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Dachshund Puppy2007-11-25 3:00:31

I have a 16 month old male dachshund, and when he turned 1 years old we decided to get a female dachshund. So she was nine weeks when we got her. She has her vacinations all current. But Today I noticed the male trying to mount the female, and the female growled and got mad at him. We want to wait a cycle or two before the female has puppies. So when are females dogs sopposed to go into heat. Does the male dog know before everyone else when the female goes into heat? The dogs get along great but I want to wait a while to have a litter. The female is 7 months old now. So if anyone knows about this sort of thing please reply. My vet said about 9, 10 months before I need to worry about her getting pregnant with puppies. So what do I look out for? Thank you

Answers:

It's best you wait until she is one year old or one year and a half is the best.

The male mounting the female has nothing to do with her heat or him feeling it before anyone else. This is normal dog behaves because he can tell she is a female. No need to worry he will calm down in time.

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sorry this has nothing to do with your question but..YOUR FROM ALASKA?!?! ROCK ON! ME TOO!! BORN AND RAISED THERE I LOVE IT SOOO MUCH!! ITS AN AMAZING STATE! And yes the male can tell when shes about to go into heat.

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http://www.gocco.co.za/heat_cycles.htm.

I hope this helps you.

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dogs can go into heat as early as 6 months sometimes even earlier, and she can breed that age as well, and yes a male dog can tell before we do, cause the female will have a sent that a male dog can smell take her to the vet and see if she is in heat and then keep them apart if she is and the heat cycle can last about 20 days hope this helps

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dogs go into heat about 3 times a year. i dont think you should breed her till she is 2 years old so she doesnt have a hard time. i would also not let them be together because the female could get pregnant even tho she is that young.

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She could possibly become pregnant now, which would be unwise simply because she is too young to have puppies. You need to wait until she is fully developed herself, before you try breeding her. Talk to your vet about ways to prevent their breeding until the female is old enough.