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Heat cycles?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:39 am
by waylon
Had a hound that got bred by a border collie. Pups were culled after birth. Will I have to wait for her next cycle or will she come in sooner. i have been told a bitch will come back in sooner in a case like this like wolfs that lose pups. I have seen it in quater horses
Re: Heat cycles?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:41 am
by twist
She should stay on her regular cycle. Should come back in around 6 months.
Re: Heat cycles?
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:06 am
by waylon
Ok thanks alot
Re: Heat cycles?
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:39 am
by Arkansas Frog
Twist back in the 50's I had two walkers [sisters] one came in heat twice a year other one only once a year, I am asking why.
Re: Heat cycles?
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:21 am
by twist
Frog I dont no why for sure that would happen I know the older a female gets they can be longer than every 6 months. Usually after they reach a year old the rule of thumb is 6 months also bigger dogs can be more apt to exceed the 6 month rule also. later, Andy
Re: Heat cycles?
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:08 pm
by driftwood blue
Waylon:
like they said. usually 6 months---figure 4 months after weaning pups.
some lines are genetically set on only once a year..most do work pretty close to that 6 months cycle But a change in the area of the country sometimes will throw it off.
condition of the hound sometimes changes things too.