RE: Spaying before or after first heat
2 weeks, 4 days ago (2008-08-18 13:17:00)
by Jake2006
...would suggest that performing a spay before the
first heat would result in the lowest chance of mammary cancer...that as long as a spay was performed in the
first 4 years of life,
pyometra is not likely...in 9.7% of bitches spayed before the
first heat compared to a 20% incidence in bitches spayed... incontinence was lower in bitches spayed before the
first heat, severity of the incontinence in these dogs ...
Spaying before or after first heat
2 weeks, 4 days ago (2008-08-18 13:07:00)
by Lilac
... who breed and show dogs that the best time to spay is before the
first heat. That the idea of waiting until after the
first heat isn't a ... if the dog was older or already had its
first heat But almost everything I've read on here about
spaying seems to be to wait until after the
first heat to spay. Is this just differences in countries around the world or just the personal preference of vets?
RE: dogs first heat
2 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-06-19 15:09:00)
by carwash_2006
... the tiniest bit. I think going through the first heat and having all the hormones will effect...them done before they have their first heat are huge, it reduces the risks of...%. If they have even 1 heat that risk is greatly increased. It also reduces the...getting done until she came into heat. We thought it would be best to wait ... finished as the risks of doing it while in heat are greater. We were very ...
RE: dogs first heat
2 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-06-19 15:09:00)
by carwash_2006
... the tiniest bit. I think going through the first heat and having all the hormones will effect...them done before they have their first heat are huge, it reduces the risks of...%. If they have even 1 heat that risk is greatly increased. It also reduces the...getting done until she came into heat. We thought it would be best to wait ... finished as the risks of doing it while in heat are greater. We were very ...
RE: dogs first heat
2 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-06-19 15:35:00)
by carwash_2006
... to let them go through their
first heat. The only good reason for this that I have heard ... more room for them to work. That can be countered in my mind by the fact that before their
first heat there is less blood
vessels and ... your vet really doesn't want to do it before her
first heat then you may be as well to ... have not suggested waiting until after the
first heat so I don't really know whether I...
RE: dogs first heat
2 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-06-19 15:35:00)
by carwash_2006
... to let them go through their first heat. The only good reason for this that I have heard ... more room for them to work. That can be countered in my mind by the fact that before their first heat there is less blood vessels and ... your vet really doesn't want to do it before her first heat then you may be as well to ... have not suggested waiting until after the first heat so I don't really know whether I...
RE: Toy poodle in first heat and no discharge???? - Yahoo! Answers
1 month, 3 weeks ago (2008-07-14 01:35:00)
by pawpaw
..., it is pretty common.
Eight months old is a little late for her
first heat. My small breeds usually go into
heat earlier than large breeds as they reach their maturity earlier. You ... be very surprised at how many toy breeds or bred on their
first heat. That is where the majority of the low weights of the parents come from. The parents are puppies themselves. Good luck.
RE: First Heat Wave, So What's Cooking?
2 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-09 21:06:00)
by Greyghost
...What's Cooking? Here in
River City we are having our
first heat wave of the season as is most of the east coast. Currently, it is late afternoon and 95 degrees in the shade with high ...set. What I am really wondering though is what you are doing for dinner in this
first heat wave of the summer? Is it business as usual or are you adapting to conditions? If so how?
First Heat Cycle!
2 weeks, 3 days ago (2008-08-19 09:33:00)
by onwards1981
Our little girl is in her first heat cycle!! Yayyyy!!! I think it started over the ... bloody, just brownish - I thought it was dirt at first. Anyway her spaying surgery is set for Sept... her vet via email if her heat will be a problem with doing the surgery, if ... her if we cut short her heat cycle... but I thought I would put the question out ...
First Heat?
1 month, 3 weeks ago (2008-07-14 15:07:00)
by croths
Hello, This is my first post. I have a 5 month old female Cockapoo. I see no signs yet but is she around the age I might see her first heat? Is it right that some dogs can be in heat without any visible signs? I say there are no signs but I have noticed the last two days that once she's finished peeing she swings around...
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