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Originally Posted by cshellenberger  A heat is a heat and yes, she would be fertile about midway through, so keep them separate until you know for sure what's going on! |
Yeah, I went ahead and seperated them this morning when they went out. But I don't want you to think I'm taking chances. She's barely if at all swollen, so it is physically impossible for them to bred as of right now. And I'm keeping on eye for any changes as well as ckecking her crate pad for discharge. And up until 7 am this moring I hadn't even considered a silent heat. I've been thinking that she must be coming into heat and Dusk is taking notice of that.
I'm going to go ahead and make a couple of calls now though, so I can get a better idea of what is going on.
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Ok I just talked to my dog show vet. LOL
She seems to think Ollie is probably coming into her heat and Dusk is just noticing it early. She mentioned silent heats can be due to thyroid problems, and Ollie doesn't have an issue with that.
But either way I should take precautions. But it is hard to schedule around a silent heat, since I have no idea when it actually started. So if it is silent I will mark the date as today. And that should give her enough time to come into a regular heat if she's going to.
I'm pottying them separately, and I will start to kennel her when I go to work. And I will keep a close watch on their loose together in the house. I tend to just keep them in a small area with me for the 1st and 3rd week of her heat. So I will do that now until her behavior changes. I just wish there was some way to know for sure if she was in heat. Ollie gets really lonely during her cycle.
