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| Topic Started: May 16 2009, 05:16 PM (59 Views) | |
| Nic | May 16 2009, 05:16 PM Post #1 |
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Anyone have any opinions or advice on when to spay a bitch? We saw 2 vets who said it doesnt really matter if they get spayed before or after their first season, eash option has diff benefits/disadvantages. But each one said in their opionion they'd do the opposite to the other vet! I go Brandy done after a few seasons and am swaying towards letting her have one first as thats what I always heard when I had Brandy, since Iv had Twig they seem to say you can do either?! |
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| zandd | May 16 2009, 06:26 PM Post #2 |
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Used to be that it was reccommended after first season but many vets now seem to think that it's not necessary to wait until she's had a season so guess it's what you prefer? Don't think there's any difference medically. |
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| piwoodhouse | May 17 2009, 12:21 AM Post #3 |
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Usually spaying is carried out mid way between cycles, so once she's had her first season schedule the operation for two and a half to three months from the day she begins bleeding. I say two and a half months due to personal experience of taking a foster dog in to be spayed exactly three months after her season began. When the vet opened her up he said she was showing internal signs of coming into season again :yikes: and had I brought her in a day or so later, he would have opted to sew her back up without spaying her at that point. The idea of spaying mid cycle is that that's when the dog's hormones are at their lowest and most balanced levels; the abrupt loss of hormone producing organs will be felt less at this time than others, so while there are no physical contra-indications to spaying a bitch at any point in her cycle, the mid-point is best for her psychologically. And of course you will only know when her cycle is by letting her have that first season. |
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| Nic | May 17 2009, 06:57 PM Post #4 |
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Thanks Pam, I didnt know why it was usually after season number 1, and wondered how it was ok to have them done before they had their first season, reading that I am even more decided to wait until her first season, so if you have it done before the first season surely you could be doing it at a bad point for her?! |
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| Tafia | May 17 2009, 07:35 PM Post #5 |
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I think the reason for getting them spayed before the first season is more to do with contraceptive control than actual husbandry. I can see pros and cons on both sides, but would always err on the side of caution and wait until after the first season for any bitch of mine. |
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| BorderDawn | May 17 2009, 10:26 PM Post #6 |
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Id definitley wait untill after her first season. early neutering can cause growth problems, with the closing of the long bones, resulting in gangly dogs and sometimes problems in later life. |
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