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To my surprise on Monday morning I was awakened by my barking dogs to find that one of my females was locked up with a stray. Her jeat cycle was within the last 2-3 days. I immediately called my vet and was told he could give her the shot within 24 hrs to stop the fertilization but she runs the risk of developing pyometra and that could lead to spaying. The other option was to wait until she's almost full term and abort the litter, leaving her to have still born puppies. I guess I need some advise or opinions and what you all would suggest. I never in a million years that she would accept a male so late.

bullygirl807 wrote:

To my surprise on Monday morning I was awakened by my barking dogs to find that one of my females was locked up with a stray. Her jeat cycle was within the last 2-3 days. I immediately called my vet and was told he could give her the shot within 24 hrs to stop the fertilization but she runs the risk of developing pyometra and that could lead to spaying. The other option was to wait until she's almost full term and abort the litter, leaving her to have still born puppies. I guess I need some advise or opinions and what you all would suggest. I never in a million years that she would accept a male so late.

i would go for the shot personally. if you do have to spay her at least you have a great dog still. none of my dogs all female are fixed either so i know how it feels. it may have the risks but i dont like killing something that never even had the chance to see the world it is bad enough having still born in a natural birth and litter

It would be sad to kill developed pups, but you gotta look out for what is best for your female. I would take the option with the fewest health risks if she is actually breeding quality. If she is just a pet then i would go ahead and do the spay now. Im sure our opinions of breeding quality vary but unless she is a show/working dog i would get her fixed.

That's the whole thing, she is a show dog and this is the first heat cycle she's had and we were planning on letting her go until the next heat cycle to breed. I thought about letting her have the pups and then just give them away. I too don't feel it would be right to just kill the litter or put her through a still born birth. However, to me that seems to be the safest. I'm not ready to spay her at this point and I don't know for sure if it even took.

Some of you might not like my response but.......I had a similar deal happen out here not too long ago. My girl was healthy enough to have the pups so I let her carry and give birth to them. As soon as it happened I tried to get a vet to give her the shot you mentioned but no one would do it. But anyways, I tried finding homes for them before they were born but I "culled" most all of them at birth. The few that I let live ended up not making it anyways since this was my dog's first litter but....oh well. IMO, their are way too many homeless dogs in this world anyways.

Talk with your vet and see if he thinks she's healthy enough to carry the litter. If she is, just ride it out and see what happens. Try and get PET homes lined up ahead of time and "cull" the rest.........It might sound "mean" but that's just how I feel about it.

Trust me, I've thought about that too. I have had her checked and she is healthy enough to carry the litter but it has weighed on my mind about having a bunch of unwanted pups. I'm still not for sure if she took so I'm going to wait another few weeks and have an ultr sound or x-ray done to make sure. Amazingly enough, I caught the stray and tried to find it a home but had no such luck. I ended up taking him to the landfill where they house stray dogs. He was a young, friendly shephard mix so I'm hoping he finds a good home. On another note, while we were at the landfill, there were 2 pitbulls there. One I'd say about 5-6 months and the other about 3 years old. I was thinking about adopting them, if not they more than likely end up spending the rest of their lives there if not put to sleep. The young pup I was told was under investigation but if all goes well I'll find out on friday if I'm able to adopt her. The male I was told bit someone so I'm a little leary to take him.

Dunlap wrote:

Some of you might not like my response but.......I had a similar deal happen out here not too long ago. My girl was healthy enough to have the pups so I let her carry and give birth to them. As soon as it happened I tried to get a vet to give her the shot you mentioned but no one would do it. But anyways, I tried finding homes for them before they were born but I "culled" most all of them at birth. The few that I let live ended up not making it anyways since this was my dog's first litter but....oh well. IMO, their are way too many homeless dogs in this world anyways.

Talk with your vet and see if he thinks she's healthy enough to carry the litter. If she is, just ride it out and see what happens. Try and get PET homes lined up ahead of time and "cull" the rest.........It might sound "mean" but that's just how I feel about it.

I agree with the culling of such a litter. It is very wise as not to contribute to the issue of useless dogs. I commend you for it.

This topic also hits into one of my most fustrating issues. Those jerks that let their dogs roam free which is the direct cause of this person having to wake to find some damn mutt hung up with her dog. Not much more than a week ago I had to put a slug in a black lab for trying the same here. I then delt with the owner. He had his last warning from me about a month ago.

You not only have to worry about a litter to cull, or find homes for which is dang near impossible anymore but there is serious risk that that idiot also doesn't immunize their dogs, worm them, and the very serious and often enough chance that that other dog has a sexually transmitted desease. Your dog may vary well be infected and you better have her tested for STD's. I would suggest you find the owner, and force them to have their worthless mutt tested and its nutts cut off. The owner should be castrated as well but that is another topic. This is a very serious matter and you should not just be concerned but rabidly pissed. This matter given you doing the shot or not may very well lead to your dog becomming not breedable in the future. Preventing the fertilization seems to be a very wise chioce, even aborting later. I like the idea of stopping it before it starts though over abortion. I don't believe in abortion for humans but animals and humans are not the same in any way. I don't think that in the affairs of animals a person can become damned to hell. Please do if you can prevent the litter from becomming half a dozen or so more mutts to contend with. And please do have your dog checked for STD's now that a dirty mutt has stuck her. And please do deal with that crappy owner. I wish I was there to do it for you. I am mad enough for you about it that I would ball bat the SOB.

Just my take on it all. I know others have other oppinions in life.

I thank everyone for their input. I am positive she did conceive and I'm going to cull the litter. Right before she is to drop, the vet will give her a series of shots that will cause the litter to be still born. It is the proper thing to do in such a case. As I stated I did catch the stray and turned hom over to animal control. It is just frustrating to responsible owners such as myself and so many others in here when things like this happen. i won multiple dogs and have never had a problem keeping any of them contained and then you have dead beats that can't even take care of themselves much less an animal. I felt bad for the little guy and having to turn him over but he's also got 2 other females pregnant in the neighborhood.

bullygirl807 wrote:

I thank everyone for their input. I am positive she did conceive and I'm going to cull the litter. Right before she is to drop, the vet will give her a series of shots that will cause the litter to be still born. It is the proper thing to do in such a case. As I stated I did catch the stray and turned hom over to animal control. It is just frustrating to responsible owners such as myself and so many others in here when things like this happen. i won multiple dogs and have never had a problem keeping any of them contained and then you have dead beats that can't even take care of themselves much less an animal. I felt bad for the little guy and having to turn him over but he's also got 2 other females pregnant in the neighborhood.

How much is that gonna cost you at the vet?