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Pet's info: Dog | Japanese Spitz | Female | unspayed | 9 months and 13 days old | 11.023 lbs
my dog is lactating but i'm 95% sure she hasn't mated. is this possible? what can cause this?
1 Answer
Published on August 9th, 2017
The most common causes for lactation in an unspayed dog is pregnancy or false pregnancy. I would recommend that Caramel have a vet checkup to see if she is pregnant. If she is not pregnant, the signs associated with false pregnancy should resolve in 2-3 weeks. If they do not, she may need treatment or to be spayed to make the signs go away.
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