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I just found the answer to my last question by going back and reading your previous posts.
I see that you have had Princess since October 22nd and you are caring for her for a friend and that you haven't owned a dog since you were a child and have never owned a yorkie.
It sounds like the owner took Princess to the vet so I guess she is still caring for her? I was wondering what the circumstances were that caused her to ask you to foster her? I know from your posts that she was used to sleeping in the bed with her owner, but you were hoping she would sleep in a crate. Do you allow her to sleep with you?
I also read that you were concerned about the dog going into heat and "bleeding" all over the place but that you have fallen in love with her.
Yorkies are notorious for doing that to a person...LOL...
One of the reasons I guess I am so concerned about your desire for your friend to spay Princess is that I do not agree with spaying or neutering dogs unless there is a reason other than human convenience to do so. My vet and many other progressive vets believe that dogs, like humans, should keep all of their God given "parts" unless there is a valid reason to remove them. They have convinced me with scientific proof and evidence that the arguments that it is healthier to alter than not too is a myth. There, of course, are, as you have alluded to, many vets and pet owners who disagree with this, and a lot of vets will recommend spaying just as a matter of course because it is a high profit surgery for them.
Because I understand the risk of anesthesia as well as the pain following the surgery, and the fact that I can assure that my girls will never get pregnant , I have decided at this point not to subject my babies to what I consider to be an unnecessary surgery. I know from your posts that you consider the bleeding from the heat to be "yucky" as you call it, but I simply put panties w/pads on my girls and there is very little mess. What mess there is I am happy to deal with instead of subjecting them to what I consider to be an unnecesary, painful and risky surgery.
Should either or my girls develop any problems which might be remedied by spaying like false pregnancies, mastitis or anything else, I may decide to have the surgery, but until then, I feel they are better off as they are.
While I hope that Princess' owner decides NOT to breed her because I believe breeding is too great a risk for any female dog and I feel that there are too many unwanted dogs in shelters, I also hope that she doesn't have her spayed but that she is a responsible owner and does what is in the dog's best interests rather than her own.
As always, however, these are only my opinions and I respect the owner's right to make the decisions they feel are best for their pet.
Good luck with Princess.
