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When the dog grows to the age of 6 months, there will often be some abnormal performance, which makes many novice parents confused. For example, loss of appetite, personality has become irritable, in the home to pee everywhere, but also frequently want to go out, what's going on? Now E Dr. for you to solve the mystery-your dog is in heat!

What is estrus?

Dog estrus is the sexual maturity of dogs, which is a normal physiological phenomenon and an instinctive reaction of TA to breed the next generation.

dog estrus time will be affected by the breed, environment, their own physical condition and other factors, generally speaking, the earliest time of small dogs estrus, followed by medium-sized dogs, large dogs, the latest in about 18 months of age can reach sexual maturity.

The dog's cycle.

So when are dogs usually in heat?

Estrus symptoms in dogs

There are traces of dog estrus. When your dog has the following symptoms, TA may be in estrus.

How to take care of a dog in estrus?

In order to help the shoveling officer better take care of the dog during estrus, Dr. E adds the following four points here:

1 Choose foods that are more palatable

Estrus dog appetite is low, shoveling excrement officer can feed some high palatability canned food or wet food, help stimulate the dog's appetite.

2 Bitches Avoid Using a Bath

When the bitch is in heat, the cervix is open, and external bacteria can easily enter the body. Therefore, if the shoveling officer wants to bathe TA during the estrus period of the bitch, he should pay attention to taking a shower as much as possible and avoid using a bath.

3 wet towel to clean the pussy

When a bitch is in heat, blood stains and mucus on the vulva are easy to breed bacteria. The shoveling officer can help the dog clean around the vulva with a clean wet towel every day.

4 put on physiological pants for TA

Bloodstains will flow out when bitches are in heat. In order to avoid soiling sofas and carpets at home, the shoveling officer can put on TA special physiological pants for pets.

The taboo of dog estrus

When the dog is in heat, the shoveling officer should not only take good care of it, but also pay attention to the following taboos:

1 Prevent mismatching

When the shoveling officer takes the female dog in estrus out, he should try his best to choose a place where there are few or no dogs for walking, and put on a good leash. Because estrus means a dangerous period, if you are not careful, it is easy to be mismatched by other dogs.

2 to prevent fighting, lost

When a male dog in estrus goes out, the shoveling officer needs to fasten the leash for TA, so as not to fight with other male dogs when TA meets a female dog, or to follow the female dog and get lost.

3 Preventing premature mating

Premature mating can lead to stunted growth and development, but also affect the dog's ability to breed in the future. Dogs before the age of one are minors and their bodies are still in development, so mating is not recommended.