OH MAN! That was my first thought Thursday Thanksgiving morning when my husband asked “Who’s bleeding?” On the floor were a few drops of blood. I hoped maybe one of the dogs had hurt their paws but I knew the truth. Sienna was in heat. Here we are about to leave for several hours on Thanksgiving Day and Sienna is in season. We were afraid that first of all she would bleed everywhere and secondly that she would either try to get out or some amorous male would try to break in while we were 100 miles away eating turkey.
I have never had a female dog that wasn’t fixed, but I can’t show her if she’s fixed and obviously can’t breed her if she’s spayed, so this was all new to me. I called my friend and Sienna’s trainer, Mary, and asked her about a million questions. We found out that this would last about 21 days (thank God I’m not a dog, 3 days is bad enough) and that like most females her hormones would probably be out of whack and she might do things that she normally wouldn’t do or forget how to do things that she normally would do.
Since she went into heat on Thanksgiving Day, we did make shift diapers for a few days using little boy underwear – boys because there is a place for her tail – and baby diapers, but after having to wash the undies multiple times in 2 days (let’s just say, it took awhile for her to get the whole potty and wearing diaper thing down) I decided it was time to buy some disposable diapers. Disposables are expensive so we ordered some pants online. So now she is decked out in little jeans that have a hole for her tail. She is putting up with them pretty well but I think I can speak for both of us when I say; we will be soooo happy when this is all over.
