My boyfriend just laughed at me because I was telling him about the patellar luxation risk being higher in neutered dogs, and I was wondering why aloud. I just thought, "you know, when a (human) woman has an ovariohysterectomy, they usually put her on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), one reason being to decrease her risk of osteoporosis. If lack of hormone production in women can cause bone loss, I'm sure there have to be things that are caused by a loss of hormone production in female dogs. A luxating patella would seem to fit in with something like that." He laughed at the thought of putting dogs on HRT....it is funny, but it does make you wonder a little bit why they don't?? Wouldn't that be the best of all the worlds? I know there are risks with hormones too, though, so maybe that's why.... Or the expense, but surgery is expensive too. Hmmmm.... |