You want be able to stop him from crying that's normal.Heat last 21 days last 5 days called standing heat she will try to get to the male.You have to watch them for 7 days after some will still made after .I be to scared to breed a female that small you have to find a small male.I know there a more classified peopel in this group to help you.I was scared to breed my 5lb because there can be so many problems at birth so smaler so more risk.Is a litter of puppys worse it?I,m not judging i,m just dont see the need to put a smal dog to that. God bless you.Claudia
----- Original Message ---- From: mnwoodlief <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:11:01 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] female's first heat......help! I have a 3 lbs. female chihuahua and her 5 lbs. brother. The male has mated with other females twice now and has been pretty good about it. The female recently went into her heat cycle and started to bleed small amounts. I have gotten her a small diaper style thing from the pet store to help keep the blood from getting on my furniture, to keep her from licking it, and to keep the male off of her. She does not understand what's happening and she seems very irritated by her enlarged female parts. Although I will never breed the two of these little ones with each other, we are wanting to breed them with other mates and I will need to know as much as possible by then. My questions are as follows: How long is this going to last? Her heat started around the 13th and she is still very swollen, red, and sore. The male will not stop whinning at her or even barking at times, which he NEVER did before, and wont leave her alone...how do I stop him from that? What are considered the "prime breeding days"? I am not planning on breeding her for another few heats, but this will be good information for the future. Thank you in advance for any advice you can give! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
