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07-20-2012, 12:32 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: United Kingdom
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| Should I have my bitch spayed? Should I have my bitch, Molly, spayed? She is 5 years old and I have had her from a rescue centre. I don't know when she was last in season and I don't6 know if she should be spayed or not. Views and suggestions would be much appreciated. |
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07-20-2012, 01:02 AM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Spay her....you know NOTHING about this babys past, her pedigree, etc....I thought rescues spayed/neutered the animals they rescue and then place.... |
07-20-2012, 02:09 AM | #3 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| O see you are in England, arent your required to do so there unless you get a breeders license? At this point she is 5setting and if not already spayed she is at high risk for bacterial infections that can lead to multiple types of cancers. Honestly there is NO reason to not to permitting she can go under and the surgery doesnt pose a risk due to any health issues. Ot but her tail appears docked...?
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07-20-2012, 08:16 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: West Virginia
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| I would definitely spay her. |
07-20-2012, 08:23 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: United Kingdom
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| Thanks Thanks for the advice I will get her spayed, over in the UK it's your choice to have dogs spayed/neutered. She's at the vets on Wednesday for the last vacs and chipping she won't like that!! so I will ask the vet when she can be done. |
07-20-2012, 08:24 AM | #6 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| I am amazed that the rescue did not get her spayed before getting her a home? Anyway, you should spay her. You will eliminate the risk of various cancers that unspayed females are prone to as well as polymetra which is also a deadly disease that females can contract. You won't have to worry about protecting her from males when she goes into heat. |
07-20-2012, 08:30 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hibbing Minnesota
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| I would spay her for sure and it will be better for her health in the long run. |
07-20-2012, 09:55 AM | #8 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| Good to know I read some years back it was being propsosed as law yhere
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07-20-2012, 10:26 AM | #9 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: West Virginia
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The chipping isn't a huge deal but I had Tink's done when she was spayed. She was asleep for it and didn't feel a thing Maybe your vet can do that, too...... | |
07-20-2012, 10:29 AM | #10 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: West Virginia
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Just for information.....intact females can get pyometra which is an infection of the uterus. The uterus fills with pus and this is a life threatening situation. The treatment involves an emergency spay and supportive therapy. | |
07-20-2012, 05:28 PM | #11 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama
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| I always say spay...who really wants the bloody mess of an unaltered female???
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07-20-2012, 06:48 PM | #12 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
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| Spay her! You rescued her so why would it be fair to put her through pregnancy? Rescues don't adopt dogs out for them to be breeding machines. There are already so many dogs in shelters, why bring more into this world. Also, if you spay... you reduce her chances of cancer significantly and you don't have to deal with her going into heat. Full sized dogs will jump fences to get to a female in heat and that is not something worth risking.
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