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All of mine were spayed around the age of 6 months... even my special needs sheepie with a cleft palate that's mostly blind. They all came through it perfectly fine. They rebounded so quickly... I'm not kidding when I say the next day they acted like nothing had happened. But you need to keep them calm/quiet for about 2 weeks after so they heal up well, then reintroduce normal play/activities gradually (yeah, right  )
http://oesusa.com/Page4.htm http://oesusa.com/Page5.htm I'm sure others will share their experiences and advice. Good luck to you! |
| My bitches are intact and they all varied to having their first heat.
One was 9 months another 12 months and so on, all different. You should be pretty safe with her not coming into heat. With an OES it is recommended around 6-7 months to have the bitches spayed around that time frame. Less chance then, as they have a tad of maturity under them, for early spay incontinence happening with them. 
So book her in after she turns 6 months for the de-sexing.  |
| We had Bella spayed at about 6 months. The only problem we with the E-collar she destroyed two of them in the two weeks of being “quiet”. Just curious, how do you keep a sheepdog quiet. On a similar note we were looking at something about dog types and descriptions and it said that they were very good with other dogs, loyal to their families, great with small children, fun loving and lay back. Is it just Bella or does that last adjective seem a bit odd for a sheepdog. Sydney was fairly “lay back”, after she was twelve years old but before that. Not a way I would have described her, all the others but. . . |
Quote: On a similar note we were looking at something about dog types and descriptions and it said that they were very good with other dogs, loyal to their families, great with small children, fun loving and lay back. Is it just Bella or does that last adjective seem a bit odd for a sheepdog. Sydney was fairly “lay back”, after she was twelve years old but before that. Not a way I would have described her, all the others but. . .
You're not alone. I think the person who wrote that description probably shared their lifetime with only one sheepie and he/she was laid back so it was included in the description.
Exuberant or full of life seems a better choice of words |
| Bella sounds quite sheepie to me.
This was one of the questions we had to answer on the breed road test, Temperament and attitude, here is part of that answer to that question from the article. Sounds like Bella and sooooo sheepie.
"The Old English sheepdog can be a bouncy, frolicking clown with a “Peter Pan” complex in as much as he never really grows up as well as a loyal companion." |
| One description I read (and once had on a t-shirt) included the phrase "intense need for affection" which I think is absolutely dead on.
Laid back? I get that: they are exhuberant and clownish, but not intense (except in their need for affection). Not like terriers, for certain, which are anything but laid back. My OES love to play full tilt, but then they really relax as well. |
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