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[adamb20 22]

just been out for a shine with my bitch who has just been in season, she got straight lined for over 100 yards, twice. only managed to get one rabbit. searched on google and found this. explains why.

 

''Your greyhound should stop bleeding about 2 weeks after coming into season. Though I've seen a season last as short as 8 days, and another as long as 30 day's. And incidently, the greyhound that bled for 30 days was bred with on the 29th day, and conceived a litter of pups. If your female is racing, you can keep her in work and after the bleeding stops, you can race her if you wish. It will do her no harm, but she will not run as fast as she did before she came into season. If she is an outstanding performer, she may drop several classes but still be a good earner. If she is only an average performer, there is probably no point in racing her at this time, as the loss in form will likely relegate her to the boon docks.

 

Once she comes into milk you will have to stop trialing or racing her, whether she has milk or not. That sounds like a contradiction, but you'll notice a thickening of her breast area, even if there's no milk. This happens at around 9 weeks after the start of her bleeding. You must stop working her behind a lure. It's OK for her to free gallop in a run, yard or paddock, but do not let her try to chase a lure.

 

The reason for this is that when a greyhound comes into milk, her thigh muscles in her back legs go soft, and over extending herself can damage them very badly.

 

You can resume her work or racing career as soon as the milk, or breast thickening, dries up. This will be at about 12 to 13 weeks from the start of the season). You may find it difficult to get her back to her old racing weight, and she won't perform as well as before coming into season, but she will be getting fitter, despite what you think.

 

All of a sudden at 16 weeks from when she came in season, the excess weight will miraculously disappear, she will find 5 - 6 lengths, and be back to her old racing self.''

[Mick C. 229]

Interesting

 

 

Good bit of researching

 

Should enlighten quite a few people

 

WELL DONE

[samba 534]

most dogmen should know this with bitches

[4x4hunter 0]

so how many weeks out of season is she,some can run good just before comeing into milk

[all.rounder 3]

good post lad.

[hunterboy93 2]

gud 1 lad

[iceman001979 1,316]

My bitch in season now the blood flying from her her stomach has blew out a bit nad the pace as dropped on her a bit but not much caught 5 out 7 slips the other night but it was agood read well looked up

[adamb20 22]

so how many weeks out of season is she,some can run good just before comeing into milk

 

just before she started bleeding she hardly missed a thing, on rabbits that were nearing the hedge when running the final acceleration she had was unreal. then all of a sudden when she started bleeding she was shit, only getting 3 or 4 a night, she been stopped bleeding a week and her pace has deffinitly decraesed by 2 or 3 strides.

[skycat 6,174]

For about 2-4 weeks after the season finishes most bitches continue to run well, but after a month their muscles will soften, fat will build up internally as well as under the skin, the ligaments slacken and the mammary glands will start to swell up: all this is part of a perfectly normal phantom pregnancy and mimics a real pregnancy without any pups inside the bitch.

 

This state of affairs will continue until about 3-4 weeks AFTER THE BITCH WOULD HAVE HAD PUPS and some bitches are soft for as much as 2 months after they would have had pups had they been really pregnant. It's the hormone levels which are responsible for this.

 

Intervet, who make Durateston (testosterone which is used to aid libido and sperm count in male dogs but can also be used to supress a bitch's season) state that one injection (you'd need to check the recommended dosage for the bitch's weight) immediately after the season has finished can help to avoid the phantom pregnancy.

 

If I only had one dog and nothing else to run I'd use this, but be warned that not all dogs of either sex tolerate having their bodies' natural rythmn messed about with injections. I know several people who use Durateston to supress a bitch's season but the correct dosage is vital or you can damage the liver.

 

Trying to work a bitch hard when she is in the soft stage after a season risks damaging heart, muscles and ligaments.