Female intact dogs may experience a loss of estus.
Michigan has proposed legislation to increase fees for breeders with more than 15
female intact dogs.
Not exact matches
If your
female dog has not been neutered or spayed, she is considered to be
intact.
Thus, we might see two
intact male
dogs fight if a
female dog is in heat nearby.
In
intact female dogs, the risk of mammary tumor development is 26 percent.
A Veterinary Medical Database search of the years 1982 to 1999 revealed that in
dogs with tumours of the heart, the relative risk for spayed
females was over four times that of
intact females.
For both male and
female Rotties spayed or neutered before one year of age, there was a one in four lifetime risk for bone cancer, and the sterilized animals were significantly more likely to develop the disease than
intact dogs of the same breed.
There is an increased risk of pyrometra in
intact female dogs.
The Delay Her Spay harness is for anyone who wants the choice of keeping their
female dog intact, without the risk of an accidental litter.
For
intact female dogs, going into heat is an inevitable fact of life.
Reproductively mature
intact female dogs start regularly going into heat, which is a time of angst, antsy behavior and agitation for them.
For the purpose of this article,
intact female cats and
dogs will be referred to as the «pet» or «patient».
Estrogens would be expected to have a similar protective role in sexually
intact female dogs; unfortunately, too few sexually
intact female dogs were available for inclusion in the study to test this hypothesis.
Not only do reproductively mature
intact male
dogs often start frantically escaping their homes to mate with
females, they frequently mark their territories with urine and behave aggressively, too.
The Golden Retriever study found that although there were no cases of cruciate tear in the
intact dogs, 5 % of males neutered before 12 months and 8 % of
females did suffer tears.
Obviously, this article only talks about
intact male and
female dogs; if you have neutered or spayed your
dog, you can start reading any other article but this one.
I see tons of backyard bred
dogs here in AZ, tons of people who do not spay their pets, have no intention of breeding them and then complain that they mark territory and are aggressive towards each other when they have two
intact males and one
intact female.
Anyone who is not in the career of
dog breeding / showing, should not own an
intact female or male
dog.
Comparing
female dogs binned into the categories of «
intact» versus «spayed» introduces a methodological bias that might lead one to conclude that ovaries adversely influence longevity, i.e. ovary removal promotes longevity.
If the behavioral and health benefits of sterilization aren't enough for you, keep in mind that an
intact male
dog can sense a
female in heat from a distance of several miles, and will go to great lengths to get to her, fences or no.
The disease rates for all five diseases were significantly higher in both males and
females that were neutered either early or late, compared with that of sexually
intact dogs.
Two
intact male
dogs will fight if there is a nearby
female dog in heat: that is normal, and not an indication of viciousness.
The study revealed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and
females that were neutered either early or late compared with
intact (non-neutered)
dogs.
Short version of this... he took the
female dog, in heat, with his
intact male
dog for a walk in the woods.
Dogs who are reproductively intact (unspayed females and unneutered males) are more likely to urine mark than spayed or neutered d
Dogs who are reproductively
intact (unspayed
females and unneutered males) are more likely to urine mark than spayed or neutered
dogsdogs.
Conflict aggressive
intact female dogs tend to get WORSE if they are spayed, so consider all your options!
Female dogs who are spayed, for example, often don't shed as much as their
intact buddies.
Never bring an
intact female in heat to the
dog park.
The easiest solution for urine marking in a reproductively
intact dog is to neuter a male
dog or spay a
female dog.
Even though pet
dogs rarely have the opportunity to reproduce,
intact male
dogs will still vie for the attention of
females in heat, and
females will still compete for access to a male.
If you have an
intact female dog, especially in a house with male
dogs, you may find that foods with flaxseed causes males to think the
female is in season.
Corinne / Janet are allowed to have 6
dogs, of which 3 can be
intact females.
They are allowed to keep six
dogs total (3 of which can be
intact females).
Pyometra occurs commonly in older
intact female dogs and will begin several weeks after a heat cycle.
However, sexually
intact female dogs were found to be at increased risk.
However, in early - neutered
dogs, the occurrence reached 5.1 percent in males and 7.7 percent in
females, representing significant differences in occurrence from both
intact and lateneutered
dogs (K - M: p, 0.05, Table 4).
If you own an
intact male or an
intact female, there are chances love is in the air and your
dog refuses food because he or she has better things to think about.
It occurs in older
intact female dogs, but can also occur in unspayed
dogs of any age.
In sexually
intact dogs, 8.5 %
females were in season, and 16.5 % of males had a bitch in season nearby during the week prior to the GDV.
Pyometra is a common problem in older
intact female dogs.
Pyometra should always be considered in older
intact female dogs, even if only one or two of the above clinical signs are exhibited.
Here is a summary: Large - scale commercial
dog breeding kennels are defined as facilities housing more than 15
intact female adult
dogs for breeding.
It is most common in large breed, spayed
female dogs (11 % — 20 % incidence) but may be seen in
intact females, male
dogs, and cats.
Intact male
dogs are attracted to a
female dog in heat and will climb over or go through fences to find her.
Apart from the risk of unplanned pregnancies, it is well documented that
intact female dogs have a significant risk of developing breast cancer and / or uterine infections.
Currently, the AWA applies only to commercial kennels that sell puppies to pet stores, but a lawsuit by the Doris Day Animal League could result in the addition of all breeders who have more than three
intact female dogs to the law.
Most of the
dogs were neutered males (73) or spayed
females (85), whereas there were 31
intact males and 32
intact females.
Both were
intact; neither ever mated, although in spayed
females were in the same household — many males need to be trained to be stud
dogs, and these guys hadn't a clue.
Sex Hormone Abnormalities —
Intact male and
female dogs are more prone to skin problems due to the cyclic nature of their sex hormones (estrogen, testosterone, etc.).
According to SPAY USA, an
intact female dog and her mate, and all of their offspring, if none were ever spayed or neutered, can produce 12,288 puppies in 5 years.