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I have always heard to rest them - goes back to late 70s and when I worked as a vet tech. Also if your vet says she may have a cyst I would not breed her. What is more important have a litter or the care of your dog. When I was a vet tech in the past - we did have a few people come to our clinic that experienced this with their dog. Most spayed their dog when this happened and a few waited and then we checked later. In some cases things straightened out and a few had problems and we ended up spaying in the end. The best advice is to either spay her after she comes through this heat or wait and have her rechecked in a month. This is just what I would do - my gut says to also check her thyroid levels first. We always waited till the bitch was out of season before spaying as they have a tendency to bleed more during surgery while in heat. Best of luck.

On your home page you mention coming soon from CKC register to AKC registration. I know that AKC is allowing others - mixed breeds and non AKC registered to register with them, but it is a seperate registration and they must be spayed/neutered first, so you would not be able to register CKC parents as AKC and then register their pups unless the litter grandparents were AKC. I just wanted to make sure you knew about this. I know it is a bit confusing at first this new allowance.