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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Mardelin, can this girl be spayed now? Is it too close to the due date? |
Technically you can spay a pregnant dog and abort the puppies right up until the puppies are viable on their own. It would be riskier to spay a pregnant dog this far along though - increased bleeding for sure but it's an option if the OP wants to consider it.
And no, the puppies are not guaranteed to have liver shunt, but it is a very real possibility and they are at quite a high risk for it with their father's background. Hopefully they'll be lucky and won't inherit it.
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