When can she become a free woman??

[Pipers Mummy]

Piper will have been in season 3 weeks next Wednesday.  Thing is, how do I know when it is totally safe to allow her to be a free woman again

Generally she is back to normal, smell gone, behaviour back to mad/giddy etc. although she is still the mad sniffer dog - can't stop sniffing EVERYTHING!

Bless her, she is fed up of walks on the lead and wants to go wild in the country again                    

[Sharon]

One of my girls, although she looked and acted normal, didn't actually start to ovulate until day 18, so I would be careful for a little longer.                    

[Pipers Mummy]

Thanks Sharon - this might be a stupid question but how do I know when she is ovulating  :?                    

[Jane S]

You don't Louise, although there is a blood test which pinpoints ovulation for breeders. I would be cautious for at least a few more days just in case, though once the swelling has gone right down & there is no more discharge, Piper is probably safe enough.

Jane                    

[Pipers Mummy]

Phew, thanks Jane.  We're still not taking any chances with her until next weekend  :wink:                    

[Sharon]

I actually had my girl blood tested, as we're not breeding from her I wanted to be 100% sure she had finished.  Good job we had her tested, I dread to think what might have happened if the children had taken her out for her normal long walk  :shock:

So she's now confined to garden, with careful observation for at least another week to 10 days!                    

[Pipers Mummy]

OOOOhhh Sharon, we've actually granted her her freedom as of today  :shock:

Hubby took her around the park 'on the loose' so to speak and she met her friend Roger  :wink:   Hubby assures me that Roger showed no interest in Piper other than to say a quick hello.  Hopefully we'll be okay  :?

Going to get her speyed in August time so hopefully this will be the first and last confinement for her  

Thanks for the advice.