What are they like as mums? My "lovley" vet lied to me and told me my Malamute wasn't pregant but it's not far from the two month mark and she's just like a baloon and my new vet says she's defiantly pregant.

Let me explain how she ended up like this.

Maya is a rescue dog and the recue thought she was spayed and told us she was spayed, so I had no thoughts about bringing her home to my un-nueterd springer (who we had planned to stud).

Few months later she comes into season and my springer never even noticed till 3 1/2 weeks later. I had to go away on a course and I left my family in charge with the understanding; Barney stays IN his crate and AWAY from Maya.

My mum had gone out and my brother and lodger decided to let them breed and video it.

I did not find this out till a week later and I rushed her to the vet and he done some tests and stuff and said no she's not pregant.



So yes I have Malamute x springer puppies on the way, now don't get me wrong i'm not a novice and I come from along line of dog breeders but no one in my family has ever owned a husky or malamute, it's always been springers, labs, terriers and collies.

The thing is I don't know allot about malamutes ( The rescue I got her from had her as siberian husky x border collie ) but have been studying and I can't find what they are like as parents so some advice would be good.

Thank you (:

my brother and lodger decided to let them breed and video it. :mad5[/QUOTE]

Lovely brother you have there rolleyes: do they both have a 'problem' I wouldn't let them anywhere near an animal of mine mad:
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???? why would your vet need to do tests if you had a video of the mating and so knew it had happened. As you know that a mating has taken place, all you had to do was get the mismate jab and have the pregnancy terminated.

I'm actually a bit gobsmacked by your brother's and lodger's behaviour...

Lovely brother you have there rolleyes: do they both have a 'problem' I wouldn't let them anywhere near an animal of mine mad:
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Nope both mentally stable aparently but they thought it would be funny idiots anyhow they arn't allowed to look after my animals again ever, I can't keep them away because they live in the same house but if I have to leave my mum looks after them or my friends do, thank fully.

You could get them aborted and her spayed at same time. Would save any further funnyvideo incidents with brother and lodger and save your Mum having to look after your Bitch and maybe pups as well

hope im not going too far off topic, but surely resuce centres have vets that can tell if a dog has been spayed or castrated otherwise how do they know to do the ones that come in entire? and not really sure how a springer managed to get on a mal as the size difference must be quite great, although im sure these things can happen. i know absolutely nothing about breeding but isn't 3 1/2 weeks quite late for her to be at her fertile time? am genuninely asking these questions as i do not know the answers. thanks

Which rescue did you get the bitch from ?

I doubt they would be best pleased about this situation in all honesty,now I know why some rescues want other dogs people own neutered before they are allowed to adopt,as highlighted here you may be able to give the dog a good home but that doesn't make them responsible owners.

As for bitches you can't always tell if there spayed,my bitch was spayed back in April,there's hardly a scar there now.

As for advice I think you need to contact the rescue,explain whats happened and take it from there.

Sleepwalker, it can happen with bitches. I helped in the rehoming of a bitch some years ago. The vets at the centre she had come from (in Ireland) said she was spayed. Some weeks after settling into her new home, the owner came downstairs to one dead pup. It was pretty traumatic for both the owner and the bitch.

I still cannot believe that a vet performed tests to see if she was pregnant if a mating had been witnessed...I'm puzzled. The would normally have simply given the options - go ahead with pregnancy, offered the mismate jab, or offered to spay her..... Seems odd to me..

I think Sallyanne has made the right suggestion - contact the rescue - they will be upset, but they will also be the best people do deal with this and rehome the resulting pups.

I wasn't aware of any tests to determine pregnancy only a scan after 28 days,So I'm a little confused as to what tests were done, if any.
I really hope it's a phantom,I think this bitch needs to be spayed asap.

thanks for the replies, was just wondering, as i have only ever had boy pets