Dog Owner Chat v4

[eleutheromania]

so unfortunately couldn’t get pictures of the two dachshunds together. my friend said he can’t be picked up much and he’s swollen and constipated. they have meds for him but he’s just going downhill from what she said. did get some photos of loki. i’ll post those later on. gonna break mileage limit rules to go home again this weekend since my birthday is tomorrow. also, new house! mom moved into a house with hardwood and a fenced yard. talk about awesome. also, the lady who has piper, the beagle we had cannot take care of her financial and no one wants her because she’s not a puppy. mom can’t take her and i’m just bummed out no one wants a fully trained spayed dog.

[xXocea]

@.Middy., Oh no! Hope you find a good breeder soon!

My mom freaked out over JJ being pregnant today. JJ hasn't been in heat for months, and if she did get pregnant during her last heat I'm pretty sure she'd have given birth by now lol. It's cause she's got dog boobs. Doobs.

Omg, I feel you! For some reason after her first heat, Spade's nips got big. Like pregnant dog size, so my SO kept asking if one of the stray dogs got to her. But nah, no puppos for Spade, not anytime soon anyways.

I've heard that unspayed (And sometimes spayed) females can sometimes get a false pregnancy. It's called pseudopregnancy. And enlarged teats are a symptom. It usually happens a month or two after their heat, and is thought to be due to a hormonal imbalance.

[maninkari]

@.Middy., Oh no! Hope you find a good breeder soon!

My mom freaked out over JJ being pregnant today. JJ hasn't been in heat for months, and if she did get pregnant during her last heat I'm pretty sure she'd have given birth by now lol. It's cause she's got dog boobs. Doobs.

Omg, I feel you! For some reason after her first heat, Spade's nips got big. Like pregnant dog size, so my SO kept asking if one of the stray dogs got to her. But nah, no puppos for Spade, not anytime soon anyways.

I've heard that unspayed (And sometimes spayed) females can sometimes get a false pregnancy. It's called pseudopregnancy. And enlarged teats are a symptom. It usually happens a month or two after their heat, and is thought to be due to a hormonal imbalance.

I've seen dogs with that and it looks like a pain in the ass to deal with. JJ's getting spayed soon when she's 19 months, time went by so fast. I was gonna wait a few more months just for good measure, but her dog aggression is so difficult to manage when she's in heat. I can't snap her out of fixation like I can when she's not in heat, and dogs existing in her line of sight is enough to irritate her lol.

[xXocea]

@.Middy., Oh no! Hope you find a good breeder soon!

My mom freaked out over JJ being pregnant today. JJ hasn't been in heat for months, and if she did get pregnant during her last heat I'm pretty sure she'd have given birth by now lol. It's cause she's got dog boobs. Doobs.

I've heard that unspayed (And sometimes spayed) females can sometimes get a false pregnancy. It's called pseudopregnancy. And enlarged teats are a symptom. It usually happens a month or two after their heat, and is thought to be due to a hormonal imbalance.

I've seen dogs with that and it looks like a pain in the ass to deal with. JJ's getting spayed soon when she's 19 months, time went by so fast. I was gonna wait a few more months just for good measure, but her dog aggression is so difficult to manage when she's in heat. I can't snap her out of fixation like I can when she's not in heat, and dogs existing in her line of sight is enough to irritate her lol.

LOL, sounds like some girls I know on their period. They get right nasty. xD

I'm curious on the subject: Why have you decided to wait so long to spay JJ? (not bashing, not hating, just curious)
Most people suggest you get it done as soon as possible at around 6 months of age, before that first heat.

[.Middy.]

Thanks, I hope so too! My friend will be breeding her border collie around September, so I do have a backup if I can’t find one that fits my ideal timeline better. (Totally love her girl, the timing is a bit later than I’d like and I don’t think she will throw my ideal look, so still looking but I would not be upset at all if I ended up with a mini Coreas lol)

As for not spaying, recent research has shown leaving the hormones until atleast 18 months is very benefital to the dog. You want their growth plates to close before altering the dog ideally.

Kes is over 2 now and I still haven’t spayed her haha

[juicebox!]

kelpie x border collie mix as a service dog. thoughts?

[IcedAntimony]

kelpie x border collie mix as a service dog. thoughts?

Considering that kelpies and border collies are both very intelligent breeds, the right training would probably make a great service dog. The biggest issue I can see is that they are both very high energy dogs, but that's not a problem if it has an energy outlet.

[taurus ;]

@RebelliousWinter

Nah, no false pregnancies here. Not with Spade anyways, Vashti is 16 years old and she still has heats and deals with false heats almost every single one she has. She even produces 'milk'.

I asked my vet about Spade getting..bigger there after her first heat and and she laughed and told me not to worry. Vet said some dogs get bigger nips and some stay really small, unoticable until they have puppies.

[Cardinal]

Sardonyx is on day 5 of her heat and Sentry is being a gross male dog. Just... get your nose out of her diaper and stop drooling everywhere. I already cant wait for it to be over, crating and rotate is annoying. Im sure him being gross will only get worse, atleast he calls off really easy. After this heat she'll be 2 and we'll book a spay appointment.

Inb4- they are not left unsurpervised alone. No puppies. Ever.

[Naeco]

Omg, I feel you! For some reason after her first heat, Spade's nips got big. Like pregnant dog size, so my SO kept asking if one of the stray dogs got to her. But nah, no puppos for Spade, not anytime soon anyways.

I've heard that unspayed (And sometimes spayed) females can sometimes get a false pregnancy. It's called pseudopregnancy. And enlarged teats are a symptom. It usually happens a month or two after their heat, and is thought to be due to a hormonal imbalance.

I've seen dogs with that and it looks like a pain in the ass to deal with. JJ's getting spayed soon when she's 19 months, time went by so fast. I was gonna wait a few more months just for good measure, but her dog aggression is so difficult to manage when she's in heat. I can't snap her out of fixation like I can when she's not in heat, and dogs existing in her line of sight is enough to irritate her lol.

My dog, Sheaba, recently had a false pregnancy. It wasn't too bad after we got over the initial week and a half of it. She started treating Skai's football like a puppy and I took it away. A week after it was gone, she settled down. It's been atleast three weeks and she is back to normal now.