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Originally Posted by shell820810  I have just posted how my Millie died last night, after fighting hard since her spay surgery last week.
She was 5lb, 1 year one and healthy. Although it was tragic and very uncommon, I would have serious doubts about whether I would ever put another dog through that again. I know it does have its benefits, but as people have said, if the dog lives to old age, they are likely to get cancers or something anyway.
I regret it deeply. It was an unneccessary death. |
I am so sorry for what happened with Millie, but please don't blame yourself. You made the best decision you could with the information you had available, and the pressure to spay is strong. You had no way of predicting this outcome and the odds of success were in your favour, but sometimes fate does not favour the odds.
I'm an old lady...I am 62 and I have had dogs my entire life...and most everyone in my family has had dogs, as well. Over a 50+ year span and dozens of dogs between us, I know of only one case of pyometra (a breeding bitch still in her breeding years) and one case of mammary cancer (a very, very senior poodle). I hate to be the one to throw the monkey wrench into the "spaying will save your dog's from cancer and other health problems" works, but I would never, ever, consider spaying for any reason other than population control. There is just not enough of a justification for it, IMO.
I think you made the right choice with the information you had available to you. I am so sorry that it ended tragically and I hope your heart heals soon. But please do not blame yourself...you could not foresee such an outcome for being a responsible pet owner, it is
not your fault.