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05-04-2006, 12:53 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northeast Ohio
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| Nursing/Heat Cycle Question I asked this in the breeder section and have had no response. Hopefully someone here will read it and give me an answer. Roxie was in heat the end of January. When we suddenly lost our matriarch mama, Reggie, April 4th, leaving us with 5 baby girls to care for, Sissy, Reggie's daughter and her daughter, Roxie, took over as substitute mama's giving the girls the tender love and care that only another yorkies could provide. Our miracle came with Roxie developed milk two weeks later and has been nursing them along with the supplemental bottle feedings I was giving and now they are eating soft mush but still nursing. My question is since Roxie has developed the milk and is nursing, will that change her heat cycle? It is like she gave birth but without being pregnant. Does anyone have an answer or even a good guess? Here is Roxie, she's only 14 months old..........miracle milk and all! The other pic is Roxie and 19 week old male, Dante who became the cleaning expert.
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05-04-2006, 01:07 PM | #2 |
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| I am sure it can effect her cycles...she will need to be built up and rested after weaning this orphaned litter...nursing is far harder on bitch then gestation and whelping. Can she come and go as she pleases..get away from the pups? |
05-04-2006, 03:27 PM | #3 | |
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05-05-2006, 03:51 AM | #4 |
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| Can anyone else offer an opinion?
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05-05-2006, 03:58 AM | #5 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee
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| most are like me I think most people on YT are like me--never heard of a dog developing milk like that-- but my guess is that it would affects her heat clycle, something to do with hormones????? got me?? |
05-05-2006, 04:49 AM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: kent england
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| my mum use to work for the rspca and she took in a bitch with 14 pups but the mum wasnt any good and would just leave the pups and my brothers lab got milk and took over, if i remember right it didnt change her seasons but i guess all dogs are different
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05-05-2006, 05:02 AM | #7 | |
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