Our female, Indy, is around two years old (per the rescue we got her from) and was spayed this past May. She appears to have had at least one litter in the past. Last night we took her to the dog park for the first time and we encountered a problem with a couple of male dogs. The two males were intact and were really after Indy to the point we had to take her and leave. One kept trying to mount her and the other just wouldn't leave her alone. My question is, can a spayed female still give off scents as if she is in heat? If so, will she always do so or will the scent go away after a period of time. I would love to understand what is going on here. The neutered males ignored her sexually, but the two intact males were very interested. I know these are probably "dumb" questions, but we are first time boxer parents and we have never been breeders and don't plan to be, hence the ignorance. TIA
Spayed female attracting males
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Do you know at what point in her cycle she was spayed? Was she coming into or going out of estrus when she was spayed, or was she completely out of season?
There is some evidence to show that bitches who are spayed while they are in a heat cycle will continue to attract intact males for a while. This happened to us when we spayed our oldest female. She was coming into season at the time, and for several months afterwards our intact male continued to show interest in her, to the point where we had to keep them seperated as if she was in heat. So, it's not unheard of.
Another possibility is with the actual spay itself. If the vet who performed the spay left behind any ovarian tissue, it is possible for her to come into a true estrus (heat). The only real way to check for this is to have your a vet draw blood and send it to a lab for a hormone test.
Good luck.
There is some evidence to show that bitches who are spayed while they are in a heat cycle will continue to attract intact males for a while. This happened to us when we spayed our oldest female. She was coming into season at the time, and for several months afterwards our intact male continued to show interest in her, to the point where we had to keep them seperated as if she was in heat. So, it's not unheard of.
Another possibility is with the actual spay itself. If the vet who performed the spay left behind any ovarian tissue, it is possible for her to come into a true estrus (heat). The only real way to check for this is to have your a vet draw blood and send it to a lab for a hormone test.
Good luck.
Thank you very much for the explaination! I do not know where she was in her cycle when the was spayed since the rescue had her spayed. I also do not know if any ovarian tissue was left behind. I will definitely ask her vet when I take her in next week.
So am I understanding correctly that the "interest" at the dog park will eventually go away? While we have a large fenced yard for her to run in, I really want to take her to the dog park to socialize with other dogs since we are a single dog family, but I don't want to risk her well-being to do so.
So am I understanding correctly that the "interest" at the dog park will eventually go away? While we have a large fenced yard for her to run in, I really want to take her to the dog park to socialize with other dogs since we are a single dog family, but I don't want to risk her well-being to do so.
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It really depends on her individual situation. If she is in a true estrus due to remaining tissue, then this will reoccur each time she comes into season. If it's the previous issue, where she was in season when she was spayed, the hormone will eventually clear out and she'll be fine.
If it is neither, and the situation was due to dogs being dogs and they were just trying to establish dominance, then it's really going to be hit and miss. Dogs mounting isn't always a sign of sexual interest, and the fact that the ones doing the mounting on that particular day being intact males could have been an unfortunate coincidence.
If it is neither, and the situation was due to dogs being dogs and they were just trying to establish dominance, then it's really going to be hit and miss. Dogs mounting isn't always a sign of sexual interest, and the fact that the ones doing the mounting on that particular day being intact males could have been an unfortunate coincidence.
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