Breeding Question. - Page 1

I Bought A Female German Shepherd From Germany And She Arrived A few weeks ago. When I Got Her the breeder  Called Me That Night And Said He Noticed She Started Her Heat.When I Got Her Home She Have Blood Stains In Her Kennel Bright red like a flesh cut. He Could Not Confirm When She Started. So I Took Her And Put Her With A Stud Male  Also Imported. He Has Breed Many many females. also he was not interested.  And She Tried To Bit His Head Off. So I Seperated them and brought her home Kenneled her  Inside. I Have A Male Outside. She Has Had One Litter of 7 puppies she  Is 3 years old. Ok So It has been 17 day today since he noticed blood. is she off her heat or was the blood noticed the ead of her heat. i have put her with my dog outside the fallowing day . and she, jumped arround and was palyful but he to was not interested. so a week went by  and yesterday she was arround my female and same thing real playful had her ears pinned up and tail was up. her vulva is not swollen. and the male still does not try to mate. not the stud dog but the my male. the stud dog is 2 hours away. The plan was once my male was interested i was going to take her to the stud dog. sois there any idea on what might be happening. sould i get testing done on her or is it too late and have to wait six months.

Let her settle into her new home then breed her next heat cycle. Stress can disturb a normal heat cycle, so most likely she was thrown off by the shipping. When her bleeding is described as bright red she is not ready.
When she becomes more swollen & blood flow slows to a lighter pink color she is most likely ready to be bred.
But dogs differ from each other, & their cycles can change. You'll have to get to know what is normal for her.

Good luck

Understandable, The Breeder Told Me That She Came In In MAy or june but could not remember. I Was Curious They say the standard heat cycle is 5 to 6 months. is it every 6 months even if she gets pregant or is it 6 moths after she has the puppies. EX Heat starts on january 1 and she get pregant 63 days later she has puppies. will she be ready to breead again in june or does it start over after the puppies are born and she will be ready in september. these date are just examples.  any input. The stud owner would take and breed her for me but he has 11 other gsd and at this time does not have any room until the retired one find homes.

they would generally come in heat when the puppies were 4-5 months old but it varies greatly  your best bet is to pull progesterone instead of just going at it blind  Progesterone testing will not only determine the correct date for mating  but will help pinpoint the date of whelping   mine almost always whelp 63 days -2 post ovulation

With all do respect  "Police Trained German Shepherd", it sounds to me that you need to learn more about the basics of breeding. This is something you should probably know before you start breeding german Shepherd dogs .

I agree with Lief, let the poor female settle in before you have a stud dog mount her. She's stresssed out enough  from the flight alone.

Here is a good place to start, www.Leerburg.com

Good luck.

Nick

Gee hate to sound like a bitch here, but the questions your asking sound like this is all new to you. What are your intentions with the dog OTHER than to breed her. Your asking a dog that has never lived with you to start producing and not allowing her to even settle in. Give her time and hopefully while you wait you can read up on what to do.

"Bhaugh", it apears common sense is not so common anymore...lol. Its almost scary to wonder what some of these people are thinking, "if they're thinking at all."

Lets try and give this person some credit for asking the advice of people on this forum. Everyone has to start somewhere. This is your opportunity to help educate someone on Responsible Breeding, instead of making derogatory comments. 

good repy pir liar