How Long do Beagles Reproduce? 5 Facts To Know
You may be wondering what age your dog should be if you want to breed it. Different dog breeds had their own methods and appropriate ages, but what about beagles?
How long do beagles stay around?
The best age for a beagle to have puppies is between 2 and 7 years old, but this breed of dog can have puppies as young as 8 months old and as old as 12 years old.
Whether or not your beagle gives birth at any of these ages depends on how healthy she is.
Between pregnancies, you should give your beagle some time to heal. Breeders usually only breed their beagles every other heat cycle, or they breed them for two heat cycles in a row and then let them rest for the next heat cycle.
Reproduction Cycle of Beagles
Most female beagles go into heat when they are 6 months old. Some start as early as 4 months, while others don’t start until 15 months.
This may seem early to people who own beagles, but it can happen very early in a dog’s life. Just in case, you should be ready for your beagle to go into heat early in its life.
A beagle’s heat cycle has four stages. Only one of them will be open to men. She will let possible mates know that she is interested in them by wagging her tail.
The estrus stage is when a female dog is in heat and ready to mate with a male. This can last from 4 to 24 days.
Most cycles of heat last between two and three weeks. Since beagles go into heat every 5 to 7 months, this means that they do it about twice a year. This will keep happening until the woman is sterilized.
Since female beagles don’t go through menopause, they should be spayed as soon as they are no longer being used for breeding. If they don’t get out of the heat cycle, they will stay there for the rest of their lives.
Sometimes, when the season is over, your beagle won’t show any signs of being in heat. This kind of heat is called “quiet heat.” This is not the same as skipping heat, which means that the cycle does not happen.
If you leave your female beagle outside and it hasn’t been spayed, you shouldn’t leave it alone. It might make unneutered dogs want to mate with it, which could be bad for your beagle’s health.
How Long are Beagles Pregnant?
On average, a beagle will be pregnant for 63 days after getting pregnant. This pregnancy could last anywhere between 60 and 65 days.
Some early signs that a beagle is pregnant are:
- Lethargic actions
- Enlarged nipples
- More thorough grooming
- Firm Stomach
- Withdrawing randomly
- Increased hunger (in later weeks)
When a female beagle gets pregnant for the first time, she will continue to eat normally. They may eat less at times.
This starts to change around the fourth week of pregnancy, when people start to feel more hungry. Most likely, they will eat 20–25% more than normal. During pregnancy, your beagle will gain between 15 and 25% of its original weight.
This weight varies with the size of the litter, but some of it is caused by the extra water that is used to feed the pups while they are still in the womb.
Before giving birth, your dog will start to show more nesting behavior. Taking your dog’s temperature is the best way to figure out when she will give birth.
About 24 hours before she is ready to give birth, a beagle’s temperature will drop below 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Use the temperature gauge. Put it about a half-inch into your dog’s mouth and leave it there for three minutes.
The normal temperature for a beagle is between 101 and 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit, but it will drop below 100 degrees about 24 hours before your beagle is ready to have puppies.
During the birthing process, you might need the following:
- Clean towels or rags
- A thermometer
- Floss or thread
- A suction bulb
- A clean area for the birth
- Trash bags
- A helper
Usually, there are three stages to whelping.
Stage 1
The first stage is very painful and uncomfortable for your dog. She will be upset and may shake, pace, breathe heavily, and throw up.
At this point, you don’t want to feed her.
This is done to avoid problems if a c-section needs to be done quickly. This is the longest part of labour, which can last anywhere from 4 to 20 hours.
Help this process along by making sure the area around the mother beagle is calm and quiet.
Stage 2
During Stage Two, a fluid that looks like milk may leak out. If this happens, move the mother somewhere clean, like a room with clean towels or sheets. After that, the puppies will be set free into the wild.
Each one will have its own amniotic sac, and half of them will come out feet first, so you won’t have to worry about how they will come out. You should only pull on a puppy if it looks stuck. If not, let the mother go at her own speed.
Do not take a puppy away from its mother unless it is stuck and making a lot of noise.
The mother beagle should be allowed to do this because her hard licking makes the puppies breathe better and improves circulation in their bodies.
It is completely normal for the mother to eat the sacs, cord, and other tissues and fluids that the baby throws out.
Stage 3
In the third stage, the placenta, blood, and fluid that the mother still has from the pregnancy leave her body. This is a problem that needs to be fixed.
This is also why it’s best for the birth to happen on something that can be moved (like a blanket, sheet, etc.) so that you can get rid of the third stage’s unattractive bits and pieces without waking up the newborn puppies or the mother, who may be tired.
How Many Puppies Can a Beagle Have Per Litter?
Most of the time, your beagle will have six puppies in a litter, but this number can range from 1 to 10. Most dogs have litters of the same size their whole lives.
If the litter is small when it starts, it will stay small the whole time it’s being bred. On the other hand, if the first litter is big, the next litter will also be big.
By the sixth week of your beagle’s pregnancy, a vet will be able to use an X-ray or ultrasound to tell you how many puppies you can expect.
When is the Best Time to Spay a Beagle?
Before your beagle goes into heat for the first time, you should have her spayed. As this is a permanent surgery, you should only do it if you don’t want to breed them.
Beagles do not experience menopause.
This will also stop your female dog from attracting the unneutered male dogs in the neighborhood.
If you want to keep breeding your beagle, you should have her spayed as soon as you’re done. Since beagles don’t go through menopause, their heat cycles don’t end on their own.
If you haven’t had your beagle spayed, it will keep going into heat. You should only spay them when you know they are done having babies.
Related Questions
What is the average lifespan of a beagle?
On average, a beagle will live between 10 and 15 years, but they can live up to 20 years.
How long do beagles remain in heat?
About two to three weeks pass when a beagle is in heat. The dog might be upset by this process. During this time, they can get pregnant between 4 and 24 days after mating with a male beagle.
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