesterday, but Belle was in the house this time. I cannot believe what these males will do when the girls are in heat.

Trey, is there really such a thing as a mismate shot? I have never heard of it here? It would be nice for a backup. Is there a time limit on when to get it?

I would just wait Beth, if she is pregnant you will know soon enough. Belle was so different the day after. She will start to show very quickly. Just keep her away from Moose just in case she isn't. Then after I think it was 45 days we got an ultrasound so we knew what amount of pups to expect. That was good because we ended up with 10 and the last one was about 2 hours after the rest of them! If I didn't know the pup probably would've died. My friend who breeds these dogs almost lost his female because she had 2 dead pups inside her. It was like 2 days and she was acting all sick. He took her in and they found them and removed them. Lucky she didn't get an infection and die. Let me know what you find out. It would be cheaper to wait just a little while because believe me she will show!

Thanks for the FYI on that shot too!

Yep! That's the same thing I'm talking about Trey. Here is just 1 of many links from a Google of "Termination of pregnancy in dogs" PS. Big Congrats on the VC!

www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/reprod/petpop/terminate.html

Congrats on both Beth! It will all work out for the best. Last year when Hunter got ahold of Belle I went through the same thing. There were no other alternatives offered except to have her spayed. I didn't want that either as I wanted to breed them. I had just wanted to have their hips and health checked for cert. I agree with the health checks but just because a dog isn't TITLED as a field champ or whatever does not mean it is a good dog! My dogs would run with the best of them. I just don't have the time or money right now to pursue the Hunt tests.

You have some wonderful dogs and I bet you'll have some beautiful puppies. Good luck with both. Let me know when you find out for sure if she is carrying.