She's too small. Cancer risks increase the longer you wait. Further, going into season is an awful time for EVERYone concerned: hormone surges, temperament changes, all kinds of things. Your little girl's demeanor can change permanently: you risk loosing the carefree puppy you now have to - well, a bitch (with ALL the connotations!). And if the male lives with you, he goes through ALL kinds of grief.
Besides, read some of the problems that occur during pregnancy and birth with these small dogs. Are you prepared for that? Could you handle a breech birth, or a stillborn? Look up what it takes to keep a baby with a cleft palate alive. Labor and delivery are not always foolproof: you could lose the puppies AND the mother.
Bella was spayed at 5 months. She weighed a shade over 3 lbs. I dropped her off at 7:30 AM and my husband picked her up at 3:30 that afternoon. She came through it like a champ, no big deal. |