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@sqs1 You will have to wait anyways. Vets don't like to spay animals during heat because there's a higher risk of hemorrhage

@andrew742 This is an issue with the dog breeding community itself. I totally understand how an ethical breeder would refuse to sell breeding rights to a person who wants to produce designer mixes for selfish reasons, but there should be a way to make it easier and more acceptable for breeders...

@sqs1 Heats should stop after spay, if she still had heats it's likely that they didn't remove all the organs, even a small portion of ovary can cause heats.

@lady_pritimah Yes, it does. Most problems in purebreds can be solved with cross breeding as long as it's done properly, with health tested parents and knowing the lines so you don't end up breeding healthy carriers that may bring the condition again. I don't have any reference other than...

@bailey2017 The 85% thing is not exactly wrong, but it's actually a misunderstanding. Spaying a female before the first heat has an 85% reduction rate for mammary cancer, and the more heat cycles before spaying, less this risk is reduced. But either way, spaying a dog before the first cycle...

@bailey2017 Pyometra seems unlikely to be linked to breed or breeding practices due to how it works. But the risk may vary depending on environmental factors, for example a stray dog may be less likely to develop it because they tend to have less heat cycles than pet dogs, due to pet dogs living...