He is absolutely fine. Wonderful in fact. He is still very interested in a bitch if in season, but not distressed by the situation. He is still my gorgeous, norty cuddly boy and I wouldn't have him any other way. He did lose a a little confidence around other dogs, and has a tendency to gain weight very, very easily.
Yes, even still now. It was one of the reasons we had to get Quinn done - OH was changing to a day shift when she was 6 months and we had to get a walker!
By a weird coincidence, - my friend whose caravan we are going to - both her adult GRs, age 8 and 11 had pyometra within a few weeks of each other during April and both had to have emergency surgery. She had never even heard of it until then.
That's really good to hear.
Yes, that scares me too. I’m also concerned about our ability to manage a heat cycle - afraid I’m going to miss the signs!It's pyometra that scares me. Boys are uncomplicated.
Yes, it was distressing to see Barley's phantom pregnancy. Her little boobs were all swollen and she was frantically carrying toys around, washing them and crying, couldn't settle at all, poor poor little sweetheart. Hope Otter's through it before too long.
All the daycares near me required Stanley to be neutered from 12 months. Dog walkers were fine.
We nearly lost Harley to pyometra when she was just over a year old. I hadn’t heard of it before then. I took her to the vets for a lump on her head (in growing hair follicle!). The operated within the hour and said if they hadn’t of operated that she wouldn’t have been with us later that dayIt's pyometra that scares me. Boys are uncomplicated.
. It was scary!I'm sure you will notice, you know your dogs well it's the changes in temprement that are the big signals.
That's horrible but it does seem to move very quickly for some girls. Glad shes ok.We nearly lost Harley to pyometra when she was just over a year old. I hadn’t heard of it before then. I took her to the vets for a lump on her head (in growing hair follicle!). The operated within the hour and said if they hadn’t of operated that she wouldn’t have been with us later that day
Gosh! I remember that, terrible! @Naya can you remember when her season was in relation to her emergency spay?We nearly lost Harley to pyometra when she was just over a year old. I hadn’t heard of it before then. I took her to the vets for a lump on her head (in growing hair follicle!). The operated within the hour and said if they hadn’t of operated that she wouldn’t have been with us later that day
Ivers breeder always knows when one of her breeding girls us about to come into seasons because the other spayed girls try to hump her.
She went into season 1st few days. of July, and bled for over 3 weeks. We went to the vets several times as it seemed that something wasn’t right, but they weren’t overly worried. It was an extremely long season.....she went to the vets for the hair follicle 2nd week of August. That’s when they done the emergency spay as they noticed she had white discharge. I didnt know back then that it wasn’t normal.
That's interesting, and impressed that you remembered the dates! I have been on a study webinar that looks at the links between spaying too soon after a season and changes in behaviour. Its' called PPP ... persistent pseudo pregnancy.
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I think the dates will always stick with me because of how dire the situation was! Never heard of that....will try and read up on it.
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I had Hattie spayed three months after he first season too. I feel the same as you, it was definitely the right decision as no intention of breeding and the worry of pyometra. Not to mention even having Hattie on lead during her first season there were quite a few off lead intact males pursuing her relentlessly with clueless owners. Always put my dogs health and well being first xx
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