I need some advice/hopefully reassurance.
I’m absolutely mortified about this situation.
4 months ago, my 14 month old Havanese had her first heat cycle. It was short - about a week long - and uneventful. I put her in diapers and kept her inside/away from other dogs.
Well, today, I took her and my larger dog to the dog park for a treat. My kids (7 years old) took the Havanese to the small dog side, and I took my mastiff mix to the large dog side. I say this because I was NOT watching what was going on on the small dog side other than a glance here or there to make sure my kids were paying attention to the dog. She was surrounded by the other dogs the whole time/playing and bouncing around like normal.
We got home, and I was cleaning up the dogs from getting muddy and MY HAVANESE IS IN HEAT AGAIN. I saw zero signs before we left for the dog park but she’s for sure swollen and bleeding since being there this morning. I’m mortified. I have no idea if she was around other unaltered dogs and obviously have no idea of any of them managed to tie. I asked my daughter and she told me that “that white dog kept wrestling with Poppy and I didn’t like it.”![Neutral face :neutral_face: 😐](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f610.png)
I’m obviously going to keep her in for the rest of her cycle but can anyone tell me a.) if it’s her first day of heat, what are the chances she gets bred if she did tie with another dog?! b.) is there anything I can do to prevent a pregnancy (she’s only a baby and I worry about her health!) and c.) how long before I would know one way or the other???
Note: she’s not spayed yet because I am low income and “waiting” my turn for a local spay clinic that is very busy. She was estimated to get into either the June or July clinic.
I have zero knowledge on dog breeding and obviously no intention of breeding her. I’m so worried about her and just need some peace of mind (if that’s even possible). Help!
I’m absolutely mortified about this situation.
4 months ago, my 14 month old Havanese had her first heat cycle. It was short - about a week long - and uneventful. I put her in diapers and kept her inside/away from other dogs.
Well, today, I took her and my larger dog to the dog park for a treat. My kids (7 years old) took the Havanese to the small dog side, and I took my mastiff mix to the large dog side. I say this because I was NOT watching what was going on on the small dog side other than a glance here or there to make sure my kids were paying attention to the dog. She was surrounded by the other dogs the whole time/playing and bouncing around like normal.
We got home, and I was cleaning up the dogs from getting muddy and MY HAVANESE IS IN HEAT AGAIN. I saw zero signs before we left for the dog park but she’s for sure swollen and bleeding since being there this morning. I’m mortified. I have no idea if she was around other unaltered dogs and obviously have no idea of any of them managed to tie. I asked my daughter and she told me that “that white dog kept wrestling with Poppy and I didn’t like it.”
![Neutral face :neutral_face: 😐](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f610.png)
I’m obviously going to keep her in for the rest of her cycle but can anyone tell me a.) if it’s her first day of heat, what are the chances she gets bred if she did tie with another dog?! b.) is there anything I can do to prevent a pregnancy (she’s only a baby and I worry about her health!) and c.) how long before I would know one way or the other???
Note: she’s not spayed yet because I am low income and “waiting” my turn for a local spay clinic that is very busy. She was estimated to get into either the June or July clinic.
I have zero knowledge on dog breeding and obviously no intention of breeding her. I’m so worried about her and just need some peace of mind (if that’s even possible). Help!