first heat

cjhills · Post by **cjhills** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:56 pm

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

Post by **ezzy333** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:22 pm

Usually between 8 and 18 months

birddogger · Post by **birddogger** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:22 pm

9 mos.

Charlie

Post by **slistoe** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:01 pm

I don't think I have ever had one that wasn't before 10 months.

Jagerdawg · Post by **Jagerdawg** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:23 pm

My girl just had her first at 14 months.

deseeker · Post by **deseeker** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:28 pm

11 to 13 months

Grange · Post by **Grange** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:44 pm

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.

lugmastro · Post by **lugmastro** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:42 am

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.

wems2371 · Post by **wems2371** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:44 am

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.

SCT · Post by **SCT** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:59 am

Kate was 8 months.

marysburg · Post by **marysburg** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:05 am

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.

Big Dave · Post by **Big Dave** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:42 pm

Scout, my youngest, came in at a year old.

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:19 pm

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:

Ez4 · Post by **Ez4** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:57 am

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?

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:49 pm

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!

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:51 pm

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?

Had Shelties as a kid and 7 months was pretty typical for them. And they were pretty small...

Post by **ezzy333** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:08 pm

Smaller dogs mature faster

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