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I've got a dog question
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:27 pm
I have had many dogs but I normally have the females spade but this particular border collie is the best cow dog I have ever had. I have a good male so I bred him to her. I have very little experience with pregnant dogs so my question is when they get close to time to have puppies (by my calculation should be within a week) do they normally go ape shite crazy? It is humping the head of an orphaned calf. Normally she is nothing but teeth on a cow and isn't messing with the other dogs. Ideas?
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Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:27 pm to angus1838
:inB4bamainbredcomment:
ETA: frick i can't even spell my name right
ETA: frick i can't even spell my name right
This post was edited on 2/11/12 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:30 pm to Bama and Beer
They are bammers but no kin
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:34 pm to angus1838
I have heard of this type of behavior before. I have also seen them nesting by digging all kinds of holes.
Take her temp. See if her temp as dropped. An old timer told me that a dog's temp is normally around a 100 degrees. If it drops to around 98 she is in early labor.
Does she have a secure whelping box?
Take her temp. See if her temp as dropped. An old timer told me that a dog's temp is normally around a 100 degrees. If it drops to around 98 she is in early labor.
Does she have a secure whelping box?
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:37 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Yeah she has a box and she has been doing this for a week
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:38 pm to angus1838
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angus1838
Have you taken her temp? Is this her first litter?
This post was edited on 2/11/12 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:41 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Yes its her first litter and as for temp my wife won't give me the thermometer
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:44 pm to angus1838
My guess is that she is in early labor and is scared. BUT, the only reliable way to tell if she has started labor is checking her temp.
I assume the whelping box is nice secure room where she can't cause any damage to herself. Sounds like it's very close to time that you need to put her up.
I assume the whelping box is nice secure room where she can't cause any damage to herself. Sounds like it's very close to time that you need to put her up.
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:49 pm to angus1838
The humping thing is a show of dominance. I'd bet her hormones are squirrley because of the pregnancy. Pregnant women are crazy.
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:52 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
She has a room to herself with one of those igloo looking things for a box. She does it when I take her out and feed the calf my 9 year old asked me why she is doing that and I just didn't have an answer for him.
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:56 pm to angus1838
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my 9 year old asked me why she is doing that and I just didn't have an answer for him.
I tell my kids that they are just hugging each other.
Posted on 2/11/12 at 12:59 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
He knows about what breeding means being raised on a farm. His question was just the same as mine why is a female dog humping the head of a calf. My answer was hell I dont know
Posted on 2/11/12 at 3:08 pm to angus1838
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why is a female dog humping the head of a calf.
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The humping thing is a show of dominance.
Posted on 2/11/12 at 3:24 pm to Teague
Thanks man it is funny to see. Afterwards the calf just runs around the pen bucking and kicking but lets her do it.
Posted on 2/11/12 at 4:54 pm to angus1838
quote:Tell her you will wipe it off on your pants leg after so it should be clean
for temp my wife won't give me the thermometer
Never heard of female dog humping calf head
Posted on 2/11/12 at 5:09 pm to Nodust
Well just so you know I ain't making it up
Posted on 2/11/12 at 5:11 pm to angus1838
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Well just so you know I ain't making it up
Good stuff
Posted on 2/11/12 at 5:38 pm to angus1838
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Well just so you know I ain't making it up
OB pron
Posted on 2/11/12 at 7:15 pm to angus1838
Any chance this has to do with lactation?
Posted on 2/11/12 at 7:24 pm to angus1838
Orphan calf=least dominant animal around ;dunno:
or, she's actually lactating and trying to get it to nurse?
or, she's actually lactating and trying to get it to nurse?
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