Re: OT: Dog Tale
ellen
> Sunshine, my pint sized JRT, is in heat. Ugh. I have not dealt with a
> female in heat in 25 years. I have neutered males. So, when she came
> in heat I thought I could just sit out in the yard (fenced) and watch
> her do her business and everything would be over soon. What I had not
> figured on was the fact that "she" would go searching for sex and not
> wait for a fella to find her!
>
> While she is out peeing one afternoon I am sitting on the back steps
> watching. She is chasing Jack around the yard and he is totally
> disgusted by her aggressiveness. He runs from her growling and
> snapping in a "YUCK" tone of voice. It was too cute. He was having
> none of it. Nero ignored her and just watched the ongoing show with
> her and Jack.
>
> Then, all of a sudden, she running along the edge of the neighbors
> privacy fence and poof she is gone!(under the fence) Now, normally
> this is not a panic thing except that this neighbor breeds Great
> Danes. There are 9 of them over there. The first thing I hear is
> thundering feet, then growls, then Sunshine screams, then more giant
> movements and growling and tiny screams. My heart stopped, but I
> started screaming her name and running along the fence trying to see
> in. I couldn't see her or the Great Danes, only hear them. Then, like
> an angel from heaven I hear the neighbor come out the back door and
> call the big dogs off. He shouted to me "it's ok I have her!". He
> brought her around to the front and handed her too me apologizing for
> her being covered in mud. I figured it was a combination of dirt and
> Dane spit. :( Her eyes were big as silver dollars. But, I don't think
> she learned her lesson. She now is peeing on the end of a 30' cable.
> No more adventures with guys that live next door. She will be spayed
> when she is out of heat.
>
> Dana
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
boy, that's a bit unnerving - glad she's ok. the crazy things we do
when the hormones are running high.
ellen
FurPaw
> Her eyes were big as silver dollars. But, I don't think
> she learned her lesson. She now is peeing on the end of a 30' cable.
> No more adventures with guys that live next door. She will be spayed
> when she is out of heat.
Wow - that was scary! Here's hoping for a short heat! I've only
had one dog that went into heat (at the time I thought that they
needed to go through one before being spayed), and I didn't have
a fenced yard, so I had to take her out on a leash. Maybe that
was best, after all.
One thing to keep in mind if you're letting her out in the yard
alone... if she could go under the fence, so could another dog.
Or over - some motivated dogs can scale an 8' fence, and female
in heat is a powerful motivator. 30' might be too long!
FurPaw
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every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Keera Ann Fox
> One thing to keep in mind if you're letting her out in the yard
> alone... if she could go under the fence, so could another dog.
> Or over - some motivated dogs can scale an 8' fence, and female
> in heat is a powerful motivator. 30' might be too long!
Indeed. "Mythbusters" showed that the one thing that would completely
distract an otherwise well-trained and focused (male) guard dog, was the
scent from a female dog in heat.
--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
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