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03-14-2008, 08:30 PM | #1 |
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| heat? Hi all, How do you know if your dog is in heat? My Lila is 9 months old, and I can't tell if she's ever been in heat. I've never seen blood. Are there other signs? -Sessy
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03-14-2008, 08:36 PM | #2 |
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| sometimes they can have a "silent heat" where there is no swelling or bleeding so you've really got to be careful. But usually the vulva will swell to a huge size and there will be bleeding (although not all dogs bleed). I recommend having her spayed before she goes into heat because it can happen at any time now.
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03-14-2008, 09:24 PM | #3 | |
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Did you know that by spaying her before she ever comes into heat you can all but eliminate her chances of ever getting mammary cancer? Studies in dogs have shown that the risk of developing mammary cancer is 0.05 percent if the dog is spayed before the first heat, 8 percent if spayed after the first and before the second heat, and 26 percent after the second heat. http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/petcolumns/i...article&id=502 | |
03-14-2008, 10:18 PM | #4 |
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| I wonder what the percentage is if you don't get your pet spayed? I was going to breed her, she ended up getting sick so of course I have never bred her. I was thinking about getting her spayed, but she has an illness and then I read tonight about the little boy who went in to be neutered and died. Now I am very afraid to have her spayed, especially since she already has health problems.
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03-15-2008, 09:07 AM | #5 |
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| It looks like about 70% of unspayed dogs will develop mammary masses after age 7 and 50% of those will be malignant. http://www.caps-web.org/dr_allen_com...mal_cancer.php http://www.petconnection.com/blog/20...e-science-say/ I can understand your concern about anesthesia, but complications really aren't that common. Make sure you get pre op bloodwork and a bile acids tets done before, though, to alert your vet to any possible issues that could cause a problem. |
03-15-2008, 10:17 AM | #6 |
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| She is scheduled to get spayed on the 25th but I'm not sure if she's been in heat yet. My understanding was that if she was in heat they would have to postpone the surgery. So I guess I wanted to know what signs to look out for.
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03-15-2008, 10:45 AM | #7 |
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| Usually you can't miss it when they come in heat. They will really swell and start bleeding. The bleeding usually last about 10 days but the actual heat lasts 3 weeks. I know some females can have silent heats but I have never experienced that with any of mine. |
03-15-2008, 10:55 AM | #8 |
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| they can spay them if they're in heat |
03-15-2008, 11:00 AM | #9 | |
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http://www.thepetcenter.com/sur/pyo.html Pyometra is fairly common in unspayed females and it is life threating. It is safer to spay females while they are healthy rather than having to do a spay in an emergency situation. If your dog has health problems that would prevent her from undergoing anesthesia then that would be another story. I know one lady that had a liver shunt female and she was always afraid to get her little female spayed but then the little dog got pymetra and the little dog nearly died but she did make it through the surgery and she made a full recovery. | |
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