First heat, late bloomer?

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Cajun is 15 months and according to previous owner, has not had a heat yet. Is that... normal. Lol I feel like she should have gotten that out of the way a long time ago.

This is completely uncharted territory for me. I'm just making sure she's not defective. :p
 

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I don't know what's common in dobes, but I've known of plenty of border collies that have gone that long, some even who didn't come in until 2 years (and were fine health wise). Could she have had a silent heat perhaps?
 

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Well if she can hold off that long that might be great, maybe I can have her spayed before it ever happens :p I'd like to wait until she's 18-24 months.

I"m just so used to "spay them RIGHT AT 6 MONTHS before they go into heat" and here I am like kkkkk she's had her uterus twice as long and nothing has happened :rofl1:
 

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Kili's lines are routinely 18-30 months old for a first heat and only every 9-12 months thereafter. Kili is turning 20 months old tomorrow.
 

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I think it varies by breed, lines, and individual dogs, kind of like in humans ;)

I wouldn't worry about a dobe that hadn't had a heat yet at that age.
 

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Yeah unless it's abnormal for her particular lines, you're not really in "this is weird" territory until she hits 2yo.
 
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Just going to add because It can be other stuff, by brothers Border Collie, Bonnie, never went into heat by the time she was two, turned out she had tumours on her ovaries.
 

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I think it was actually after Pepper was two that she had her first full blown, bleeding everywhere, super obvious heat. She had a heat cycle before, but the only indication I had was how Auggie was reacting to her.
Georgie's was somewhere between one and two.

If you don't have a male dog around, heat cycles are only a PITA because they have to run around wearing panties. (Or if you have a sport dog, they can't compete while in season.) That's about it So even if she does have one, it probably won't be that big of a deal! Just annoying haha.
 

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