Animal Questions Not Deserving Their Own Thread

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WhyZodiac: Oct 29, 2015; Ramrod XTreme

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Can anyone give me some advice on having two dogs, both border collies, one male 5 years old (neutered) and a female who I adopted in February, 7 years old, not spayed.

They have been fine together, he tried to mount her when they first met, she told him off and that was that.

I asked Vet about spaying female when I got her and she gave advice it was best to ensure she was definitely past being in heat before doing so, as a result we have waited until we knew.

We were given advice to watch for blood spotting, over licking or nesting which we have been watching out for but the male told us she was in heat by going absolutely insane today.

He hasn't tried to mount her yet but he is definitely informing us that she is in season.

Reading online, this is due to last two weeks so I am looking for advice on keeping both happy.

Should we separate them?
Should we keep her in the house throughout?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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WhyZodiac: Oct 29, 2015; Ramrod XTreme

Charles posted:

Not sure why a vet would give you advice to wait to get her spayed.

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The advice was that if I got her spayed while she was in season, it could lead to an ongoing phantom pregnancy style situation.

Two separate Vets stated this as I switched practises during the last six months.

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