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My Chihuahua is very dominate. She will stand and tease the males but will not let them mount her. I held her and a breeding took place. Just shy of a week after the breeding she started bleeding again. She had two pools of blood. Question, Did she miss cary? Why won't she let an unisisted breeding take place? Last time a vet artificially insiminated her saying everything was perfect for conception, but she didn't get pregnant. Could this dog have both male and female sex organs, (like calamity Jane)?

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January 25 2006 at 8:03 PM (2 hours and 14 minutes and 59 seconds later)
         
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I think she got bred before she ovulated. The best way to make sure she is ready is to run a progesterone test to find out what day is the right day.
I fear that this second bleeding may indicate that the problem is that she has an infection not a heat season going on. You can read about these here
www.marvistavet.com/html/body_pyometra.html
And yes dogs can have both male and female organs but your vet would have probably noticed any such abnormality with the artificial insemination.
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January 26 2006 at 5:19 AM (9 hours and 16 minutes and 47 seconds later)
         
Reply to Nancy Holmes's Post: She was artifically insiminated on the 16 day. I don't believe it was to early. He told me the sperm would be good fo 4 to 5 days. The vet showed me the discharge under a microscope and it was at the perfect time. He also showed me the active high count sperm under the microscope. The dog acted very needy for the next two weeks,(wanting to be held all the time and not playing) Then things returned to normal, almost as if she had absorbed the pregnancy. The vet used a syringe with a small tube atached to insert the sperm. How could he detect if she had both male and female parts from that? If her male parts are internal and out of view. I also don't know how in the second held breeding it could have been an infection when she had a normal heat. She blead for seven days. Then teased in the next 5 days. She stood winking her vulva in front of the male but would not let him mount. Then after being held and a mating took place 6 days later she blead two pools of blood and hasn't blead since.
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January 26 2006 at 5:44 AM (24 minutes and 53 seconds later)
         
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Day 16 is pretty late for a breeding. Normally dogs are fertile between days 9-14. That is why running a progesterone test is useful. It can pinpoint just when the dog will ovulate making sure the sperm is there when the timing is right.
www.woodhavenlabs.com/dogbreeding.html
If she is a hermaphrodite and her male parts were internal and out of view they would have likely been in the area the tube was inserted into and he'd not have been able to do that easily or normally.
You can read about hermaphrodites in dogs here
http://www.petplace.com/dogs/hermaphrodite-and-pseudohermaphrodite-in-dogs/page1.aspx
just scroll down for the full article.
They don't usually come in heat at all even if they look female if they have this problem.
I think on the first breeding your timing was off and that the dog may have developed an infection causing the bleeding.
Females sometimes will not stand for a particular male. Either they want a different male they know or they can tell that the male is not compatible with them for puppy production. This can be based on pheromones.
When I was young a free breeding female would be seen from time to time with a pack of attending males. The females always seemed particular about which male would get to breed them and it wasn't always the biggest or best fighter. Maybe your female chi knows more than you might think about mate selection. You might want to try a course of antibiotics for her prior to her next heat, a progesterone test when she is next in season, and a different male. I know I have always had the best success in breedings where the dogs were in complete agreement on the mating.
But perhaps this was not something that ended the pregnancy just an unexpected spotting.
You can run a relaxin test on her if she is past 22 days and see if she shows as pregnant.
www.bullwrinkle.com/ShoppingPages/ dog-pregnancy-test-canine.htm




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January 26 2006 at 4:44 PM (10 hours and 59 minutes and 56 seconds later)
         
She was presented to 4 different males but still would not alow the males to mount. I did like that you pointed me to petplace.com I can research further on my own. Thank You
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