Spayed during her luteal phase
Hi everyone! This is Shelby! She is a 30lb brindle French bulldog that my partner and I rescued roughly 2 years ago now. We found her through a FB group, from a couple that could no longer care for her after rescuing her from a backyard breeding situation.
We put off spaying her because she’s under our supervision 24/7 and we were scared of surgery/anesthesia complications. We did finally decide to spay her. We got her bloodwork done the Friday prior, then Monday was surgery day.
Well, after surgery she’s become slightly aggressive towards other people including my partner. She’s resource guarding her toys (specific ones as if they are babies), showing signs of food aggression, and to top it all off, her nipples are lactating!
Apparently when spayed during the luteal phase, it signals to her body that she just had babies. Hormones drop, her body probably hurts, and emotionally she is probably confused. It’s not been easy but I hope she calms a bit after all of this hormonal shift…otherwise we’ll have to assess and readjust her training.
Welcome to any questions people may have about spaying their frenchie, etc.
TLDR; I had my frenchie spayed during her luteal phase unintentionally and she became slightly aggressive and began lactating from her nipples!