Need Some Advice-When Should I Spay my Dog?
I took Tilly to the vets for her last set of vaccines last Friday, the first word out of the vets mouth after ask me how she was doing were : When are you going to spay her? I told her that maybe after her first cycle and she was me why , I told her that I was told that was better for her so she did not develop any problems like cancer and things like that, she told that I was wrong, and she explain to me that was better because then had better chance to no to develop this illness. I say ok, than I told her that I did not want her to get fat like my Golden, she got very fat after she got spay, she say that Tilly was going to get fat, that depend on me and the food I give her. I got my first OES Hope spay when she was 3 years old mainly because my economic situation, she never gain weight and she never develop any health problems like cancer. All my girls has been spay and all my boys have been neuter and Tilly will not be the exception first because she is deaf and I don’t want that to be pass alone and second because firmly believe that is enough people breeding dogs, and is a lot of dogs in rescue, they don’t need any help from me or my dogs. So I guess my question is do I wait? Do I schedule her to be spay right away? She is 4 months old, she is my little girl my OES and I don’t want to mess this one up. Please what is your opinion on this  |
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| Wait until she's mature. 15-18 months at least. You need time for the growth plates to settle in & mature. And the hormones in the 1st part of their life DO help fight against different cancers later on in their life. Studies have been done & published on that. Most vets push spaying early so the owners don't forget about it & have an unplanned litter. Also, the smaller the dog, the less anesthetic, the lower the cost.......I always do what is best for my dog in the long run. Waiting is NOT going to hurt her. You just have to be very vigilant & watch for her heat cycles & keep a very close eye on her for the 21 days that it lasts. |
| We had the same question with Mady and I now regret how early we had her spayed (6-7 months old). We didn't do it as early as the vet wanted (which was 3-4 months), but I wish we had waited longer, like our breeder suggested. The vet put the fear in us, talking about big blood vessels, more danger going under anesthesia and that scared us into doing it sooner. Now Mady has no weight issues at all, I really do think that is more to do with diet and exercise, but I think that she would have benefited from having a good year at least to just grow more naturally. So if we get another, I think that we will try to hold off until she is older. |
| Here is a little reading to support the waiting until they are mature viewpoint: http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html It is written primarily from a performance dog viewpoint by a well known veterinarian...but it does include the studies and data that should show it's benefit - for any dog.  |
got sheep wrote: Here is a little reading to support the waiting until they are mature viewpoint: http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html It is written primarily from a performance dog viewpoint by a well known veterinarian...but it does include the studies and data that should show it's benefit - for any dog. Good article Dawn. Relates everything in "down to earth" terms. Bottom line is spaying & neutering at a young age is NOT beneficial to the dog. It is beneficial to the vet ($$$) & beneficial to the owner in that thay "don't have to deal with it" (seasons). I would point out also just because this article is written with the canine athlete in mind doesn't mean it doesn't apply to the average household who doesn't do performance or conformation work with their OES. It's just simple truths for our breed. An OES is still going to try to herd those squirrels or cats outside the fence & needs to have those growth plates matured!. |
| Depends on the agenda the vet is pushing. Many are trained in the spay early school resulting from a push from the shelters who will not adopt out an unneutered dogs no matter the age. I believe a lot of the info of "it's perfectly safe" comes from studies that underplay the physical effect on the dogs from early spay. I wouldn't do it if I could avoid it legally. Shelter rescues had to be "fixed" within a 6 week period. Yeah, maybe it lessens cancer by not having the sex organs around, but I noticed the dogs grew too tall with resulting structural problems. Fox was an excellent example and I suspect Harry and Jack can lay their problems at the early scalpel. Yeah, working on a younger bitch is easier but that shouldn't be the reason for the surgery. Let the dog mature.....one heat cycle and maybe two before (if you can tolerate a second cycle). |
| Thank you very much for all the advice, I think I will wait until she is mature enough, I don't have any males around and she si under supervision all the time anyway. Thank's again for all the info. |
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