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Originally Posted by katmoon  Well, my little baby Bella (well, she's 10 months old) is in heat and started bleeding about 5 days ago. I had done lots of research trying to prepare myself for this, and most places I read that yorkies typically don't have much blood. Bella seems to be a differant story. I'm just putting pantyliners in her diaper, but I am having to change them every 4-6 hours because the spot gets so thick and nasty. I'm curious...how much blood is too much?
Just a little info on Bella: She is very hyper normally and plays all the time with my male yorkie, Cash. Now, she is her normal self half of the time and the other half she is just so pitiful and just climbs up on my chest wanting love. She has been eating and drinking water regularly and uses the bathroom regularly as well. |
The bleeding sounds fine. Some dogs just bleed heavier then others. When my female is in heat I don't put anything on her. She keeps herself very clean and it is actually healthy for them to not cover up their vulva.
Just watch for a really bad odor or any odd color besides red, that could mean infection. But that is rare and it sounds like your girl is normal...
They get very cuddly and give that "poor me" look when they first go into heat.
With that I would like to mention, in case your not aware, That you need to keep your intact (if he is) male completely, 100% away from your female (unless he is under 5 months). Even if he has a wrap on and she has a pantie one, will NOT keep them from mating..
Lin