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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Going through with the first heat leaves them open for mammary cancer and for the life of me I can not remember the name of that infection unspayed dogs can get that can kill your dog in 24 hours. Also many people are just not responsible enough to have a dog in heat (not meaning the poster) but they think a diaper will keep a male from mating with the female and will let them be outside with out supervision and such. |
There is a "small" increased risk of mammary cancer, but nary a one for pyometra.l Well actually there is something called stump pyometra which spayed females can get! - how ever that is pretty rare. And btw dogs spayed at 6mths or earlier can still get mammary cancer; that is why if you have a female dog spayed or not you should be palpating all the nipples and surrounding area frequently.