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DragonLord47

DragonLord47

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So last Thursday I got my girl spade. She is 5 years old and her last heat was in march. After she got home from here procedure I called the vet for some last minute info. At some point during the phone call the vet that did the procedure asked if my dog was getting ready to go into heat. I told him ”no, she just had a heat in march.” My heart skipped a beat when all I heard on his end was “huh……..” the silence after that huh, was easily 4 to 5 seconds long. I have been having sex with here pretty much 2 times a week since her last heat. 7 days before her procedure I stopped filling her with my seed but I still had sex in fact the night before her procedure we had sex, and again no seed was deposited inside her. I don’t feel like he knows our secret but what made him ponder about that question? It was a very unexpected question and an even more unexpected response.
 
so, the vet who spayed your girl asked you whatever your girl is going into heat (despite being the one who spayed her; meaning no heats anymore)? i think your question shouldn't be whatever "he knows", but "is he really a vet?".
 
nekdoneco123 said:
so, the vet who spayed your girl asked you whatever your girl is going into heat (despite being the one who spayed her; meaning no heats anymore)? i think your question shouldn't be whatever "he knows", but "is he really a vet?".
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No, the question remains the same. What would he have seen that made him think she might be going into heat when she was definitely not going into heat?
 
DragonLord47 said:
No, the question remains the same. What would he have seen that made him think she might be going into heat when she was definitely not going into heat?
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First what exactly was the procedure? What is a "spade" did you mean spayed?
The vet might be asking because she has residual hormones in her body or he might not be sure he removed everything he was supposed to. That sometimes happens or are you sure she was spayed and the procedure was not ovary sparing spay?
 
Do not overthink.

Not a vet here, but if she was really close to heat, then ovaries are removed, the hormones drop too fast, and many times her body will interpret that as being pregnant, so you get a fake pregnancy, teats and all in an spayed female.

Might even be the vet thinking to himself he should havacasked before the operation and wait a few weeks?
 
correct, she was spayed. I was told they removed the ovaries and the uterus. They did ask when her last heat was before the procedure was even scheduled (7 days before the procedure). Her last heat was march, which Is why I’m wondering what he saw that made him ask that. He is a very well know and trusted vet, he’s been our vet for 20 years now. I’m not worried about weather he did it right or not. I was just curious about why he asked that question.
 
It is not really wrong, it is just it can have some odd effects that can be avoided.

On the other issue, sometimes the best is asking "innocently".
When there is the silence just ask if in doubt "Will she be OK? Anything wrong with that?".
If there is something about you, it will not be worse by acting ignorant, and maybe he will just explain some technical thing he was considering.

And if he spotted something "odd", well, "that pestering mongrel next door is always after her. that is why I brought her to spay"
 
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