hi,
my Dobe is seeming very depressed at the moment.
She is Still in the throes of her phantom preganancy and seems to be producing alot of milk still which i am quite suprised at.
She seems to be lying in her bed doing very little. Her mate carries on as normal...
The only real change in her routine has been that i was sick last week and she didnt get her walks as normal..however yesterday was all systems go and it didnt seem to make much difference to her..still depressed.
Her appetite is fine, her fur seems a little dull though.She is getting a conditioning formula oil.
They are being given a little peanut butter in their kong toys(possible allergic reaction producing this behaviour?...)
Any suggestions as to whether this is sulking or possibly physical?(she is prone to sulking but not normally to this extent)

trudiloulou

she maybe still waiting for the pups thats why shes down its the samed as us we crave babies and when it dont come its heartbreaking and depressing, how about adopting a puppy and seeing if she will take to it maybe that will solve the problem. hope this helps

tam_83

would love to but two dobermann in the house are quite enough!!Not sure about giving her toys either as im told that they can prolong a phantom pregnancy and she may go septic from that.. Its a bit of a headwrecker!! Thanks for the suggestion though!!

trudiloulou

i know what you meen iv got one dobe and thats enough ! any good luck hope you get it sorted xx

labman

I wish we could get her and that 3 week old puppy in another thread together. I am afraid it still needs to be nursing.

Just how long has it been since the accidental mating you mentioned in the other question? Unless more than 63 days, there is some chance it is a real pregnancy and she is about to whelp. If so, you need to do some serious digging. I would start at Woodhaven Labradors Articles Your library should have books too.

Once she settles down and the vet will do it, please have her spayed. I don't know about where your are, but here we have a terrible problem with too many dogs, and ill prepared people continuing to breed more. There is material at the link above that I wish everybody considering breeding would read. In discussing the hassles of keeping an intact female, perhaps I should say more about phantom pregnancies. They can drag on only leaving a few months before the flaky behavior leading up the the next season starts.

Perhaps a vet visit is in order. It would lay aside any worries about a real pregnancy. It could turn up a physical problem. My guess is that she just needs a little more time, but that is just a guess. It won't be the first time somebody brought in a sulky dog with nothing wrong.