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Old June 2nd 04, 10:12 PM
Ichthys
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Hi,

We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?

Thanks,

Roland.


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Old June 2nd 04, 11:02 PM
Julia Altshuler
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Ichthys wrote:
Hi,

We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?


I'd handle it by taking her to vet now to be spayed.

--Lia

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Old June 2nd 04, 11:02 PM
Julia Altshuler
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Ichthys wrote:
Hi,

We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?


I'd handle it by taking her to vet now to be spayed.

--Lia

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Old June 2nd 04, 11:02 PM
Julia Altshuler
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Ichthys wrote:
Hi,

We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?


I'd handle it by taking her to vet now to be spayed.

--Lia

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Old June 3rd 04, 01:10 AM
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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 22:12:04 +0100 Ichthys whittled these words:
Hi,


We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?


Any time now.

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?


Typical is 3 weeks. But silent seasons happen. And that means if you
give her any time unsupervised outside, or any means of escaping you
could end up with a pregnant dog never knowing she had ever gone into
heat.

If you are not going to spay her then you really need to read up on how
heat works, how to detect it, but especially about (a) preventing an
unwanted pregnancy and (b) the false pregnancy that often follows. Be
sure to read up on pyrometrea. You really have to be on your toes
regarding the health of an intact female dog. Its easy to miss life
threatening problems if you don't know what to watch for, because they
can't tell us what is wrong and you have a breed not given to showing
pain.

If you are planning on spaying her anyway then now is a good time.
Letting her go into heat does nothing of benefit to her, and does
increase her health risks.

If you are planning on breeding her it will be a couple years yet before
you can do the necessary testing and screening to see if she can be bred
responsibly. A lot of problems with our purebred dogs can be laid at the
feet of people who bred their dogs without properly researching the
pedigree, and without understanding basic canine genetics. Please don't
make that error. The fact that she is still intact but you haven't
bought any books to tell you about basic canine health issues including
normal reproductive process is not a good sign. You will need more
information than you can get on newsgroups to keep your dog healthy.

http://dog-play.com/ethics.html


--
Diane Blackman
http://dog-play.com/
http://dog-play.com/shop2.html
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Old June 3rd 04, 01:10 AM
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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 22:12:04 +0100 Ichthys whittled these words:
Hi,


We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?


Any time now.

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?


Typical is 3 weeks. But silent seasons happen. And that means if you
give her any time unsupervised outside, or any means of escaping you
could end up with a pregnant dog never knowing she had ever gone into
heat.

If you are not going to spay her then you really need to read up on how
heat works, how to detect it, but especially about (a) preventing an
unwanted pregnancy and (b) the false pregnancy that often follows. Be
sure to read up on pyrometrea. You really have to be on your toes
regarding the health of an intact female dog. Its easy to miss life
threatening problems if you don't know what to watch for, because they
can't tell us what is wrong and you have a breed not given to showing
pain.

If you are planning on spaying her anyway then now is a good time.
Letting her go into heat does nothing of benefit to her, and does
increase her health risks.

If you are planning on breeding her it will be a couple years yet before
you can do the necessary testing and screening to see if she can be bred
responsibly. A lot of problems with our purebred dogs can be laid at the
feet of people who bred their dogs without properly researching the
pedigree, and without understanding basic canine genetics. Please don't
make that error. The fact that she is still intact but you haven't
bought any books to tell you about basic canine health issues including
normal reproductive process is not a good sign. You will need more
information than you can get on newsgroups to keep your dog healthy.

http://dog-play.com/ethics.html


--
Diane Blackman
http://dog-play.com/
http://dog-play.com/shop2.html
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Old June 3rd 04, 01:10 AM
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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 22:12:04 +0100 Ichthys whittled these words:
Hi,


We have an 8-month old Border Terrier. Could anyone tell us when this breed
first come into season?


Any time now.

How long would it typically last and how would an owner handle it?


Typical is 3 weeks. But silent seasons happen. And that means if you
give her any time unsupervised outside, or any means of escaping you
could end up with a pregnant dog never knowing she had ever gone into
heat.

If you are not going to spay her then you really need to read up on how
heat works, how to detect it, but especially about (a) preventing an
unwanted pregnancy and (b) the false pregnancy that often follows. Be
sure to read up on pyrometrea. You really have to be on your toes
regarding the health of an intact female dog. Its easy to miss life
threatening problems if you don't know what to watch for, because they
can't tell us what is wrong and you have a breed not given to showing
pain.

If you are planning on spaying her anyway then now is a good time.
Letting her go into heat does nothing of benefit to her, and does
increase her health risks.

If you are planning on breeding her it will be a couple years yet before
you can do the necessary testing and screening to see if she can be bred
responsibly. A lot of problems with our purebred dogs can be laid at the
feet of people who bred their dogs without properly researching the
pedigree, and without understanding basic canine genetics. Please don't
make that error. The fact that she is still intact but you haven't
bought any books to tell you about basic canine health issues including
normal reproductive process is not a good sign. You will need more
information than you can get on newsgroups to keep your dog healthy.

http://dog-play.com/ethics.html


--
Diane Blackman
http://dog-play.com/
http://dog-play.com/shop2.html
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Old June 3rd 04, 06:12 AM
Jo Wolf
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Dianne is right.

I am well aware that spaying and neutering are not as commonly done in
the UK as here in the US , but there are definite health benefits. And
Border Terrier Welfare, your UK rescue group, is kept quite busy finding
new homes for BTs that have lost their first homes... now that the breed
has become so popular there.... so more puppies, accidentally or
deliberately, really have great potential to add to the workload as
there are not enough good homes for any breed!

So talk to your vet promptly and schedule the surgery!

Feel free to join the Border Terrier fun-and-facts on
We have a good number of members
from the UK, the US, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany,
Australia, and New Zealand... and possibly from additional countries.
Most are just great pet owners, but there are breeders from all of the
listed countries, vets from the US and Canada, trainers,.... "the
works". Heck, even some of the dogs post messages now and then. But
the human membership is around 1000.... not all of whom post messages
regularly.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

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Old June 3rd 04, 06:12 AM
Jo Wolf
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Dianne is right.

I am well aware that spaying and neutering are not as commonly done in
the UK as here in the US , but there are definite health benefits. And
Border Terrier Welfare, your UK rescue group, is kept quite busy finding
new homes for BTs that have lost their first homes... now that the breed
has become so popular there.... so more puppies, accidentally or
deliberately, really have great potential to add to the workload as
there are not enough good homes for any breed!

So talk to your vet promptly and schedule the surgery!

Feel free to join the Border Terrier fun-and-facts on
We have a good number of members
from the UK, the US, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany,
Australia, and New Zealand... and possibly from additional countries.
Most are just great pet owners, but there are breeders from all of the
listed countries, vets from the US and Canada, trainers,.... "the
works". Heck, even some of the dogs post messages now and then. But
the human membership is around 1000.... not all of whom post messages
regularly.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

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Old June 3rd 04, 06:12 AM
Jo Wolf
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Dianne is right.

I am well aware that spaying and neutering are not as commonly done in
the UK as here in the US , but there are definite health benefits. And
Border Terrier Welfare, your UK rescue group, is kept quite busy finding
new homes for BTs that have lost their first homes... now that the breed
has become so popular there.... so more puppies, accidentally or
deliberately, really have great potential to add to the workload as
there are not enough good homes for any breed!

So talk to your vet promptly and schedule the surgery!

Feel free to join the Border Terrier fun-and-facts on
We have a good number of members
from the UK, the US, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany,
Australia, and New Zealand... and possibly from additional countries.
Most are just great pet owners, but there are breeders from all of the
listed countries, vets from the US and Canada, trainers,.... "the
works". Heck, even some of the dogs post messages now and then. But
the human membership is around 1000.... not all of whom post messages
regularly.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

 




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