Can Hormone Therapy Prevent Mating in Dogs?
My female yellow Lab (about 17 months) is in heat
right now (second time). My male yellow Lab
(about seven years) is going nuts and not eating. Is
there any kind of hormone medication or something
to give him?
Jessica
Bozeman MT
I confess that I am hesitant to delve into this matter. It will lead to a discussion on spaying and neutering. The topic of surgical sterilization remains perpetually controversial.
However, Jessica, you have asked a good question. It would be very convenient if there were some sort of hormone, medicine or treatment that could prevent dogs and cats from mating with or responding to the opposite sex.
But there isn’t. Male dogs respond strongly to in-heat female dogs. At the current time there is only one way to prevent this response: surgical sterilization (spaying and neutering).
Intact dogs and cats are incredibly good at organizing trysts when they are in the mood. These encounters almost always lead to pregnancy. If your dog becomes pregnant, it will be your responsibility to find homes for the puppies.
In your situation, surgical sterilization is the only way to prevent an agitated male and a potentially pregnant female.
You have questions. 
My neighbor dog has been in a lot of dog fights lately and has some wounds.
He lays around a lot and not eating. Taking him to the vet.
They say he is not running a fever, or looks all that bad.
Thank you that will be a $140.00. No meds or anything, but if you want blood work that will be $400.00.
Why is blood work so expensive for dogs than people.
And now he fomes at the mouth.
What can that be.
How about a vasectomy for the mail dog? It will prevent pregnancy, and allow the dogs to have a satisfying sex life.
Although abdominal palpation is the most subjective method of pregnancy diagnosis, it is a reliable method for those skilled in palpation. The ease with which the abdomen can be accurately palpated is influenced by such factors as the amount of body fat, the body conformation, and the temperament of the animal, whereas these factors have little influence on the accuracy of other methods of pregnancy diagnosis. However, uterine enlargement caused by pregnancy cannot be accurately differentiated from uterine enlargement caused by some other process, such as pyometra, based on abdominal palpation findings alone.
In Beagle bitches, uterine swellings that represent uterine edema, embryonic membranes, and early placental development are about 1 cm in diameter at 20 days after breeding. By 30 days after breeding the uterine swellings are about 3 cm in diameter. By 35 days, the gestational sacs are becoming elongated and the uterus is more diffusely enlarged, making it more difficult to detect pregnancy by palpation at that time.
Real-time ultrasonography is an excellent method of pregnancy detection in bitches and queens. It is usually necessary to shave the abdominal hair to obtain good image quality. Scanning is easy to perform and requires minimal animal restraint. Pregnancy can be diagnosed if the gestational sac or fetal structures are identified. The gestational sac appears as a spheric, anechoic structure, surrounded by a hyperechoic wall comprised of the uterus and placenta. Hyperechoic fetal structures are seen within the getational sac. Although it has been reported that the gestational sac can be identified as early as 10 days after the last breeding in the bitch, pregnancy is not reliably detected until 24 to 28 days after breeding in bitches.
Dog pregnancy
Great post !n Beagle bitches, uterine swellings that represent uterine edema, embryonic membranes, and early placental development are about 1 cm in diameter at 20 days after breeding. By 30 days after breeding the uterine swellings are about 3 cm in diameter. By 35 days, the gestational sacs are becoming elongated and the uterus is more diffusely enlarged, making it more difficult to detect pregnancy by palpation at that time.