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10-26-2006, 05:53 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middleville
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| Has anyone with a female decided against having her fixed? I've read the benefits but it seems too cruel to have their ovaries and uterus removed. Someone who used to work at a vets office told me how animals are spayed and I was going to post it here but decided against it. It was graphic and sounded so awful. I just don't think I can do it now .
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10-26-2006, 05:59 PM | #2 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ENGLAND
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| Well mine are spayed, however Mitzi isnt and the only reason is because she has a heart condition, therefore cannot be under anaesthetic. It does sound like an awful ordeal to put them through, but personally i think the pro's out weigh the cons. It reduces the risk of infections,cancer even, and also unwanted pregnancies. If you dont have a male dog, and really dont want to have her done, then dont. But i promise you they heal quickly and are back to noramal within a couple of weeks. |
10-26-2006, 06:04 PM | #3 |
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| A couple of week Just got Minnie spayed today and trying to nursing her back to good health.
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10-26-2006, 06:22 PM | #4 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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| I wonder the same thing sometimes. I know a lot of people where I am originally from, who don't have their dogs spayed or neutered. To be honest, I can't think of can name one case of when those unspayed or unneutered dogs had any health problems or died from anything other than old age. (Just for the record, I'm not saying ANYTHING about the problems of not neutering and unwanted pregnancy.. I am talking solely about health risk, cancers, etc.)
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10-26-2006, 09:45 PM | #5 |
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| You really should get her spayed, it is the best for her. The surgery may sound cruel but it really isn't. I have seen several dogs, alot of different breeds get spayed. I watched it done so many times that I could have performed the surgery. It is a simple and fast procedure, the dogs feel little to no pain and are back to themselves in no time. There are too many risks of not getting them spayed. I had to learn this the hard way. Years ago, I had a female that I didn't spay, I didn't feel it was right and didn't want her to have to go through it. For years she was fine, no problems at all. But then, she ended up getting an infection and had to have an emergency surgery. I was warned that this could happen to any dog that was not spayed but I didn't listen. Now I wish I had listened and got her spayed, she would have lived a longer life. I am not trying to scare you, I just don't want you to go through the same thing I had to go through. Since then, all my females have been spayed and I have not had a single problem with them. In fact, we just got one of them spayed last week. She was wanting to play the second day home and is now almost completely back to her normal happy playful self. So in my opinion, it is best to spay them rather than take a chance and then them getting an infection, cancer or other problem.
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10-26-2006, 09:56 PM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mobile AL
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| Wow, thats the same thing they removed on me with my hysterectomy Wasn't crewel when I had it done Matter of fact, I never felt better. |
10-26-2006, 10:40 PM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North eastern Illinois Suburbs
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| There's new evidence that suggests othewise- I don't spay/neuter my dogs and from Akitas/Black Russian Terriers/American Bulldogs/Shiba-Inus/Staffordshire Bull Terriers and Yorkies, I have yet to come across one at any age to have any sort of reproductive cancers or tumors. Except the one that was spayed. That was a female Akita and she came up w/ mammory tumors years AFTER she was spayed, a full ovarian hysterectomy. I AGREE w/ spay/neuter, I really REALLY do. Just not for me. And I've never had an accidental pregnancy either. IF you (the "royal you") decides to spay/neuter I also advise my clients on waiting until the dog is 16 + months of age, THEN have it done. I have an attached link that explains quite nicely. http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html If you've already spayed/neutered your pet, this post is not implying you've done something wrong. Again, for me it's mostly about timing IF/when it's to be done. Promote responsible ownership- that should be a vet's focus when it comes to this issue! |
10-27-2006, 10:43 AM | #8 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ENGLAND
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| Thats a very good article, and considering Duchess was spayed at 7 months could be the reason she is fairly tall.(she shot up after being spayed, she was very short before) I just wish vets promoted this, instead of telling us that spaying and neutering is the only way to go However i am pleased that Duchess was fixed. |
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