Dog going in heat question?

my dog is 8 months old will be 9 months on nov 21 she hasnt gone in heat yet (trust me i dont want her to) i was just wondering if this is normal and when will she go in heat. im getting her spayed after shes about 2 1/2 yrs old because my vet said getting them fixed stunts there growth and i want her to get as big as possibleThe only time I have ever heard of being altered stunting growth was just recently. I went to an agility competition, and I was talking to a golden retriever breeder. She suggested not neutering males until one year old, so that the testosterone allows the dog to bulk out and become masculine. She said that if altered too soon, the males tend to look feminine.

That being said, All of my dogs were altered before six months old. I say get your girl fixed.Your vet is completely correct, and I’ve provided professionally-written articles under ‘source’ that talk further about the issue; it is becoming more common for veterinarians to want to alter medium and large breed dogs after physical maturity. The hormones testosterone and estrogen are NOT strictly sex hormones, they also play a role in proper growth and development as well as the immune system.

Some dogs, particularly larger breeds of dog, may not go into heat until one year of age.I hate to say it, but if your vet truly told you that, he or she is an idiot. Spaying a female dog does NOT stunt her growth. It is extremely beneficial to spay a dog before her first heat. By not doing this you are GREATLY increasing her chances of female-related cancers (uterine, mammary, etc), urinary tract issues, and they have an increased likelihood of developing reproductive tract diseases. Do what is right for your dog. The vet is incorrect, first of all, and you are lining yourself up for a lot of trouble waiting that long. Get her spayed before she ever has her first heat and save risking future health problems. A first heat can be dependent on breed. 10 months is probably the average, can be as early as 6 months or as late as 14 or 16 months.

Good luck

Vintage ColliesLook for another vet.

Dogs can be spayed any time after eight weeks of age, and preferably before her first heat for the best health benefits. The first heat cycle occurs somewhere around six months of age, depending on the breed.

Unspayed female dogs go into heat about once every eight months and it lasts for as long as three weeks each time. And they don’t go into menopause. They regularly go into heat for their entire lives–unless they’re spayed.

Check this link for more information.

dogtime.com/spaying-your-female.h…Get her fixed as soon as possible ,don’t let her come into heat.unless u’r going to use her for show or breeding.get her fixed NOW. I don’t know who u’r Vet is but… I now have a Mastiff and got him fixed at 8 week’s old ,now at 4 yrs old he’s 210 lbs…why r u going to wait till she 21/2? the early the betterYou should change your vet. Spaying has nothing to do with growing. In fact spaying will fatten her up too.

First thing to do in the morning is get a new vet, he sounds like a moron.

You spay at 6 months. Otherwise she will bleed all over your house and her bed your furniture, your floors, etc, your car and she will try and run away for a quicky so do the right thing and avoid a mess….

SPAY NOW

Usually 9-12 months for the first heat and getting her spayed will not affect her size very much. Some people think they don’t get as tall but not by much, her health is more important than her size. So please go ahead and spay her.I had my dog spayed at 6 months and she grew bigger than I expected. You need to go to another vet, the one you have is misinformed. Get her spayed before she goes into heat to prevent future cancers.What kind of dog, sometimes smaller dogs have their cycles later. Also your vet is wrong. It does not stunt their growth that is an old wives tale.Find another vet, because that is not true. Go find a different vet and get her spayed now. Get her fixed. What your vet said isn’t true. Its perfectly normal, some dogs don’t get in heat until two years old. It only depends on the dog. mine is 17 months and has not had a heat yet,

Does dogs stomach growl?

yes. they digest food just like us.

digestion is what makes our stomach growlSure. Your stomach “growling” is simply activity in your digestive tract. Dogs have a fairly similar stomach/intestines system as humans do, and the process from food to waste is virtually the same in all mammals. To answer your question: Yes.I’d imagine so.

The reason a humans stomach growls is because it is almost turning on itself, starting to digest itself to give your body more fuel.

I guess a dogs stomach would do the same.

Amazing really.Yes, when a stomach growls on a dog it is because the stomach fluid is trying to break down food that is not in their stomachs (they are hungary).Yesyes.

What is the funniest thing?

What is the funniest trick you have ever played on your dog, and what was the reaction to it?????I’ve done tons, but I can’t think of any at the moment. A good night’s sleep should solve that problem. It’s getting late here.

But it’s hilarious when my brother and I play Monkey in the Middle with Judge. The goal is to slip past the toy without him noticing. You can’t help but laugh when he’s sniffing my brother over while I’m holding up the toy and yelling at him to get his attention. Best, and most touching….was when I had some time-off in Reno, NV. (I drive a truck). I was able to drop my trailer and bobtail to a dog park in town.

It was middle of the week, middle of the day. The dog park was DESERTED. So Jibini got to run & play by himself and I walked the perimeter of the park so that he’d keep moving & get exercise. It was a rather large park, MUCH longer than it was wide.

There were several BIG old oak trees in the park. I slowed my walk to an amble, and let Jibini range away from me towards the entrance of the park. His usual behavior in places like this is to do his own thing and check back on me, to make sure I’m still where he left me . At the park, about every 5 minutes he was picking his head up & looking at me to “check in”.

But, he was really having a good time sniffing & checking out all the smells. I was downwind from him. Watching him closely, I very slowly crept about 20 feet to one side, to stand behind the nearest oak tree. I hid, peeking out ever so slightly and remaining perfectly still, to see what he’d do.

It took about 2 minutes for him to look up & see where I was. When he didn’t see me, his body language immediately changed- he got very tense and ran towards where he’d last seen me. Then he started frantically running in big circles looking all around and scenting the air. Then, as if the “lightbulb” came on, he RAN back to the entrance, placed his paws up on the fence and started YOWLING towards my truck! I’d parked it near the entrance and he could see it. He clearly thought I’d managed to get in the truck without him, and he was doing all he could to ensure I wouldn’t leave him behind!

I couldn’t take it, once he started yowling, he sounded so frightened. I jumped out from behind the tree, shouted “JIBINI!! C’mere!” I swear, I’ve never seen a dog respond to a recall any quicker than he did . He’s not one for tail-wags and traditional forms of “dog affection” but he ran to me as fast as he could and jumped up on me (highly unusual). The rest of the time we were there, he wouldn’t let me out of his sight & wouldn’t go more than 20 feet away from me.

OH! We have a shih tzu and a japanese chin. The shih tzu loves to wrestle, while the chin hates it. He was trying to play with her in the bathroom, so he’d run out into the bedroom (which is right next to the bathroom), and if she wasn’t chasing him, he’d go back in a rough her up a little bit more. So my mom just picked the japanese chin up and the shih tzu ran back in. He cannot find her, and he just starts twitching his head and running all around the house looking for her. He even looked in the bathtub! And here she was, right above his head! Can you say LOL?my dog is terrified of people/things its not familiar with. it normally just barks at the thing and runs away. one day my best friend bought a mask of the joker. she gave it to me because she wasn’t ever going to wear it again. when i got home i put it on my head and came through the back door. when i got to the kitchen i found my dog asleep on the rug. i knocked on the fridge door and she woke up. she growled at my and the next thing i know she’s trying to bite me and i barking really loud. i guess she’s part attack dog now! well my pit bull stayes in a kennal and gets out stills all the dog food she had her head in the bucket once i snuck up on her she flipped 3x in air and jumped up on the dryer and hide under a blanket YEA A 3 YEAR OLD PIT LOLwell pay back was i was bathing my outher dog and the pit shoved me in toohahaha

get a treat and act like i throw it but actually dont.

she ran and started looking for it until she got bored and went to sleep I enjoy poking/grabbing his tail, because he ends up trying to attack it over and over again in different directions.come from behind and barked at him really loud and he peed right there and then

Why is it when puppies are born their noses re pink and eventually turns black as they grow?

It is pigmentation, kittens have this too. In fact a lot of animals do Because they develop pigment.. its the same reason all babies are born with blue eyes, but the eyes change color.. the pigment develops as they mature.pigmented

How many times does my dog really need vaccines?

i heard that even though vets say dog need a whole bunch of shots evry year once a year for there whole lives that it is actually a lie and unhealthy and uneeded. If that is true when should my dog really get his shots? (like Rabies, for example which i think is once evry 3 years)Rabies is a legal issue. By LAW you have to get your dog vaccinated for rabies ever 3 years (unless you live in a state that only recognizes a one year or two year rabies…in which case you need to get your dog vaccinated for rabies annually or every other year). Rabies actually has very little to do with science or how vaccines really work. There is actually quite a bit of evidence that the rabies vaccine is good for much longer than three years and there is an effort being made to extend the rabies laws to include 5 or even 7 year vaccines (rabieschallengefund.org/ ).

The rest of the vaccines depend on what your dog’s exposure and risk factors are. With the exception of rabies, none of the other shots are required unless you will be boarding your dog or doing doggie daycare (or some training facilities will require that a dog be up to date on vaccines).

If you are concerned about over-vaccinating your dog, talk to your vet about doing yearly vaccine titers (a blood test to test how much immunity your dog has to a particular disease) instead of yearly vaccines and then you only booster the things that your dog’s immunity is low for.Your dog should be getting a heartworm pill every single month of the year for life. Heartworm is present in EVERY area and the once a month pill is a lot easier and cheaper for both you and your dog than treating for heartworm disease. Heartworm pills also treat several intestinal worms as well. Report Abuse
That is a very controversial subject right now. However most vets are finding that they are over vaccinating. A holistic vet that I work with recommends giving the normal puppy series Dhpp at 8 & 12wks, dhlpp at 16 wks along with a rabies. Then a boosting 1 year after the 16wk vaccines. Never have more then 2 differant vaccines administered at the same time. Rabies is a requirement so there’s no getting around that yet. To be safe you can have a titer run every few years.

Add: Heartworm pills should be given year round. Heartworm is transmitted by mosquito and is safer for the dog or cat to be given the once a month preventative. If an dog gets heartworm the treatment is very painful and dangerous. In cats it is fatal because they can not be treated once contracted. Even when animals take the pills year round they should still be tested every few years. THere are new vaccine protocols that allow for three year intervals between *some* vaccines, but only after the dog has had the initial series that will give him the main antibody base.

Because some strains of diseases alternate during different years, it can also become necessary to get more vaccinations against certain diseases that occur in several forms, or there won’t be immunity towards the right one.

Your vet would be informed as to which vaccines need to be repeated, and which ones can be less frequent. Follow your vet’s advice, and your dog should be protected as best you can.

The over-vaccination of dogs and cats has been a matter of deep concern in the veterinary field now, and the vaccination schedules have been adjusted wherever possible to reflect that. But in the meantime, it would be a shame for your dog to contract a disease for lack of a vaccine you could have just as easily given him. The germs are definitely out there, waiting, and they’re stronger, to boot.It is only now that studies are actually being done on the immunity levels provided by vaccinations – vets were just doing what the manufacturers told them but the frequency has never really been questioned until the last few years.

Humans only need re-vaccinating every 5-10 years (if then) so why on earth do dogs get done every year??

I had my last litter of pups vaccinated with Nobivac DHP which is a trienniel (3 yearly) C3 which prevents canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, canine parvovirus and respiratory disease. I waited until they were 8 weeks old (would have waited longer but some of the pups were flying to their new homes that afternoon) so they will only need a booster at 12 months and then every three years after that.

I don’t think that my dogs need any more than that and that vaccinating against too many things at once (eg C4, 5 or even 7) is too much for any animal. I plan to do the 12 month shot, another three years later and then stop. We don’t have rabies in Australia so I don’t need to worry about that.find a vet which offers somehting called TITERING.

MOST dogs do not need ANY shots afteri their initial puppy shots, and many younger vets. newer clinics are frequently titering dogs at request instead of just vaccinating willy nilly.

its like with people, with many illnesses once your immune your immune for life.

a titer is a blood test which will be checked for antibodies, these antibodies will tell the vet if the dog still has imunity and if yes…no need for shots.

rabies however is REQUIRED by law in the USA.

it must be given as a puppy then 1 yr later, after that every 3 yrs is more than enough.

all of my dogs get titered, and so far after puppy shots ive had absolutly no need to revacinate, my 4 yr old, 3 yr old and 2 yr old havent had any vacinations other than rabies as required by ct law since their puppy shots. their titers show they are STILL immune. i had my parents 7 yr old cocker titered and he too is still immune from his puppy shots.

you just have to find a GOOD vet who offers titering!More and more people are coming to that realization and are noticing the negative health effects of over-vaccinating your dog… some of the shots give lifetime immunity and yet Veterinarians are also business owners as such they tell you to vaccinate every year (and some multiple times a year) when in fact your dog doesnt need it and it can cause more health problems than it prevents. Injection site sarcoma, increased cancer, shortened lifespan, allergies, epilepsy, encephalitis, kidney damage etc are all effects of over-vaccinating… Here is a link to some interesting informative articles about over-vaccinating and how to properly vaccinate your dog….. dogtrainingmsnbc.msn.com/id/8572826/page…

dogtrainingknowbetterdogfood.com/dogcare…

You will be amazed at how much some vets lie and intentionally put your beloved friends at risk by over-vaccination just to make more money… in fact I don’t trust any vet to tell the truth nowadays and I always do extensive research of my own, by doing this I have saved myself tons of money and my dogs from chronic health problems caused by over-vaccinating and over-medicating everything from fleas, ticks to heartworm. Imagine my surprise when I found out it is impossible where I live for my dogs to get heartworms because it isnt hot enough during summer months I was spending hundreds of dollars on unnecessary heartworm meds that could actually shorten my dogs lifespan when there was no need to do so…… I suggest every dog owner do as much research as possible about health problems and ALWAYS second guess your vet.

the rabies shot is required every year by law. they do last three years though. if your dog bites someone and you do not have proof that they have had there rabies shot the dog could be put down and yu could be sued.

also yearly shot needed for sure:

distemper

There is a type of rabies shot which is good for 3 years but not all are. I think most vets now administer that one. The others are annual shots.

In truth, legally, the only shot required is the one for rabies. The others are for the good health of your pet. It’s up to you to decide if you think your dog is worth it….Get your dog every booster and annual update for the first two years. After that have the vet run a titer to check the dog’s immunity once a year. Renew the Rabies at least every 3 years, but the other shots may never need to be updated.Every state has different laws for that, I live where the rabies is done every year and my dogs have no problem with it. I give the 5 or 7 way every year also to be on the safe side.rabies are every year or every other year. worm shots and parvo etc. every year.Well, dogs need the majority of their shots in the first year of life. Rabies is like every five years or somthing.well the yearly shots are a precaution …it is better to be safe then sorry ..they are not that expensive anyway like 40 dollars at most places.I agree is bad for dog. I only getting the rabies shot every tree year because is the law, Mine dog never sick too.Dogs should definitely be vaccinated every year. Especially if they mean the World to you.Just ask for the “core” vaccinations. Check out Dr. Jean Dodds website for the core shots needed by dogs.It’s every year.alot of shots wear out over the year that is why they boster them and deppending on the dogs enviornment can depend on what shots u need and dont need so the rabies shot in most states is required by law and if ur dog is not up to date and god forbide bites some one or some ones dog they can take and quarintine ur dog for 10 days to make sure it shows no signs of rabies and in sever cases they can even euthinaize the dog and test it for rabies which sorry to say its not a blood test they have to test the brain its self now the bordattella or kennel cough vaccine is nessicary if u go to dog parks the groomers or a boarding facility the distemper comes two ways with and without lepto (leptosplorosis) now the original distemper is great but the one with lepto has extra protection but many small dogs have had a reatcion to this because the one with lepto has 3-4 new strands that have been found to infect dogs dogs can catch lepto from urine of wild animals and also other dogs infected with it this can happen just buy them sniffing the urine of the infected animal, this lepto has no cure yet and it is contagious to humans through the touching of the urine as well not a good thing so this vaccine doubles to protect u ur dog and if u have kids distemper shot also carries the parvo vaccine in it as well which is a very deadly disease and i have personally seen dogs as old as 4 get this because they didnt get thier shots then u have a lyme shot which depending on the pets exposure to ticks it is not a bad idea though like all vaccines they boost ur body to not catch these diseases it is still possible to get them but the best part is if they have always been keept up to date the company that makes them would have big problems if they didnt work the lyme vaccine how ever is still newer and i belive the percentage is 80% as the others are like a 95-99% the thing is vets are not just there to take ur money with all these shots they are there to help keep pets and humans safe from diseases