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Originally Posted by Misti1  But it is much more than that, don't spay her, and never mate her (or even if you do mate her just once, cause this also happened to my friend's cocker), and one day you might experience what I did....come home and find your girl in a pool of blood almost dead because her uterus had ruptured.
Spaying and neutering is not just a form of birth control, it helps prolong life and insure better quality of life. If you are not a breeder and don't intend to breed your dog, I'd say it is a must.
Yes, I'd be scared,yes there have been a few bad stories on here recently, but are you even calculating in your mind all of the 100's on here you have had succesful spay/neuter experiences. You have to do it my love. |
I had a Peke who live to be 15 without spaying or having been bred and never had a problem. Spaying is NOT proof against cancer (my 16 yr old Foxy has been spayed since puppyhood and had her third cancer surgery last week) and while it does effectively prevent pyometra, that argument, to me, is like saying you can prevent tooth decay by having all your teeth removed. There is no guarantee that a dog WILL get pyometra (or cancer) so subjecting a tiny toy-breed puppy to anaesthesia and invasive surgery for that reason seems rather extreme to me.
I do advocate spaying and neutering dogs that are not going to be bred. I do not, however, advocate spaying tiny toy dogs while they are still little puppies. Especially in toy breeds that have such tiny little bodies and organs, I think it is important to allow these dogs to reach their maximum physical size before doing non-essential invasive surgeries.