Your Questions About Dog’s Life Cycle

Helen asks…

Is the milk from the estrus cycle of a dog bad for a kitten?

My 3 year old dog has been nursing my 3 month old kitten. Although I do not mind that he is being comforted by her in the nursing process, she is in the estrus cycle and is producing milk. Is this milk ok for a kitten? Are there any properties in her milk that are bad for the kitten?

admin answers:

I don’t think there’s anything bad for the kitten, except that dog’s milk is formulated for dogs. Cats have some very starkly different nutritional needs, like their dependency on taurine in their diet in order to, you know, not die.

If your kitten is getting a sizely amount of its nutrition from the dog, then I’d intervene. The cat needs to eat food with his own dietary requirements taken into account.

Cats are obligate carnivores–this means they REQUIRE taurine from the flesh of other animals in order to survive. Taurine cannot be adequately recieved from plant life, and is destroyed during the cooking process. This is why dry cat food has added taurine. Dogs, on the other hand, are carnivores, but not obligate carnivores. That is, they do not require taurine in their diet to survive. This is why they thrive as scavengers, and can safely be fed a vegan diet if some hipster douchebag wants to shove their own lifestyle onto their carnivore pet.

The kitten needs to eat cat food or another source of taurine, not to mention his other dietary needs. This is why dogs can eat cat food and do just fine, but cats cannot be fed a steady diet of dog food, which has no added taurine, without going blind, suffering a host of health problems including seizures, and eventually dying. The only obligate carnivore I know of that survived on a taurine-free diet was an african lioness, a complete, utter fluke of nature.

Jenny asks…

How long is the menstrual cycle for a Chihuahua, and how often do they go into heat?

Mine is in heat now and this is the ONE thing I DIDN’T think about b4 actually getting her! YELLLK! I am TOOO grossed out! TELL ME how long this will go on and how soon after can I go to get her spayed??? I love her, but geez, do they make Kotex for dogs??? YELK!

admin answers:

HAHAHAHA! YEEEEP! You have to give thought to THAT part of a female dog’s life especially! LOL!

She, unless you have her spayed, will go into heat 2 times a year. With my Chihuaha, I’ve noticed that she only bleeds for the first week, and then the days after the vaginal area is still swollen (she is STILL in heat, so I have to keep a CLOSE watch on her) but no blood is evident. I’m not sure if this is with all dogs, but with my pooch, this is how it works. Every male dog in my apartment complex was on the prowl searchin’ for her! LOL! One escaped through the bedroom window the other day and he sniffed her out allllllll the way upstairs to our door and was barking as if to say, “Come out and play!” LOL! It was so funny! Anywho, I hope all goes well with you and your pooch!

Paul asks…

How do I know when it’s the right time to breed a shih tzu?

My 1 year old Shih Tzu is in the heat cycle right now. She’s bleeding a lot and my parents and I want to breed her. When is it a good time to mate my dog in the process of the cycle? She started about January 19 or 20, 2011.
My mom has had a dog and bred it at 1 year when she was little. And don’t tell me I don’t know what I’m doing cuz that’s not the question.

admin answers:

Get her spayed. You have no idea what you are doing and will be putting your dog’s life at risk. If you were qualified to breed you would already know that she’s too young and would be talking to your breeding mentor instead of strangers online.

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