why is my male dog not interested in y female in heat?
Behavioral advantages of neutering Decreased Roaming: A second behavioral advantage of neutering is that these dogs will not ‘roam’ when they sense a female in heat. Male dogs can sense females in heat through pheromones. These are airborne chemical attractants that are liberated from the female when she is cycling. They travel through the air for great distances. We grew up on a farm where the next closest house was over a mile away, but when one of our female dogs was in heat, the males would come for miles from upwind, downwind, and crosswind. Pheromones are, to say the least, very effective stimuli. In the seventies, it was briefly popular to do vasectomies on dogs thinking that we would not be taking the ‘joy of sex’ away from our canine counterparts. The problem with this reasoning was that many of us keep our dogs restricted in our homes, a kennel, or on a chain. Now think of the psychological stress the vasectomized male is under when he is locked up, but yet smells that female
There are several possibilities as to why your male is disinterested in your female currently in heat. It’s possible that, if he’s never bred prior to this, he may simply be too inexperienced & unsure of himself. However, the most likely reason is that your female may not yet be in estrus, the fertile portion of the heat cycle. It is only during this part of the cycle that she will allow mating to occur & when her body will naturally submit the proper scent which will encourage him to respond in kind. On average, the entire female heat cycle lasts approximately three to four weeks. The initial onset of the cycle, known as “proestrus” is when you’ll see the swelling of the vulva & a bright red discharge. During this portion of the cycle, the male will usually be interested but may not attempt to mount but if he does, the female will reject his advances. Around day 9 or 10 of the cycle she will enter the estrus portion & this is her fertile time. She will not only allow mating but will a
