EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I recent had a discussion with another member of the forum and it got me to thinking.

Basically It involved heat cycles and how often dogs came into heat.
Now my Qestion for those of you who hunt a particular type of Cur dog(Cur dog only) is this.
How often do the gyps from that line come into heat? Is it consistant between different gyps? What line of Cur dogs is it and what region did they come from?  And does that line recently trace back to dogs that were used on cattle and hogs?  All Cur dogs apply; BMC, Catahoula, Common Cur, Lacy, Florida Cur.

Admin I thought this was most appropriate here in the general section.  I considered the medical section but its not really a medical question more a statistical one.

Waylon

I have bred pits before(i know not curs) and i was under the impression all dogs are different. you can have 2 littermate bitches that can have their first heat way off from each other. also other bitches on your property can induce a bitch to go into heat when they do. so its hard to pinpoint heats, or set them to a schedule.

just my 2cents

good luck

Thanks for the response.  I know that it does often vary between different dogs but my question is more to see if there is a trend within The Cur breeds and lines.

Waylon

Most of my bmc's don't normally come in for the first time until they are between 13 and 16 months old. I have had some of my cats come in as early as 7 months. The cats seem to be more on a 6 month schedule whereas the bmcs have a tendency to run on a 7 to 8 month schedule. I can "sometimes" get them to come in a couple of weeks early by putting them next to a bitch in heat. I have cross bred the two breeds and find they range from the cat side all the way to the bmc. I have 1 bmc that cycles every 10 months. Is this the info you are looking for?

 I raise ybmc and I only use the females. So with that said have not noticed any of them not having a heat cycle. And they have 2 a year.They are used on cattle and hogs. Several years back I get a female to my cousin and she was the only dog on the yard. She had one heat and that was all she ever had. I think it had do with not being around other females. They are pack animals or at least that is what dogs started out to be. Im sure that withs mans getting in the middle of things, We have changed some things along these lines. But Im no expert by no means. There are people that are a lot smarter than me that may be able to answer your question.

We find the exact same thing in Rhodesians. Some Ridgeback gyps don't start until 9-18 months old, and some bitches can go a year or longer between cycles after the first one. Keeping several bitches together will help with this... they will bring each other into estrous more often and more regularly. The only downside to that is you can end up with multiple litters on the ground at the same  :-\

Have yall ever seen a dog not ever have  a cycle? Reason I ask is b/c I never saw my lab have one in over two years. I got her fixed but up to that point never saw it.

 I  have heard of some, but have not had one as of yet. But like I said the ones I did hear of they where the only dog on the yard, had no contact with other females.

She is alomost 9 now and she was the only dog up till I got her fixed.

 Im sure that there have been a good many good females that have been done that way. Cant say if she had ever been bred if that is a trate that would be passed on are not. But I would think it would be.OMO

if got a cat cross thats 9months that hasnt come in a buddy has her littler mate which came in at eight months.  my last bmc bitch was about every 5months, and my new fl curr is 6 months and hasnt come in yet.