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Originally Posted by MMMMM  Perhaps some of the breeders could verify this, but I was advised by the vet that false pregnancies usually mean that the dog will be unable to truly get pregnant, if she were ever bred. She was of show quality and had ch bloodlines, but I never tried to lift the non-breeding contract and breed her, as I knew that I would be unable to ever sell the pups ... I would have fallen in love with them all and wouldn't be able to part a single one.
She eventually developed breast cancer when she was about 12, and fortunately survived after having surgery. She also came down with palmetra at around 16, and survived that too after having a hysterectomy!
I will definitely have any new female spayed early this time, even though my lovely dog lived to be more than 20 years of age. I still miss her dearly. |
Not so, on the continued false pregnancies...I've had females that have had false pregnacies on their first Season and went on to have normal Seasons resulting in litters.
The Spaying before their first Season is recommended to avoid the breast cancer......
I have read that continued seasons and false pregnacies may have a relationship to pyrometria