Sentences with phrase «heat cycle»

We recommend that your pet is spayed / neutered around 4 - 6 months of age, before the first heat cycle of the female cat or dog.

This helps to avoid the inconvenience of heat cycles in females and provides health and social benefits to both males and females.

Often, female dogs will experience some personality changes during heat cycles, such as becoming short - tempered or anxious.

The first heat cycle in a female cat can be at or before 4 months and does not occur at an exact age in any animal.

Female cats go through heat cycles for four to five days every three weeks during breeding season.

You will not have to contend with heat cycles and blown coats as much either.

The typical dog heat cycle lasts about three weeks.

No more heat cycles for spayed females, and no urge for neutered males to roam to find a female in heat.

Female cats normally come into heat several times a year, and can have their first heat cycle as young as 4 or 5 months of age.

The largest breeds can go as long as 24 months before their first heat cycle begins.

Prior to her second heat cycle, her risk is still only 8 percent.

If she is allowed to experience one heat cycle before spaying, the incidence rises to 7 percent (still quite low).

This simple surgical procedure removes reproductive organs, permanently stops heat cycles and eliminates the potential for unwanted pregnancies.

Often there will be a history of irregular heat cycles.

Plus, we all know that a female dog should never be bred during her first (at least) couple of heat cycles so her body matures fully to support a healthy pregnancy.

Female cats and dogs will no longer experience heat cycles.

Female cats come into heat cycles every three to four weeks during certain times of the year.

A female dog can have her first heat cycle usually between 6 and 12 months of age and come into heat twice a year.

Dogs will experience their first heat cycles when they reach puberty, which is usually around the age of six months but will vary depending on breed.

The complete female heat cycle takes about six months.

In dogs, heat cycles occur generally every 6 months.

Once your dog is spayed, there are no more heat cycles and there is no uterus to become infected.

Cats can have their first heat cycle between 4 - 6 months of age and will go in to heat approximately 3 times a year.

One common myth is that a dog will somehow mature better if she is allowed to go through one heat cycle prior to being spayed.

This happens quite often, and this behavior will stop once the canine heat cycle is completed.

In most cases it will be another six to twelve months before the next heat cycle begins.

If done prior to their first heat cycle nearly eliminates the risk of breast cancer and totally prevents uterine infections and uterine cancer in females.

Some pets don't experience normal heat cycles or develop normal sperm.

Read our article on abnormal heat cycles for further information.

Female cats experience regular heat cycles lasting three to four weeks during prime breeding season which is typically late spring or summer.

The first heat cycle typically begins around four months of age, putting even young kittens at risk of becoming pregnant.

Generally, dogs go into heat every six to eight months and experience their first heat cycle around six months of age.

Dogs go into heat at about 6 - 9 months of age and typically have two heat cycles per year.

The benefits decrease 20 percent after the second heat and provide no benefit after subsequent heat cycles.

For the first two or three weeks of pregnancy you probably will not notice any changes in your cat other than the lack of repeated heat cycles.

I will not breed my females on consecutive heat cycles that fall within a 12 month period, nor will I initiate breeding a female that is 8 years or older.

Once a dog goes through one single heat cycle, the risk increases to 8 %.

However, the benefits still outweigh the risks even if the pet has experienced multiple heat cycles or delivered a litter.

Overall, an old female dog's heat cycles generally yield a very low rate of successful and healthy pregnancies.

By the time you wear the tires down that far they've had a LOT of heat cycles put on them.

Smaller breeds can become sexually active from six months, with some females having their first heat cycle slightly earlier, at four months.

As a matter of fact, dogs that are spayed before their first heat cycle tend to be less likely to be prone to breast cancer.

We like to breed once but not when she first comes into heat: possible at her 2nd heat cycle.

Cats that have not been spayed and have been through numerous heat cycles run a substantial risk of developing this uterine infection.

When you spay your female friend, she doesn't have to deal with what can be numerous and stressful heat cycles that can result in injury from roaming the neighborhood.