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Phantom pregnancy
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Mark_stimpo Offline
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Phantom pregnancy
Hi i have a problem with my staffie shes obsessed with a pepperami rubber toy, shes been carrying it round sleeping on it, whimp[ering when shes by it, i also came back at dinner time to find she had gone into my daughters room and took a collection of her cuddly toys onto my bed and set up a little creche!!! ive also just noticed she has milk coming out 1 of her nipples, has anyone else experienced this? or no what to do? its becoming a problem, i really do think that she thinks this pepperami toy is her pup!

she has not been done or has never been near a male dog,

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16-02-2009 06:05 PM
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RE: Phantom pregnancy
Yup, sounds like a phantom pregnancy. Your Vet can give her medication to stop the milk production, and once the phantom has finished, she needs to be spayed. Each Vet practise seems to have a different idea on the length of time before you can spay, some say straight away, and some say to wait as long as 3 months.
Just watch out with her, because the hormones can cause a considerable change in behaviour, she could be very grumpy, and protective over her new 'babies'. I wouldn't leave your daughter unsupervised with her either.

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16-02-2009 07:49 PM
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RE: Phantom pregnancy
Hi yes i dont leave my daughter alone with her anyway, i have been told to about having her spayed they mentioned waiting till the last week when shes in season,
I have since took away the peperami thing and for the first day she was a bit upset and searching for it but now she seems ok,

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23-02-2009 06:37 PM
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RE: Phantom pregnancy
I don't know any Vets who would spay in season by choice, it makes the surgery more tricky. Usually want the hormones to settle down again before they spay.
But we had a dog who had a phantom, then before we could get her spayed she had another, then another, then another. In the end we had to spay as soon as the phantom was over.
If you can trust your Vet, go for it.

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23-02-2009 11:26 PM
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