Getting Oreo Spayed in three weeks
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Hello Oreo and family!! I don't have advice, my puppy isn't spayed yet, just wanted to welcome you to our wonderful community!! I love her name  |
| I'm just curious how old Oreo is? We will be getting Dahlia spayed some time this summer or fall... |
oreosmom wrote: Hello, Just wanted to know if there is anything that we should watch for after we have Oreo spayed???? I just love this forum, have found out so much information and great advise, so happy that I found you all...... Thanks Oreo's mom Welcome to the forum. I hope we can all be of assistance when you need it and that you will be willing to contribute when you can. At the very least start with posting a few photos to introduce Oreo (we ALL LOVE photos of each others Bobtails) and share some of her antics. We are a pretty eclectic family here but every one of us bound by our love and devotion to these special and very unique furkids. I too am wondering how old Oreo is. While there is a big push to very young aged spaying and neutering over the last few years I am one of those who very vehomently opposes having a dog spayed/neutered before one year of age. Hormones are not just for reproduction! They are in fact very important to a dog's overall growth and maturing processes. It is often actually quite easy to tell which of two 18 months old dogs was neutered at 6 months (in some cases less) versus one that was neutered at 12 months in terms of behaviour, soundness of body and in some cases even their cognative intelligence. I'm not telling you to or not to neuter/spay early, just be sure you have good information from both sides af the arguement and consider your options and final decision carefully. Thanks and Cheers Carl |
| I think you've caught the gist, we are not in favor of early spaying......... But anyway, the boys do quite well with this. The first 24 hours after surgery he might be a little hung over from the anesthesia. He won't eat the first night, nor should you even offer food. Limit water because it will likely come back up. Just let him sleep and be quiet. Take him out for his consitutionals and let it be. No walks. Next day offer a small breakfast and all the water he wants. Dinner will probably be back to normal. Keep exercise to walks, no running/jumping. Watch the "area." Depends on what version they use on him, he may or may not retain a scrotum. If it is retained, watch for swelling. If it ocurs, ice the area with cold compresses........on/off.....you don't want frost bite. He really should be interested in the area, but if he is, you may have to put him in a retraining coller, like an E-collar...or in a pair of pants.....anything to keep him away from the area. Some surgeries leave stitches.......some are more internal. Your vet should explain what after care is necessary. If you can keep him from jumping, being crazy for a week healing shouldn't be an issue. I'm pretty sure he'll want to "break loose" earlier. Use your judgement. Pain hasn't been a problem for any of my boys, but I have heard of vets send a Rimadyl or two home just in case the dog is incomfortable. |
| Hello, Oreo is 5 1/2 months old, she is an amazing puppy, my husband had always wanted an OES and we wish we would't have waited so long, she is a trip, just a crazy pup.... Our vet recommended getting her done once all her puppy teeth were gone....I really wanted to get others opinion on this too...I do love this site, we have found out so much information and love all the pictures of the pups and full size OES too... |
| I tell my puppy owners to always wait until around 9 mo or almost 12 mo. The reason being is the growth plates need to quit growing to their fullest before dogs/bitches are neutered. Not all vet's agree with this and are pushing for younger and younger spays and neuters. What will happen is you will get 'weasel' looking older dogs. Long legs, long skinny body, finer boned. Please listen to whomever your BREEDER is and what SHE/HE suggested to you......... |
oreosmom wrote: Hello, Oreo is 5 1/2 months old, she is an amazing puppy, my husband had always wanted an OES and we wish we would't have waited so long, she is a trip, just a crazy pup.... Our vet recommended getting her done once all her puppy teeth were gone....I really wanted to get others opinion on this too...I do love this site, we have found out so much information and love all the pictures of the pups and full size OES too... So Oreo will only be 6 months old when the spaying is scheduled. Sorry I'm going to "stand on" and re-iterate my opinion that this is still far too young for spaying. In addition to the growth and maturing factors that I and others have alread mentioned there is also the issue about exposing a young and smaller dog to general anesthetic. At 6 months of age Oreo will probably be no more than 2/3 of her ideal adult weight if even that. Anesthetic is administerd based on the patient's weight. There is always a degree of professional discretion in its administration and inherent in that is a degree of error and that error is generally a fixed volume. So the smaller a dog is the less anestheric is required and then that fixed error represents a much larger proprotion of the actual requirement and hence represents a greater risk of overdose. Granted the risk is small but it does exist and is further reduced as the dog's weight increases. I'm not trying to scare you here but it is a legitimate concern. Our Dawn Eline just had major surgery under general anesthetic and that represented one of my major concerns for her surgery. I was very confident in the surgeon's skills, I was confident that the procedure would completely address her critical condition, I was even fairly confident that all the infected tissue and puss would be captured without causing general septocemia but I was very nervous about how my little girl would react to the anesthetic and that the anesthetic would be properly regulated. As ever Oreo is your child and you alone make the final decision about her care, but I really do recommend waiting a while longer. Is there any "urgency" to spaying Oreo such as the presence of an intact male in your home or at the dog park where she runs free? Even if Oreo were to have an "early" first season prior to being spayed you can still regulate her exposure to potential breeding situations? And as Ali asked what does your breeder recomemnd, he/she will know Oreo better than anyone else and should be able to best advise you about their line's prior spaying experiences and their dogs' reactions/subsequent growth maturing. Thanks and Cheers Carl |
| 6 months for this breed is too young and I can understand you not wanting a bitch to come into season/heat as that is a huge responsibility also. Wait another couple of months, also ask her breeder the time lines for related bitches in the line as to when they had there first heat. If you can do wait another 3 months or more before spaying oreo, best for her and best in the longer term health of her. Most vets push for early spaying, easier for them then an older bitch. Info for you to peruse. Noting small breeds mature faster and can be fully mature at 12 months but large and giant breeds need time before de-sexing for there overall benefit to longer term health advantages. So if you can leave it for another few months even though vets would argue that and put all breeds in the same catorgory regardless of size  http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTerm ... InDogs.pdf |
| Thank you for all the information...after reading everything, talking to our friends that had two female rotties, who also recommended we wait until she is at least a year old, we have cancelled her appointment and are going to wait until she is older....thank you again for all of your input... Oreo's mom |
oreosmom wrote: Thank you for all the information...after reading everything, talking to our friends that had two female rotties, who also recommended we wait until she is at least a year old, we have cancelled her appointment and are going to wait until she is older....thank you again for all of your input... Oreo's mom Very good idea! |
| Hello and welcome! My advise is...look into getting what is called the "comfy" cone for after the surgery. They usually send pup home with the stupie E collar - a big plastic lamp shade thing that keeps them from licking the sutures. The "comfy" cone is sooo much better. Its an E collar but made of soft material. Google it...We have one and have had to use it a few times and its much better. Also, a female spaying is equal to a female hysterectomy. So, be sure to keep pup from jumping, running, exercise, etc. Walk on a leash to go potty and try to keep confined, maybe in a crate or behind a baby gate so no running...Don't want to open the sutures... Our biggest problem after my girl was spayed was keeping her calm...They sent us home with some pain killers so the first day or so she was fine...tehn she was roaring to go and we had to continue to keep her a bit sedated, ever so little, just to keep her calm while the sutures healed! Good luck...we are all here if needed! |
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