What is the average age puppies come in season?

I agree with lizzy..everyone screams to get your dog neutered(and yes the term applies to both sexes) as early as possible, but more and more information is coming out about the problems with doing it too early. While I believe a dog should be neutered, I don't believe that you should rush out and do it before the dog is fully mature. Yes, dogs are more susceptible to mammary cancer if allow to have a season, but done too early the chances increase for bone cancer, so it's a wash..

(the info is out there..)

some dogs keep themselves pretty clean, and barely make a mess, others need "help" with pads. Check with your local petstore for products available, and since your asking about it, I'm sure you know never leave her alone while in season.

It will range from dog to dog. Some come in at 6 months and others not till a year old. 8 months is a pretty good average in my experience.

ADD: More and more breeders are asking that even the pet pups not get spayed/neutered until mature. Long bone growth and that sort of thing. Plus females getting spayed at 12 - 16 wks or so like some vets recommend can end up with incontinence problems at a relatively early age. The verdict is still out on which is best.

ADD: Small boys underpants make great "diapers" to keep the blood drips off your floors and furniture. Put kotex type pads in and use the "fly" for her tail to go through. Cheap, easy, washable.

Why do you want her to come into season? If you don't know much about dogs - and specifically your breed, you really shouldn't be breeding her. Are you prepared to deal with emergencies during birth or if the mother needs help? Some dogs will die if the breeder doesn't assist during the birth. It is something to think more about and research even more.

EDIT: Then about the 1 year mark they come into heat - give or take a couple of months.

If you really want to be prepared, take her into the vet this week and have her spayed.

That is the best preparation you can do.

ADD: If you spay her there is nothing to clean up from! Since your dog is clearly the result of an irresponsible owner, do your best to not follow in their footsteps. The world does not need any more mutts.

Smaller breeds-around 8-11months

Larger breeds usually take a little more time to mature

& yes the first heat is too young to breed, also it is a mix, so breeding her would not be the best of ideas.

My vet recommended that I have my terrier spayed at six months before she came into her first season. So I'd say yours was very ready!

I would definitely do it before the season because if makes a bit of a mess, and other dogs hassle your dog and your dog will become quite defensive around them - possibly forever because that's what happened to my older dog. I really wish I'd had her spayed earlier than I did but I listened to that rubbish about allowing a b*tch to go through a season - what a disaster!

Seven months, give or take, is the earliest (though i have heard of some dogs that came into heat earlier). My girl went into heat at eight months (literally two days before we scheduled to get her spayed.)

But you won't have to do a thing if you get her spayed before first heat (suggested time by most vets). If you bought from a reputable breeder (laugh) or a adopted from a shelter than getting her fixed would be part of the buyers/adopters contract you signed when getting her as a pet quality dog.

The first heat cycle occurs somewhere around six months of age, depending on the breed.

Here's more info.

http://dogtime.com/spaying-your-female.html

I hope you are not breeding her.. not only because she is a mutt, but because she is only 8 months old.

6 to 8 months is normal for small dogs...