Jean is in season, what do?

[Turn7]

She will be fine Pesty, dont worry.

[Moonshiner]

Pesty said:

quite a bit of mess with jean.

We bought some cheap boys pants and cut a hole for teh tale but they never lasted long.


Jean is booked in in a few weeks.


Shes going to be distraught

i know we have to take her but i don't want to. good job im at work probably couldnt go through with it

We did the same with our big girl Bella, a bit of a laugh really (cracked me up anyway), they soon came off

[hondafanatic]

Pesty said:

quite a bit of mess with jean.

We bought some cheap boys pants and cut a hole for teh tale but they never lasted long.


Jean is booked in in a few weeks.


Shes going to be distraught

i know we have to take her but i don't want to. good job im at work probably couldnt go through with it

I'm kinda in two minds as to whether I need to get her done... My last dog wasn't. And we could keep her away from other dogs.

Part of my reluctance right now is she's just too much of a puppy to cut up...

[Moonshiner]

hondafanatic said:

Pesty said:

quite a bit of mess with jean.

We bought some cheap boys pants and cut a hole for teh tale but they never lasted long.


Jean is booked in in a few weeks.


Shes going to be distraught

i know we have to take her but i don't want to. good job im at work probably couldnt go through with it

I'm kinda in two minds as to whether I need to get her done... My last dog wasn't. And we could keep her away from other dogs.

Part of my reluctance right now is she's just too much of a puppy to cut up...

Hi, when it comes to getting a female puppy spayed, me and my other half thought about it long and hard due to the fact we already had a male dog in the family household, fast forward 4 or 5 months and she came into her first season, which was an absolute nightmare, we ended up getting the male castrated as it's a lot less invasive.
I wouldn't get any dog nutered unless really necessary (chance of unwanted pups)

[bexVN]

Moonshiner said:

hondafanatic said:

Pesty said:

quite a bit of mess with jean.

We bought some cheap boys pants and cut a hole for teh tale but they never lasted long.


Jean is booked in in a few weeks.


Shes going to be distraught

i know we have to take her but i don't want to. good job im at work probably couldnt go through with it

I'm kinda in two minds as to whether I need to get her done... My last dog wasn't. And we could keep her away from other dogs.

Part of my reluctance right now is she's just too much of a puppy to cut up...

Hi, when it comes to getting a female puppy spayed, me and my other half thought about it long and hard due to the fact we already had a male dog in the family household, fast forward 4 or 5 months and she came into her first season, which was an absolute nightmare, we ended up getting the male castrated as it's a lot less invasive.
I wouldn't get any dog nutered unless really necessary (chance of unwanted pups)

When you have seen as many mature female dogs have to endure illness/ toxic shock and then emergency surgery to save their lives due to pyometra you would get your female dog neutered. Not spaying also greatly increases the risk of metastatic mammary tumours.

[tonyb1968]

bexVN said:

Moonshiner said:

hondafanatic said:

Pesty said:

quite a bit of mess with jean.

We bought some cheap boys pants and cut a hole for teh tale but they never lasted long.


Jean is booked in in a few weeks.


Shes going to be distraught

i know we have to take her but i don't want to. good job im at work probably couldnt go through with it

I'm kinda in two minds as to whether I need to get her done... My last dog wasn't. And we could keep her away from other dogs.

Part of my reluctance right now is she's just too much of a puppy to cut up...

Hi, when it comes to getting a female puppy spayed, me and my other half thought about it long and hard due to the fact we already had a male dog in the family household, fast forward 4 or 5 months and she came into her first season, which was an absolute nightmare, we ended up getting the male castrated as it's a lot less invasive.
I wouldn't get any dog nutered unless really necessary (chance of unwanted pups)

When you have seen as many mature female dogs have to endure illness/ toxic shock and then emergency surgery to save their lives due to pyometra you would get your female dog neutered. Not spaying also greatly increases the risk of metastatic mammary tumours.

Had this with one of our girls, she was 8 and needed an emergency op

Back on the subject, was going to get Lottie done a few weeks back, she is 17 months old now so was at the 2.5 month point, took her and Max in for her op and him in for his final injection, waved goodbye to my baby who looked at me wondering why she was there and I was going wasnt nice to leave her, anyway Max had his injection and as he was only 13 weeks old we went home.
Vet called up shortly afterwards, Lottie was having a false pregnancy, looks like she was mothering little Max, had taken time off work so I could look after her whilst she recovered the little monster, now I have to plan ahead as Max will be about 5-6 months old when Lottie comes into season again, hes going on holiday with me lol.

Cant breed them as they are related before anyone asks (same father, different mother).

[bexVN]

They should have been able to spay at the end of her fp? They can give Galastop to help the fp clear up more quickly, you shouldn't have to wait til the next time?

[hondafanatic]

bexVN said:

Moonshiner said:

hondafanatic said:

Pesty said:

quite a bit of mess with jean.

We bought some cheap boys pants and cut a hole for teh tale but they never lasted long.


Jean is booked in in a few weeks.


Shes going to be distraught

i know we have to take her but i don't want to. good job im at work probably couldnt go through with it

I'm kinda in two minds as to whether I need to get her done... My last dog wasn't. And we could keep her away from other dogs.

Part of my reluctance right now is she's just too much of a puppy to cut up...

Hi, when it comes to getting a female puppy spayed, me and my other half thought about it long and hard due to the fact we already had a male dog in the family household, fast forward 4 or 5 months and she came into her first season, which was an absolute nightmare, we ended up getting the male castrated as it's a lot less invasive.
I wouldn't get any dog nutered unless really necessary (chance of unwanted pups)

When you have seen as many mature female dogs have to endure illness/ toxic shock and then emergency surgery to save their lives due to pyometra you would get your female dog neutered. Not spaying also greatly increases the risk of metastatic mammary tumours.

So lets make an assumption that that my pooch comes into season in April...and if she's finished towards the end of April...when I can her get her booked in?

Many thanks

[bexVN]

Usually 3 months at the end of her season.

This allows 9 weeks post season in case she goes into false pregnancy and time to resolve it before spaying.

Spaying too soon after season increase a bleeding risk and does not allow for hormones to settle down first.

[hondafanatic]

bexVN said:

Usually 3 months at the end of her season.

This allows 9 weeks post season in case she goes into false pregnancy and time to resolve it before spaying.

Spaying too soon after season increase a bleeding risk and does not allow for hormones to settle down first.

Many thanks

[tonyb1968]

bexVN said:

They should have been able to spay at the end of her fp? They can give Galastop to help the fp clear up more quickly, you shouldn't have to wait til the next time?

Normally I would agree Bex but she was checked again 2 weeks later which puts her at the 3 month point and she was still producing milk, so as her last 3 seasons have been approx 4 months apart it would be too close to carry it out
Going to have to grin and bear it for 1 more season and take the little chap out of the house when she starts getting into the danger period, though she may well reject him if she feels she is his mother?? Dunno, but he will like the sea side for a week

[bexVN]

Fair enough. She probably won't reject him so time apart safest.

They usually repeat their false pregnancies with each season unfortunately. Did they try Galastop?

[MockingJay]

Moonshiner said:

We did the same with our big girl Bella, a bit of a laugh really (cracked me up anyway), they soon came off

We found an actual dog nappy on Amazon, complete with velcro straps and hole for the tail. We just got some cheap sanitary pads from Sainsburys and that did the job. Ruby made a lot of mess before the nappy.

[Moonshiner]

MockingJay said:

We found an actual dog nappy on Amazon, complete with velcro straps and hole for the tail. We just got some cheap sanitary pads from Sainsburys and that did the job. Ruby made a lot of mess before the nappy.

I've heard of people using children's nappies to help in the situation also! we have wooden flooring so it's nothing a mop and bucket doesn't sort out, I could imagine having cream carpets at these times would be a challenge

[carinatauk]

Moonshiner said:

MockingJay said:

We found an actual dog nappy on Amazon, complete with velcro straps and hole for the tail. We just got some cheap sanitary pads from Sainsburys and that did the job. Ruby made a lot of mess before the nappy.

I've heard of people using children's nappies to help in the situation also! we have wooden flooring so it's nothing a mop and bucket doesn't sort out, I could imagine having cream carpets at these times would be a challenge

It's not nice. My Cocker managed to cover everything, sofas, carpet, walls, doors etc. I was off at the time so I was her personal cleaner - upper, following around her to protect the sofa, paint and carpets. 3 months later she was spayed, and strangely had a false pregnancy immediately after.

Tried the doggie nappies and they were shredded in minutes, so no choice really

[tonyb1968]

bexVN said:

Fair enough. She probably won't reject him so time apart safest.

They usually repeat their false pregnancies with each season unfortunately. Did they try Galastop?

No but it was offered, didnt see much point due to the closeness of her season, maybe next time but it could be down to the fact Max was 8 weeks old and still a little monster of a puppy

[bexVN]

tonyb1968 said:

bexVN said:

Fair enough. She probably won't reject him so time apart safest.

They usually repeat their false pregnancies with each season unfortunately. Did they try Galastop?

No but it was offered, didnt see much point due to the closeness of her season, maybe next time but it could be down to the fact Max was 8 weeks old and still a little monster of a puppy

Definitely do it if she starts showing signs. It can help clear up a fp quite quickly and I think if she is every 4months you are right in that having a narrower window limits things somewhat so getting on top of it quickly would be sensible.

She is likely to do it again, they do seem to once it happens

Hope it all gets sorted next time, bit of a headache for you otherwise!!

[Pesty]

st Jean is booked in to be sorted in a few weeks but nina has found blood around for a couple of days.

She can't be in season again can she? It was January when she was before

[bexVN]

Pesty said:

st Jean is booked in to be sorted in a few weeks but nina has found blood around for a couple of days.

She can't be in season again can she? It was January when she was before

Couple possibilities. As she was quite young for her first season, she could be having what is called a Split season (worth having a read up about it) the other one I can think of which is much less likely is Juvenile pyo.

I think a chat to your vet and a check up at the same time would be sensible.

There may be a blood test they could do to see what stage of her season she is at (I'm not 100% sure as not a regular thing)

[pikeyboy]

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