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Originally Posted by galina711

hello. i desided to breed my yorkie for myself (i used to breed cats a while ago, but after my husband brought this little yorkie to me, i fell in love and converted from cat person to a complete yorkie fan!). she is 7pounds and a great puppy! her name is Cherrie. she is 2+ years old, in her third heat.she is never been pregnant before. her heat started on december12, so i contacted our stud. on dec. 20 & 22 they had outside tie. stud fathered 9 litters. on dec. 22 me and studs owner desided to try artificial insemination, because we wasn't sure if the outside tie worked (they never got stuck for more than 1 minute), when the vet started to get the sample of males semen, he was empty. so you think he did shoot it in her in outside tie? next day when we tried again, my girl didn't want to do it anymore, even though the male was very interested. after that she stoped having discharge. today (dec.29) and yesterday my female had a discharge coming, kind of milkish color, and with some blood, and a little smelly. her vulva is still enlarge. so could she be pregnant? and why she still discharging? she does act a little depressed, she always wants to be near me, and she want to go for a walk a lot. i know that we can't know if she is pregnant till she is 30 days past, but i am a little worried because of the discharge still showing and the smell. her genetals smell. i just don't want her to get an infection or anything. can you please help me.

The heat cycle lasts 21 days, sometimes a little less and sometimes a little longer. Most likely your females is still in heat. It is not unusual for them to have a discharge to some degree for three weeks. The swelling of the vulva will not go down until she is out of heat. How old was the male you used? It sounds to me like you tried breeding them too early. You tried to breed her on the 8th and 10th day of her heat cycle. Some females are not ready until the 11 to the 15th day. They are all different. When trying to breed a female too early the vulva will be hard and that makes it more difficult for the male to tie. It is when the bleeding stops that they are usually ready to breed. If you are concerned that she might have a infection then it would be best to have the vet check her.