Hello I have a 1 year old pit bull and just around 2 weeks ago she started bleeding from her Virginia.She drips little drops of blood,but does not cry or act any different.Can you please tell me what's wrong with her.

Unless you had her spayed, like you should have, she is in her reproductive cycle often know as being in heat or season. It is normal and will go away in another week or 2, and so will any males hanging around the house waiting for a chance to mate with her. Be very careful none of the males gets to her. Although the most likely outcome of that would be a litter of unwanted puppies, she could also be injured or infected. Be prepared for creative, strenuous efforts to get loose and go find a male. Don't let her outside by herself. You can't expect the fence or chain that has held her to do so now. Getting bred is not the worst thing that could happen. Once loose, she could dash across a street heedless of any traffic. If it has been 2 weeks, it is the worst time for her to get loose. Watch her carefully for at least another week. Do not bathe her or let her swim until all the swelling is gone.

Most vets won't spay her now, wanting to wait until she is all done. I don't understand the vets that fail to educate dog owners and urge them to have their pets spay/neutered. Yours is not the only such question like this. We see occasional ones like it here, and I see them all the time on another, more active site. Society does a poor job educating people resulting in many people going through the unnecessary hassle of having a female in season. I really fault the vets. A new puppy should have a series of shots, and the vet should point out as the shots wind down, it is time to spay/neuter the pet.

You can buy sanitary garments for dogs, but you should be past the worst of the bleeding now. You might make do with toddlers' training pants, and then spay her when the vet is ready. Otherwise, it will be the same thing about every 6 months the rest of her life. Besides the hassle, the mess, the risks, the chances of an unwanted litter, unspayed females are more likely to develop cancer in later life. There are low cost spay/neuter clinics, but no low cost cancer/tumor clinics. Spaying also reduces many behavior problems.

I agree with all that labman states.

It does sound like she has never been spayed and is going through a heat cycle. Unless you want to deal with that mess for the rest of her life, please schedule to have her spayed when she has ended this cycle. Please keep in mind, not spaying actually increases the dog's chance for cancer as she ages. So, please keep your dog healthy and safe by doing this. If she is spayed, you need to make a vet appointment asap to find out what is going on with her.

I know I am making assumptions here but I feel I must give you as much info as possible. Just as an FYI, if you are considering not spaying her and breeding her to have a litter of puppies, you need to seriously rethink that. Stop by your local shelters. ALL of them have pits or pit mixes. In the bigger cities, that is all you see. They are dumped or disposed of all the time. They are cute when they are puppies but unless the people who take them into their homes are truly dedicated to training them properly (which are few and far between), as soon as they mature, those people who haven't trained them correctly, dump them. Most are euthanized in shelters due to both lack of space and the fact that very few people want to adopt an adult pit. Please, do not make that mistake. In addition, the fact that you are asking this basic question here, tells me that you will be doing your dog a grave disservice by breeding her. Any number of things can occur during and after a pregnancy. If you are not aware of all the dangers, such as parvo virus which can kill an entire litter of pups, you should not consider breeding her. Professional breeders won't just breed any dog. They only breed the best of the best. They are fully educated regarding the lineage and all the problems that can occur.

Please keep us posted as to how she is doing.

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Originally Posted by tapati

hello I have a 1 year old pit bull and just around 2 weeks ago she started bleeding from her virgina.She drips little drops of blood,but does not cry or act any different.Can you please tell me whats wrong with her.

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All females (not fixed) get their period.