Hi XXXXXXXXXXXX,

Welcome to Just Answer. I'm going to say that your placing this much importance on this female as one of your future breeding bitches would lead me to say that you need to get her examined here soon as possible. Pyometras are an infection of the uterus. In all honesty, if one truly has started up, the standard treatment is to spay the female to remove the infection. In valuable breeding animals, it is an option to try systemic antibiotics and medications to help expel the infection - but these need to be started right away to have any chance of effectiveness.

Maybe your little one doesnt' have a pyometra. This would be the best situation. Typical signs of a pyometra are fever, decreased appetite, high white blood cell count, drinking more and possible vomiting.

Again, since this dog's breeding potential is so great for yourself, she needs to be checked out as soon as possible to give you the best chance to have any future chance of breeding her.

Dr. Bruce

Ok. Very nice photo. This helps a great deal. This isn't what a typical pyometra looks like. A pyometra has a discharge that is yellow, brown, black, white, bloody, etc. What you have going on with your female is a prolapsed vagina. How long has this been like this???

Ok,

This excess tissue is either a prolapse, or it is vaginal hyperplasia. Both conditions are suspected to have a hereditary basis, so I would definitely try to discourage future breeding. You, as the owner, need to be aware that she may be perpetuating this trait in her future offspring. How strong of a hereditary basis this trait has isn't known. But, if we want to breed responsibly to try to have the absolute healthiest of offspring, she would again be one I'd vote against using.

As far as will this fix itself. There is a good chance of that. Her current heat cycle is causing her vaginal lining to be swollen and this contributes to the prolapse/hyperplasia. Once she ovulates and goes out of heat, there is a good chance it goes down. But it may not, in those situations - surgery may be required. As far as what should you do - one of the best things to fix the situation is to spay her. This ends the hormone influence on this. If you don't want to spay her, then put some underwear on her and cover the tissue with KY jelly to protect it. It may take a couple weeks to go down if its going to.

Dr. Bruce