My dog (15 months) just went through her first heat three weeks ago. She is no longer bleeding, but she is still very swollen. Will this subside or do I need to take her to the vet?
2007-04-16 08:48:03 · 7 answers · asked by Hairdresser T.O. 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Oh, and to the rude person who said I don't need a pet if I have to ask questions, should go jump off a cliff. Geeze people, I am an educator, not a vet, by profession. That has nothing to do with my abilities to take care of my dog. If I didn't care I would not have asked.
2007-04-16 09:00:32 · update #1
I never said I was not going to get the dog spayed. MY vet told me to wait untill after her first heat to have her spayed. I just didn't know how soon after the first one to have it done, though this is not what I am asking advice on....
2007-04-16 09:18:04 · update #2
I would take her to a vet just in case i always say if you have to think about it you should
2007-04-16 08:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by sidney2011crosby 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can't believe a vet would tell you to wait until she had a heat before spaying...there is NO valid reason for doing so and vets know this. With each heat your dog has it makes her risk of mammary cancer higher and it also increases her risk of pyometria a very serious often fatal uterine infection.
Dogs are in heat for 3 weeks..they do not bleed for the entire 3 weeks. The swelling will subside after the 3 weeks is up.
You need to schedual that spay soon. You may want to consider finding another vet..one that is more up to date on spay/neuter.
2007-04-16 09:45:28 · answer #2 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will go down some but, it won't go down all the way. I have a female who was spayed before her first heat and her vulva is very tiny. My female who both had a litter and was pregnant when I had her spayed (both pregnancies happened before I pulled her from animal control) has a very prominent vulva.
If a dog is spayed before her first heat cycle she has less than 1% chance of developing mammary cancer. After the second cycle it goes up to 7% and after her third it goes up to 28%. If she is never spayed she runs the risk of ovarian and uterine tumors as well as pyometra, a uterine infection for which the preferred treatment is total hysterectomy (spay) which is much more expensive when done during a time of medical crisis.
So, while a lot of people seem rude and judgmental when responding to questions like this, they are not wrong except in the way they deliver the message. Spaying really is the kindest and most caring thing we can do for our female dogs.
2007-04-16 09:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by th3dogmomma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swelling of the vaginal area is usually a sign that a female dog is in heat. The swelling is usually accompanied by discharge from the vaginal area. The swelling can persist through out the heat period that can last up to three weeks. Has it been longer than 3 weeks?
Does her uterine horns look larger than a pencil? If so, then you should take her to the vet. There may be a possible infection.
2007-04-16 09:02:39 · answer #4 · answered by vi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not until you have her spayed. It will go down some, but it will always be larger than a spayed female.Not only that, you are putting her at risk for mammary tumors,ovarian and uterine cancer and pyo. Do her a favor and get it spayed. If you can't afford to do that, you shouldn't have the dog. You obviously don't know what your doing if you needed to ask that question.
Edit: Your pet should have been spayed at 6 months old. And for a educator you sure don't know how to read.I said if you couldn't AFFORD to have her spayed you shouldn't have her.And you still obviously don't know enough to breed that dog, or you would have already known the answer to your question.And sorry if you think I'm rude,but I'm correct.I don't "sugar coat" stuff.I tell it like it is.Don't be so sensitive. And to answer your question- No you don't have to take her to the vet,it will go down it's self.
2007-04-16 08:55:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
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2016-11-24 23:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will go away soon! If you get her spayed, you won't have to go through any heats!
2007-04-16 08:58:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋