First season.....been a while......

[Slightlyconfused]

So the last female pup we had was about 20 years ago the rest have been rehomes and already spayed.

Now we used to let them have first season then spay right after, is this still the way to go?

I think she is starting to get ready for her first season, she will be eight months next month, she is getting very clingy, worried and keeps cleaning herself which is all the signs my other have shown before their first.

Just wanted to check if the way of doing things have changed.

She is a labxcollie with we think German Shepard in their somewhere and getting very big.

 

[suffolkmare]

We are soon to get a puppy so I asked at the vets and they wait till after the first season. I think it's a general rule which allows for any questions over the bitches actual age, as the operation might be compromised if she is immature. Having had a season means she will be mature enough and op should be straightforward. Hope that helps.

 

[Jay89]

A lot will depend on her breed? Many vets will now spay prior to the first season, depending on breed, small breeds are usually fine. There are pros and cons to both.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

A lot will depend on her breed? Many vets will now spay prior to the first season, depending on breed, small breeds are usually fine. There are pros and cons to both.

Last one we had done we were told it's because they don't want to mess up their groŵth by spaying too early.

Poor baby is so worried and cuddly

 

[Dobiegirl]

I think you will find its halfway between the first and second season so 3months after her first, this gives them some protection from mammary tumours.

 

[Clodagh]

If you spay too early you risk incontinence, especially if she is a big dog. I would wait, some say two or three seasons but we just have one. (And they are such a pain you wonder how we coped years ago when nothing was spayed!)

 

[Bellasophia]

I'd definitely let her have one season,preferably two as she is a large breed...then Spay three m after the end of that season.
I have a mini schnauzer whom I intend to spay after her first season.it gives them a chance to mature physically and mentally before you remove the hormones. I am only spaying so soon as we also have an intact male,large breed,otherwise I'd wait till she has had two seasons at least.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

If you spay too early you risk incontinence, especially if she is a big dog. I would wait, some say two or three seasons but we just have one. (And they are such a pain you wonder how we coped years ago when nothing was spayed!)

Okay so if she is starting her season now then say middle so July ish she would be fine to spay? Things have changed so much since we last had a pup.
She is very clean, no bleeding but is slightly swollen which is what our last female was like, kept herself very very clean.

 

[Bellasophia]

First she will swell,then she will spot,then bleed...if you take a tissue to her privates,and see spotting of blood ,call that day one....mark your calendar with a star for 21 days...after the fourth or fifth day the bleeding may well stop...she is approaching ovulation...the dog is very receptive and vunerable now...no bleeding does not mean she is safe... Excercise onlead and keep far from male dogs...but you know thatLOL
After 21 days you can count forward for three months for a date to spay.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

First she will swell,then she will spot,then bleed...if you take a tissue to her privates,and see spotting of blood ,call that day one....mark your calendar with a star for 21 days...after the fourth or fifth day the bleeding may well stop...she is approaching ovulation...the dog is very receptive and vunerable now...no bleeding does not mean she is safe... Excercise onlead and keep far from male dogs...but you know thatLOL
After 21 days you can count forward for three months for a date to spay.

Thank you remembering all this from years ago is tough lol

She will be on lead and luck.iy my male, with no bits, dog has no interest even when females are displaying their bums at him.

 

[Clodagh]

Seeing how our lab pup has matured after her season we would never advocate doing it beofre, she was a complete puppy and now behaves like a (slightly mad) adult dog. I know you weren't going to, SC, but just a point.
8 months is young for a larger dog, isn't it? Our pup was well over a year, I thought it would never happen.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

Seeing how our lab pup has matured after her season we would never advocate doing it beofre, she was a complete puppy and now behaves like a (slightly mad) adult dog. I know you weren't going to, SC, but just a point.
8 months is young for a larger dog, isn't it? Our pup was well over a year, I thought it would never happen.

She is our first larger dog, our other was a cocker spaniel so at seven/eight months she has her guest season and few weeks after that had finished she was spayed. This was 18 years or so ago so I know a lot has changed in that time.

Thank you.