heating, pregnant, in season...

[chealy731]

Hi umm could someone explain to me what the heating, bred and stuff is? I just want to know kinda like the stages a dog goes through to become pregnant.(also anyone kno any signs that show that they are pregnant?)
thanks!
P.S. anyone know why my dog keeps like humping our toy turtle???

[BC_MoM]

I'm not too informed on this. But in order for a dog to get pregnant, it must be in heat, I think.

Speaking of which.. we need to get Molly spayed before she goes into her first heat.

Sometimes humping is a form of showing dominance.. do dogs try to dominate their toys? LOL

[.sarah]

I'm just going to come out and say it -- because you seem to know nothing of breeding you must spay your dog. It will do you and her a huge favor.

As far as humping -- she is not fixed. Unfixed dogs have sexual drive and hump things more often than a fixed dog. Though girls' sex drive is usually only there during heat ... do you know how to tell when a dog is in heat? It is possible she is in heat and you don't even know it. Is her private area swollen?
Or, like BC_Mom said, it could be because of dominance.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Mounting behaviors occur due to sexual hormone influences, dominance
behavior, anxiety, and sometimes as a sort of obsessive/compulsive disorder. This is generally seen more in males than females and in unaltered dogs. My suggestion is to get your dog spayed, why breed her when you don't even know the signs of a dog in heat?

[chealy731]

k thanks guys!and ya it does look swollen..

[Roxyluvsme13]

Then she's probably in heat...but like Bc_Mom, Sarah, and Crazy-Cat-Lover, I agree just get her fixed.