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weaver

How do people cope with a bitch in season on campsites? Our Bonnie is now 13 months old and still has not had her 1st season, so what is the betting that she is waiting for our 3 week trip on the continent in June. Has anyone got any advice? We don't want to leave her behind if poss, as the whole trip is being planned with her in mind.

What do people suggest?

Happy travelling

Louise

hilldweller

bandaid

I nearly posted something really dubious about the OH, then realised she could be keeping an eye on me via the network..... Rolling Eyes

Rapide561

Hi

I am not a vet, so this is not professional advice, but what I did with my lady dog.

The "season" will start with a discharge - sort of clear coloured, then leading to a darker discharge and then returning to a clearer discharge as the season draws to a close.

You can buy doggy pants from the vets. This will prevent "accidents" on your carpets. If you can't get these - and don't laugh - a paid of old Y fronts will do - shove the dogs tail through the "opening" - you may need to cut the "Y" to get the dogs tail through. Be careful though as the dog could trip over her pants.

Keep the dog on the lead so that naughty boys can't have a quick one.

Be aware also that after a season, a dog may have a phantom pregnancy. Now please don't laugh at this - but Oscar had one - and yes - he was a boy. All the symptoms were there - nesting and so on. The vet was amazed. Oscar had a "baby" - it was a teddy bear.

Have a chat to your vet if you are unsure about anything.

Russell

litcher

My grandmother used to give her German Shepherd bitch a contraceptive pill from the vet, although I don't know whether that would be suitable if she hasn't had her first season?

Good luck - I bought my cairn terrier when she was 15 months old. I intended to have her spayed but she came into season within a day or two. That's the only time in his whole life that my labrador has been off his food. Shocked

It was a nightmare - she was at the vet's for the op as soon as possible.

Viv

bandaid

thankfully mines been done.

none of that nappy stuff for me......

litcher

bandaid

Well as it happens....no, in that circumstance, that'd be me. Embarassed

weaver

Thanks for the helpful comments! Not sure about the rest!

As this is our first trip abroad and we have spent a lot of money on rabies injections, we did badly want to take Bonnie with us, and have just booked a campsite in Holland partly because it will accept dogs, even though we had originally thought to go elsewhere, but no dogs allowed. We also don't like to leave her at home for 3 weeks, firstly because it is a long time and she is very much part of the family, and secondly because she needs careful grooming once a week. The kennel try very hard, but are not confident in grooming her thoroughly enough.

My main concern was taking Bonnie to do her business on campsites. Also wondered if the van would attract unwanted attention from other dogs. We had planned to use public transport to visit various places, but suppose we could take the van to most of them. We are planning to visit family whilst we are there for the first week and then to wander off either to France or Germany, not decided where yet.

Have seen the pants in the pet shop and thought them a good idea.

Thanks to Russell and Viv for trying to help.

Happy travelling to all

Louise

Mikemoss

Hi Louise

Roxy (our border collie) came into season while we were motorhoming in the Cotswolds earlier this year. We were staying on a couple of CC sites, so the 'all dogs on leads' rule was a help. Basically, all we had to do was make sure Roxy was either walked on her lead or only allowed a brief off-the-lead run in places where there were no other dogs.

We had no trouble with dogs gathering around the motorhome, in fact no more trouble than we'd have had at home. So I'm sure you'll all enjoy your hols if you just keep a wary eye open for Romeo Rovers.