Question for those who breed...

CaliaCalia
edited June 2009 in Food, Nutrition, & Health
I've heard this done in the cat world, and yes I know that cats aren't dogs, but was curious if this can happen with dogs.

When a female cat goes into heat, once the guy has done his thing, the heat stops even if she doesn't wind up being pregnant. A couple of cat breeders keep altered males that were once breeders just so they can end the heat of a female they don't want to get pregnant.

My question is, does a female dog's heat stop once the male is done, or does her heat continue to increase the chance of pregnancy with multiple 'sessions'?

Comments

  • AkiraleShibaAkiraleShiba
    edited November -1
    I don't breed but I'm pretty sure it continues since you can have multiple sirs for one litter.
  • SarakoSarako
    edited November -1
    Cats and dogs don't have the same cycle.

    I don't know the right english words for describe exactly this thing...

    Females cat ovulate only after coulping.

    Dogs ovulate always during a normal cycle with or without coupling.
  • EdgewoodEdgewood
    edited November -1
    Cats are "induced ovulators" whereas the majority of other animals have an estrus with ovulation at the end of the estrus, with or without any breeding/copulation. This is unlike cats, who will only ovulate if they are bred by a male.

    And actually, you don't need a neutered male to get a female cat out of heat, you can use a q-tip or other small device to stimulate the female cat into thinking that she was bred. :-) When I was an Animal Science major at Cornell, one of my professors in the vet school did reproductive research and spoke to us about this exact thing (ie, he did it in his research lab).
  • CaliaCalia
    edited November -1
    I was always told that dogs also were "induced ovulators", and that is why they are tethered when mating. Of course, being naive and lacking experience in this department doesn't help in knowing what is true or not. I know a little about cats, and how they can be pregnant with multiple litters at one time, but my dog breeding knowledge is pretty much non-existent, thus why I would never consider breeding them.
  • NekopanNekopan
    edited November -1
    From what I gather, dogs "tie" for a couple reasons - to keep all the fluids in the female, and to prevent another male from mating with her (if only for a short period of time). Dogs most definitely continue to be in heat after mating.
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