first heat
first heat
At what age do your females have there first heat. The earliest ours have been is 16 months. My vet says normally 8or 9 months..........CJ
Re: first heat
Usually between 8 and 18 months
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Re: first heat
9 mos.
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Re: first heat
I don't think I have ever had one that wasn't before 10 months.
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Re: first heat
My girl just had her first at 14 months.
Re: first heat
11 to 13 months
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Re: first heat
I don't remember exactly how old my setter was, but she I think she was around 18 months. I had my lab spade at 8 months before she had her first heat cycle.
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Re: first heat
My female GSP didn't come in for the first time until 16-20 months, and then was a consistent 7 months between heats for a couple of years.
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Re: first heat
My pup Franki just came into heat around 9 months old. One of her littermates came in about the same time as well. As I recall, their mother didn't have her first until 14-16 months old.
Re: first heat
Does anyone here know much about the heritability of the timing of first and subsequent heats? Are there tendencies which run in female lines? I am not a breeder, so have no knowledge here.
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Re: first heat
Scout, my youngest, came in at a year old.
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Re: first heat
My youngest GSP is 13 months and still waiting for first heat. Expecting it to fall right on her last minute NAVHDA test day :roll:
Re: first heat
Female chessie came in at 8-9 months. Would have been nice to have the 12-18 months that other folks are mentioning. Do smaller dogs have their cycles later?
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Re: first heat
16 months and still waiting for mine. Frankly, I personally have never had one go past 13 months before this. I am glad of this thread and other breeders comments or I would be getting concerned.n
All in all I glad to have so long without it!
All in all I glad to have so long without it!
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Re: first heat
Had Shelties as a kid and 7 months was pretty typical for them. And they were pretty small...Ez4 wrote:Female chessie came in at 8-9 months. Would have been nice to have the 12-18 months that other folks are mentioning. Do smaller dogs have their cycles later?
Re: first heat
Smaller dogs mature faster
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.