Walking bitch on heat *rant*!

Sportznight said:
So by extension people should not ride (hack/compete) in season mares and allowing stallions a 'free rein', should be fine then - according to some of what I've read here....:rolleyes:
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A ridden horse is effectively on the lead, but if you were to take your mare for a walk and let her off the lead to fetch her ball and chase squirrels, that would be very naughty:p
 
I guess I never really thought about it as my parents live in the country where we have always had unspayed bitches who just run in our private fields, along with neutered dogs who have never shown interest in any of the in season bitches.
Will only be living in an estate for another year anyway and will then be back to my parents and not having to worry about other dogs! :D
To lighten this thread up abit, a photo of the dog causing all the trouble, not surprised so many dogs fancy her ;) :D
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This thread has had me in in hysterics, no your bitch is a slapper, noo your dog is a male protitute.... I mean really!!

1) walk your entire female in season on a lead, if any uncontrolled randy dogs come up, pick your bitch up and give the owners of the dog a lecture!

2) if you own an entire dog and can't control it around bitches, keep it on the lead.. simples!
 
Nice little dog.
I have a un neutered lurcher bitch, I walk her on the lead at stupid o clock times to avoid other dogs and the only entire male we met ignored her and was only interested in sha**ing one of my neutered males as I think they think he's a bender!
Other than that I have had no problems, Oz :)
 
cremedemonthe said:
Nice little dog.
I have a un neutered lurcher bitch, I walk her on the lead at stupid o clock times to avoid other dogs and the only entire male we met ignored her and was only interested in sha**ing one of my neutered males as I think they think he's a bender!
Other than that I have had no problems, Oz :)
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I should have added, if you have any neutered homosexual dogs, probably keep them on the lead too!! lol
 
LOL! Actually a male dog came over to her and tried to do his thing, and once I picked her up and waited for the owner to come and retrieve him she said "that is a girl, isn't it?" "yes.." "oh good, cos he seems to be showing a lot of interest in boys recently and I've started to get worried about him!" :rolleyes: :p
 
BroadfordQueen said:
LOL! Actually a male dog came over to her and tried to do his thing, and once I picked her up and waited for the owner to come and retrieve him she said "that is a girl, isn't it?" "yes.." "oh good, cos he seems to be showing a lot of interest in boys recently and I've started to get worried about him!" :rolleyes: :p
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lol!! homophobic dog owner!! lol My boys were done at 5 mths and hump during play like puppies do, think they never went past that puppy stage.
 
Cuuuuuuuuuuute!

Not quite sure why an argument broke out earlier, but think you get the gist that there is no right answer in the land of HHO :D
 
My springer bitches are not spayed as we may decide to breed from one or both of them one day. *ducks*
But when they are in season I avoid ANY where that there may be other dogs. I am lucky that my dogs travel well so I can find some remote footpaths/fields and they are walked at 5am and 10pm. I believe it is the responsibility of the owner of the bitch to keep them away from other dogs.
I often walk my mum's entire labrador. He is an extremely obedient dog but he can't always resist following a bitch in season.
I met someone the other day walking their dog off the lead in a popular dog-walking country park in the middle of the day. My two bitches were running around and the man shouted to ask if they were dogs or bitches. When I replied that they were bitches he said, 'oh that's ok then cos my dog is in season!'.
I had to tell him what I thought!
 
Nickijem said:
My springer bitches are not spayed as we may decide to breed from one or both of them one day. *ducks*
But when they are in season I avoid ANY where that there may be other dogs. I am lucky that my dogs travel well so I can find some remote footpaths/fields and they are walked at 5am and 10pm. I believe it is the responsibility of the owner of the bitch to keep them away from other dogs.
I often walk my mum's entire labrador. He is an extremely obedient dog but he can't always resist following a bitch in season.
I met someone the other day walking their dog off the lead in a popular dog-walking country park in the middle of the day. My two bitches were running around and the man shouted to ask if they were dogs or bitches. When I replied that they were bitches he said, 'oh that's ok then cos my dog is in season!'.
I had to tell him what I thought!
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why did you need to tell him what you thought?
 
Cos I thought he was bonkers walking a bitch that was in season OFF the lead in a country park full of dog walkers in the middle of the day! Unless of course he wanted to be inundated with male dogs running up to his bitch! So i pointed this out to him! :)
 
Nickijem said:
Cos I thought he was bonkers walking a bitch that was in season OFF the lead in a country park full of dog walkers in the middle of the day! Unless of course he wanted to be inundated with male dogs running up to his bitch! So i pointed this out to him! :)
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See, I agree with this. I'm not pro-bitch/anti-dog, infact, if push comes to shove I would prefer to own the male of the species. What infuriates me is this 'bitch-in-season in public drives my dog to distraction and their owners should have more consideration ' attitude. It's rubbish. If you have an oversexed male, with or without balls whom you can't recall when he's off lead, then keep him on a lead. How many times on this forum do we read about an owner, outraged, that an off-lead dog approaches their on-lead dog? It's double standards.
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blazingsaddles said:
See, I agree with this. I'm not pro-bitch/anti-dog, infact, if push comes to shove I would prefer to own the male of the species. What infuriates me is this 'bitch-in-season in public drives my dog to distraction and their owners should have more consideration ' attitude. It's rubbish. If you have an oversexed male, with or without balls whom you can't recall when he's off lead, then keep him on a lead. How many times on this forum do we read about an owner, outraged, that an off-lead dog approaches their on-lead dog? It's double standards.
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I don't see where the double standards comes into it, I havent heard one person say they would walk a bitch on heat off the lead??... but then I haven't read the thread overly carefully
 
i have had three bitches(just the two now age 7 and 2) all un spayed..and exercise them when in season(but do not race/course them while in season),on lead at all times and try to avoid other dog walkers,ive never had much problems with male dogs appart from young male labs
my whippys would go mad if wasnt allow to go out or just stuck in the garden

i think it depends on the breed of bitch, one of my whippy have silent seasons..i dont agree on spaying until after 2 years but thats my opinion

if you are having alot of trouble with male dogs while your bitch is in season..have you got a friend/family who has a big garden or space for your bitch to run and exercise either on her own or with other neuted dogs/bitches
on the plus side if she been in season for two weeks you only have a week or so to go but still b very vigilant a few weeks after

there are sprays that you could use(not sure if they really work though)
 
Ok, maybe it's me, maybe I'm PMTing, maybe I'm just irritated by life in general at the moment, but I don't get it. Why should the owner of a bitch in season avoid walking her said bitch on lead because owners of entire dogs or oversexed Randy Andy neutured dogs cannot contain/control/keep them on a lead/have a reasonable amount or recall of said male? Am I seriously missing the point?:confused:
 
I'm wit you blazing saddles-everyone control their own dogs. Why should only one entire owner control their dog/walk at unsociable times and not the entire male dog owners? It's a ridiculous convention and the perpetuation of it only serves to allow people to let their dogs be out of control.
OP-put a nappy on if you want then you're pretty safe yuo sound like your being responsible anyway, so long as you have eyes on her.
 
Funny how many JRT's are called Millie, as mine :)

I have been breeding borzoi for 23 years, and I have never walked bitches in season and I advise owners not to walk their bitches whilst in heat. You cannot really blame entire males to pester your bitch, it is their nature to do so, on the other hand I believe all owners should be in 100% control of any canine in the care.

There are other reasons, the first one, whilst the bitch is in heat she is open to uterine infections, and the other reason is you could end up with every randy hound on your door step, and unless the male is owned by a hunk that comes and collects his randy dog, it will be an absolute pain and dangerous too.

It is a pain keeping bitches in the garden whilst in heat but unfortunately it is one of the things of having bitches
 
You can either deal with the world as it is, or you can pretend the world is the way you want it to be, then moan when it turns out to be as it is. In an ideal world all dogs would be perfect robot dogs, with cast-iron guaranteed recalls in absolutely all circumstances, away from anything, up to and including in-season bitches, sitting on top of a mountain of gravy-soaked beef bones, shouting 'Come and get me boys!'. Unfortunately, life doesn't work like that - and if your bitch gets caught, you are the one that has to deal with the consequences.
 
Trust me, none of my bitches have ever been caught. I deal with my world as I experience it and I have never experienced any dogs ram-raiding my door or scaling six foot fences to get at my bitches. Neither have I been pursued by sex-obssessed dogs when walking my bitches in season. Come to think of it, I cannot recall a single occasion where an entire or otherwise has pestered any of my dogs. My own castrated male is no problem when a bitch is season but if he was then, I, as his owner would take reasonable steps to prevent him being a nuisance.
 
Broodle said:
I think you probably need to think about this from the other side: your bitch is sending out clouds of hormones that are absolutely irresistable to an entire dog. I would think that even a dog with normally 100% reliable recall is going to go suddenly deaf when overcome by his natural hormonal response to a bitch in heat!

I have never had a bitch on heat (spayed both mine before their first season), but in your shoes I would either be avoiding walks (nightmare, I know) or continue as you are with on-lead walks and accept the fact that you are going to have to pick your dog up every time another dog approaches. I don't think that you can blame your fellow dog walkers in this situation, personally...
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This ^^^ plus get her spade as soon as, I'm afraid you'll have to continue to keep her on the lead, seems the safest option.
 
I didn't have my two bitches spayed when they were younger and simply kept them in. House and garden rest was always the order of the day, so no accidents could possibly occur. I am now, living with the consquences though as my eldest bitch now has mammary cancer. I had them spayed when they were four, but only now realise that if you spay before their first birthday they have almost complete protection from this awful disease. It is terrible, feeling like you caused it.
 
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