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| Hello all. I am brand new to this forum, and have read back through some of the previous posts under this section. I have seen a lot of helpful responses to peoples' questions. I have also seen a fair bit of snitting about what someone may or may not have been inferring or what their tone may have been, etc. Despite all that, I am bringing you my questions, and hopefully I can get the helpful people who will respond. So here's the situation: My female Bichon, Mia, had not gone into heat last April, and again did not in October. I was under the (now obviously mistaken) assumption that dogs went through some type of menopause like we do. My mother-in-law (who we live with) brought home a male Chihuahua puppy over the summer. The breeder she bought him from told her to get him fixed BEFORE he began lifting his leg, which she did not, because to her, doing it BEFORE this marker, means wait until he's started doing it, THEN get him fixed. SO, Mia went into heat the very end of November, and as much as I tried to keep them apart, with a 79 year old woman, 14 & 15 year old girls, and a 10 year old boy in the house, I couldn't keep them apart well enough. They ended up tying a least a couple of times. Mia has had litters previously, a few when she was younger. Over this past couple of months, she has displayed the same behaviours that she did when she got pregnant before. Using December 5 (one of the days I know for sure they tied), her expected whelping date would be today. I have not been able to feel any movement. However, I CAN express milk. Also, her temp has dropped about 1 degree from what it was last night (100.4 down to 99.5). I know that if their are puppies, she could be carrying them up high enough that I can't feel them. What I'm wondering is . . . in a pseudo-pregnancy, can a female dog produce sufficient prolactin to cause lactation? Since I'm not sure, I don't know how much stock to put in the fact that I can express milk, in determining if I should keep watching for signs of labor!! If anyone knows the answer to this, please let me know. Or if you have any other helpful thoughts on whether or not she IS pregnant. (P.S. - The chi is, of course, now lifting his leg on everything possible and even wants to go outside, even though it's below freezing, and he didn't want to go out when it was 65!!! Little jerk!) Thank you!!
Mom to:
Chester (Bichon Frise) - 9 yrs
Mia (Bichon Frise) - 8 yrs
Piper (Black Lab mix) - 11 mos
Paco (Chihuahua) - 10 mos
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Supreme Being
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yes she could be having a false pregnancy. the best way to tell is to go to the vets and have a x ray done. then i suggest you have her spayed to avoid a pyrometra and the male neutured.
 
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I agree with rainsmom. Best wishes.
~Tiffany, breeder-in-training
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