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I consulted a vet today aka ChatGPT and confirmed that Cannelle is going through a pseudopregnancy (false pregnancy). 

The symptoms of swollen teats, nesting behavior, clinginess, and lethargy show up 4-8 weeks post-estrus (after her heat). Since her heat ended at the end of March-ish, her false pregnancy is right on time. 

She usually sleeps in her crate (by choice) but recently she’s always on the bed with me. Normally her spot would be at the bottom of the bed, but she has inched her way closer to me to be as close to me as possible and now we are sharing a pillow…

Usually I enforce boundaries, but I can’t say no to her! Too precious! I feel bad she’s not feeling great. She feels funny and needs extra comfort rn, but at least we’re getting her spayed asap so she won’t have to deal with all these hormonal sufferings anymore. 

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Overall spaying is better, but for bigger dogs breeds the hormones are beneficial for their joint health so that’s why we waited. We kept her inside whenever she was in heat so it was manageable. My two little ones were spayed and neutered immediately because they are litter mates

Natural hormones in dogs make them difficult to have as pets living in a ‘civilized society’😭 not to mention the health problems they open the door to. Glad you were able to get her spayed!

Hope she makes it through ok! Our poodle had a false pregnancy and one of her nipples got clogged so we had to milk her to keep it from getting infected 😩 we wanted to wait on spaying her so she could keep her natural hormones but we finally did it after the false pregnancy

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i wonder what caused this imbalance. I heard in women is the same, like body is telling us that something is out of balance when pms is painful.

I think she’ll feel better and I’ll feel better after sterilizing her. Her personality and behavior completely changes for the worse when her heat hormones are elevated. She literally becomes a safety hazard to humans and other dogs 😭 

She becomes quite aggressive and unpredictable when normally she is extremely social and friendly. And other dogs smell her and get aggressive too. (Bitches be bitching)

When her heat is over, like the current state is in, false pregnancy comes in and she’s not normal at all. 
Like right now I’m eating some sausage and she has not reacted at all during cooking it or me eating it. She just wants to sleep. I think she’s feeling “sick” in this false pregnancy state. 

Additionally all the fluctuations in her hormones cause stomach upset and itchy skin, imbalances in a lot of different areas. 

At this point I only see positives in getting her sterilized. It will be much better for her and everyone. Her natural bitch hormonal cycle is a bitch!

omg this is real! She is so lucky to have you. she is such a sweet girl. do you think animals feel better after sterilizing them or its like invading their natural rhythm. I know she is feeling bad now i just saw in the park that male dogs hump male and don’t go after females and same vet Chatgpt told me its because female doesn’t smell like female anymore.