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Post by bruingtonbeagles on Sept 15, 2008 21:12:46 GMT -5
jcross,about 2months ago actually it was on july 3.i got home from work and found my 6-year old male beagle had dug a hole under his pen and got in the pen with my female puppies which were about 9-months old.one of the puppies was in heat,about 4-weeks later that puppy started showing sighns of beeing pregnant,started getting big belly and her tits were getting much larger than the other females.well it has been 75 days since the male dog got into the pen,and i was told that beagles only have about a 60-day pregnancy period,over the last couple of weeks i believe the dogs belly has actually gotten smaller.now i dont know if she is pregnant or not.someone said something about a false pregnancy,what is this and what do you think????thanks for any advice on this....
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Post by jcrosscatahoulas on Sept 15, 2008 22:30:29 GMT -5
The whelping date would have been long past on your female dog, 63 days is the cycle for that and 75 days later (12 days late) the critical period would have already been fatal. False pregnancies are common with young bitches and can absolutely mimic a real pregancy down to colostrum and an almost full bag of milk. Watch for ANY uncommon discharge, if all seems normal...she's probably perfectly fine. Mostly likely she even went through the "nesting" she would have had she gotten bred and had pups. Pyometra is common with false pregancies but you should have noticed her "off" - fever, lethargic, glassy eyed, maybe a little off her feed.
Now, I've seen what is basically endometriosis in bitches and it works itself out similarly in dogs as it does people. If they're bred, the hormones level out and the problems resolve themselves. If not, it can lead to problems that spaying is the best solution for. Simple blood tests can tell you the answer to that a little later down the road.
I would strongly recommend one thing though, have your female dog brucellosis tested. Do a google search on it. It's a wicked disease that is so commonly overlooked, it's not fatal to the host but is fatal to a kennel. It's VERY contagious, not curable and a death sentance. It is the reason I RARELY breed outside my kennel and I don't even breed my OWN without a test.
Hopefully that's not the case, most likely not, but those are the 2 things that pop out to me, PM or email me any time, I'll be glad to help or point you in a direction if I can't.
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Post by lunger on Sept 16, 2008 8:50:37 GMT -5
 She could have also been bred and had a miscarriage. If she showed signs of a pregnancy for 4 weeks and then started looking smaller. Any of the other pups show any signs ? Did she show signs of swelling in the vagina area ? Did you check her teats for milk ?
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Post by bruingtonbeagles on Sept 16, 2008 19:43:32 GMT -5
no sighns from the other pups,she did have some swelling,and no milk from her teats..
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Post by jcrosscatahoulas on Sept 16, 2008 19:55:54 GMT -5
That's not at all uncommon with a false pregnancy.... I wouldn't be surprised if it were strictly hormone related. It's really possible she just wasn't quite "ready" when he got in there with them and didn't breed her. How long had she been in heat when he got in there?
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Post by bruingtonbeagles on Sept 16, 2008 20:18:10 GMT -5
i only noticed it that day when i found him in there,but you got me concerned with the brucellosis,i will schedule a visit with my vet tommorrow...thank you for the info.
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Post by jcrosscatahoulas on Sept 16, 2008 20:30:04 GMT -5
I would do exactly that, to be honest. Rule that one thing out, especially if you run in a pen situation or with other "outside" dogs. Otherwise, it's most likely just a youngster with hormones a little out of kilter for reasons that only nature understands. They'll have a test they call "rapid slide" or RSAT, it'll tell you in about 20 minutes, (costs usually around $20) otherwise, if that's fine, my vote is let nature take it's course. I wouldn't worry overmuch beyond that. There's a ton of other tests they could run for other hormone "things" that could be possible, but VERY few of those are too bad to deal with outside of being aggravating and expensive testing isn't really necessary to start fixing them.
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