- Spring flowers everywhere, especially snowdrops and daffodils with some tulips competing for attention.
- Spring equinox has come and gone. Now there are more hours of daylight than darkness. Hooray!
- Soon the clocks will go forward. That signals to me it is time to be out in the van and exploring far and wide.
WHY?
Pearl is in season.
As a rule of thumb a bitch's season lasts 3 weeks.
As a rule of thumb a bitch's season lasts 3 weeks.
- Week 1;- dogs are interested in her but she is not interested in them
- Week 2;- dogs are interested in her and she is very interested in them. I have to be careful. I have found that after the dogs have had a litter they are inclined to run off after a dog they fancy. Fortunately Pearl is not nearly as bad as Ruby so it is not too much of a problem.
- Week 3;- dogs are interested in her but she is not interested in them.
The best way to avoid this inconvenience is to have the bitches spayed.
I have not done this with my dogs until they were quite old because I have had a couple of litters with each of my dogs.
I first did it because I wanted to keep Ruby's line going. Well a bit of her is in lots of puppies now.
Later I did it because although it is a full on intense enterprise I enjoy seeing the whole experience.
So I will have to wait a while before I can go out in the van.