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At what age did most of your females go into heat? Trinket is 6 1/2 months old as of this past Thursday and she smells a bit like blood so even though I haven't seen any I am assuming she is in heat. When did your females go into heat. I want to wait until her growth plates close up before spaying which I am assuming is around a year old? I have male dogs but all are neutered and I do not have them around other dogs often so I am not worried about her getting pregnant. I do want to make sure I am making the right decision waiting to spay her though but also worry about mastitis and pyometra, etc... If waiting. Would love your opinions. She is still 2.4 lbs. I am not really worried about size as my tiny chihuahua was 2 lbs when she was spayed after she had her first season and a false pregnancy at 1 yr. her first season was 11 1/2 months. She is much smaller than trinket, I am blessed to have a great vet that is really good when it comes to small animal procedures. |
Kyra was 6 months. We let her under the advise of our vet and also many here because she is a tiny who didn't reach 3lbs until she was a year old. We were waiting for her growth plates to close before spaying her. |
Even if there spayed there growth plates will still close I believe Jodi posted an article on it. I got Callie spayed around 9 months and she had not come into heat yet. I would maybe as the vet if she is in heat for sure just incase she dosent have something else going on. |
I have had a female go into heat at 7mths old and one at 9 months old. Growth plates on small breed dogs can close as early as 7-8 months old. The last growth plate to close is the tibial plateau. A lateral view of the knee joint confirms if this growth plate has closed. Most vets like to spay at 6mths old prior to a first heat. Pyrometra is very rare in a young dog, as is mastitis or breast cancer. |
Uni didn't get her first heat until about 13 months. I was starting to worry what was wrong with her. I didn't get her spayed until 3years old but that is another story. I think around 8 months is ideal for spay since most of the baby teeth that would have come out on their own would have by then. Then the ones that won't come out can be taken out at spay. If there are many baby teeth when spayed too young, some vets will either leave them in and say they will come out on their own (and if they don't will result in double rows of teeth or very crooked teeth), or will take out all the baby teeth (that may have come out on their own) and charge you for each extraction. |
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I did post an article someplace on YT but couldn't tell you right now where it is at. Basically it said that whether or not growth plates were closed before a stay they still closed. It went on to say that it's the size of the animal that determines when growth places close. The larger the animal the longer it takes. |
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London was just turning a year old, Brighton was 14 months, and Chanel was 15 months when they had their first heats. Can be as early as 6 months but all my girls have gone much later. You should notice a lot of swelling in her vulva...you can wipe with a tissue to see if any pink or red blood is present...sometimes you won't see much though. I notice swelling first...a little swelling and light pink in the center of the vulva...they then start to swell up a lot and usually show some blood in the next few days after I first notice signs. |
Thank you every one. I have read many articles on why not to spay early and many articles on why to spay early so I wanted to get some opinions. I have also read that they needed to go through their first heat so not to mess them up hormonally |
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My first 2 girls came into heat at 6 months old. Their adult weight were 10 lbs, the other 13 Lbs, so at 6 months they were over 5 Lbs, my next 2 girls were spayed at 6 months old, before their first heat. |
I spayed my female at 4 mos old. She's 14 now, 7 lbs. and has no growth plate problems. Never had a heat. |
Have any of you seen a temperament change or a fear of storms etc.. After spaying? I am on a holistic group that swears spaying causes these problems |
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No temperament changes here, and in fact Uni still likes to hump her beds. |
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My pup just had her first heat cycle that ended last week. She just turned 11 months yesterday. You will know if she's in heat because her female part will be so swollen you can see it from the back. Also my pup bleed very little. Just a few drops here and there |
Emma got spayed at 9 months before a heat. Growth plates shouldn't matter so much in small breed dogs. I only was concerned about that with my larger breed dogs i've had in the past. |
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There are some studies that show no change in temperament, there are some that show change in temperament, but I don't believe there is one overall study that has a general consensus of acceptance by the scientific community. I think the most recent one out was the Viszla study earlier this year. But there is some concern their methodology was flawed. Then of course like any other uni-breed study the drawback is the same; that being how applicable is this study to all other breeds? In terms of spaying - I would not say I have noticed in the pet dogs I have had that there was an increased fear of storms. I think the best bet is to assume the character of the dog you have now, will be the character of the dog you will have after spaying. So if you have a fearfull, nervous or tense dog now, spaying is not going to affect that behaviour. |
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