Replying to a message of Richard Webb to all:

 RW> Well folks, we discovered it yesterday afternoon.  ONe 13 month old
 RW> ROttie doing her first season. Yah folks, she only goes out when
 RW> attended by humans for the next few days.  we plan to breed her, but
 RW> we *will* pick the partner, and not the first time of course.

A late bloomer?  When I had my female lab mixes spayed at the ripe old age
of 5 and a bit months, three of them were in heat.

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