[ SHOWGSD-L ] Bitches blowing coat related to fertility?

  • From: Sherry Morgan <grrrfix@xxxxxxx>
  • To: showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:18:51 -0700

Last month I had an interesting conversation with a  longtime Golden 
breeder, over the years she had noticed that the bithes she had bred over 
the years that REALLY blew their coats (down to naked)  before their season 
seemed to have larger litters.

Has anyone made similar observations with their bitches?
Our Jakester daughter blew everything 2 months before her heats, we only 
bred her once and had a litter of 8.
I'm curious, seems to make sense.... good high levels of hormones trigger 
the coat blow?

Sherry
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