jac I will now carefully watch her for infection. We have learned about accidently letting her out with undies on. Actually the more I think about it, it could have been with the black plastic thingy but whichever it was not pleasant! Now I say to my husband don't let bob the builder out and he knows that means she has her protection on! The first attempt at the undies we used a pair of bob the builder (a childrens cartoon character!) underwear my daughter had outgrew! Its our little way of teasing her
my girls typical cycle is 4 months. her gestation is on the short side as well. she bled a lot after pups, but no signs ever of infection and vet agreed. pups were 4 weeks old when she started to slightly bleed and my males took a little notice to her. it was a light cycle (if it was a cycle). Its been almost 3 months since then and a good 6 months since her cycle that resulted in the pups. She is definitely in full cycle now.