We consider a Cauchy problem $$y^{\prime }\left(x\right)+y^2\left(x\right)=q\left(x\right),{\left.y\left(x\right)\right|}_{x=x_0}=y_0$$ where $x_0$ , $y_0\in \mathbb{R}$ and $q\left(x\right)\in L_1^{\text{loc}}\left(R\right)$ is a non-negative function satisfying the condition: $${\int }_{-\mathrm{\infty }}^{x}q\left(t\right)dt>0,{\int }_x^{\mathrm{\infty }}q\left(t\right)dt>0\text{ for }x\in \mathbb{R}.$$ We obtain the conditions under which $y\left(x\right)$ can be continued to all of $\mathbb{R}$. This depends on $x_0$ , $y_0$ and the properties of $q\left(x\right)$.