I experienced pyometra first hand. One of ny dogs(she was 7 at the time) got it. It's not very easy to notice, she acted fine but was drinking an awful lot, then went off her food. When i felt her belly and squeezed a bit was was in a lot of pain. She had a high temperature and was closed. All the vet could do was give her high doses of antobiotics until her temperature came down. She opened after 3 days thankfully. within 36 hours her temp had dropped enough to be able to operate. She made a very good recovery, much to my amazement and the vets - given her age. She died of old age 3 years later.

I can't stress enough how serious this is. My vets opinion was that if a bitch comes in season and they're not being bred, they should be put on a course of antibiotics as a precaution - makes sense to me.

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