RE: intact female and bonding

2003-01-08 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Emma, While six and half months is generally early for a BMD bitch to have her first heat it is not unheard of. Are you sure there has been no bloody discharge? They start off with bright red blood which turns straw colour at which the aroma becomes stronger, this lasts anywhere between two to f

Re: intact female and bonding

2003-01-08 Thread Marion Brown
Dear Emma 6.5 months is VERY your for a Bernese to come into heat and you should check her with your vet. It could be that she has a vaginal infection that needs treatment and this could give off the funny smell. Also if she is on heat then most vets are very unwilling to spay until she has finis

Re: intact female and bonding

2003-01-07 Thread Annes4
In a message dated 01/07/2003 5:35:54 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << The very next day her bed smells really weird, there is clear discharge, she starts humping everything and everybody in sight, and she smells strange. >> The only thing I would question about her being

Re: intact female and bonding

2003-01-07 Thread BernerFolk
In a message dated 1/7/2003 4:34:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The very next day her bed smells really weird, there is clear discharge, > she starts humping everything and everybody in sight, and she smells strange. > > This is still going on (just under two weeks

Re: intact female and bonding

2003-01-07 Thread Emma Goodall
Well, we went to the vet on Christmas eve to get Tatty spayed, after a lot of soul searching (my partner wants to breed her, and I was not so sure, as her temperament is a bit hyper). My partner wanted to leave her intact until she was adult so we could make a decision about breeding based o

Re: intact female and bonding

2003-01-07 Thread Emma Goodall
Well, we went to the vet on Christmas eve to get Tatty spayed, after a lot of soul searching (my partner wants to breed her, and I was not so sure, as her temperament is a bit hyper). My partner wanted to leave her intact until she was adult so we could make a decision about breeding based on he