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Smylinacha User is Offline

Connecticut

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12/20/2012 8:16 AM
Hi! I'm not too sure that Velvet had a UTI now. She is acting the same way she did last year when she went through a full blown heat, except this time there is no blood and we spayed her about a month later. When she went through it last year, she started with the peeing accidents, her nipples and back end got all swollen and she went from discharge to blood and was extremely needy. So I went to give her a belly rub and her nipples are all swollen and were damp. Her back end is swollen (Windsor keeps sniffing her back there) and it's almost like loves Windsor around her which is not the norm. She still is very high energy and a happy dog but now at night once my husband goes to relax on the couch, she climbs up on him (which is normal), except she has to get her face right up to his and then she passes out and we can't get her off him. I asked the vet if dogs can have a "fake heat" after being fixed and the vet said no. Anyone else go through this?

smatulewicz User is Offline

Michigan

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12/20/2012 9:15 AM
I don't have any first hand experience, but I do remember coming across this when reading about heat cycles during Bella's first cycle, and reading about possible complications of spay surgeries recently (Why I do that, I have no idea...it really doesn't do anything for my worry lol). Anyway, I remember reading a lot of different situations where people were stating that their dog seemed to be in heat but had been spayed. Most of the time, it was credited to a vaginal or bladder infection like you thought, but I did read (supposed vet) response that stated that it was possible to have heat symptoms after a spay surgery, because sometimes some ovarian tissue might remain that could ultimately grow more and then gain the ability to respond to the body's chemical signals to produce hormones. I don't know if it would be considered vet error at missing tissue or an entire ovarie (I also read that has happened), but I just remember the information because I found it to be very interesting as something I never knew and hope to never know personally. Seems like your vet would at least discuss with you how it could be possible or what other possibilities might be that would appear as if it was a heat cycle, rather than just telling "NO". But, I'm a little jaded against many vets. Really like my current one, but have had terrible ones in the past.

Smylinacha User is Offline

Connecticut

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12/20/2012 11:09 AM
Got back the final results from the vet and all came back clean but they said it could be "hormonal" so now I'm thinking they left something in there. Spay was done a year ago and we aren't going to have them reopen her. So long as she's not bleeding, all will be well! Plus when she gets real needy with Lou it's so cute - he calls her his girlfriend cuz she is velcroed to him and all she wants to do is climb up on him and stick her head in his face and fall asleep like that

Max2

Oneonta NY

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12/22/2012 5:43 AM
Posted By smatulewicz on 12/20/2012 9:15 AM But, I'm a little jaded against many vets. Really like my current one, but have had terrible ones in the past. I can whole heartidly agree with this .

Chris

keanmu

Ontario, Canada

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12/22/2012 6:15 AM
Baira had a phantom pregnancy after she was spay. She came into a false heat and a few weeks later started nesting and actually produced milk. Vet said it would pass, which it did. Also said he can give her something for it if it didn't. Only happened once. But then again she only lived 12 months oe so afterwards...............not that that was related.

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