I would say that the pom mix probably had problems because she was bred with an 11 pound male. Your Gidget is 10 lbs which is in my opinion to big to breed and that combined with her recent health scares would make it a wise decision to spay her. I do have a question though. You state that your dogs are all raised as part of the family. Does that mean that you will keep Gidget, the pom mix, the older female, the new stud, the old 8 lb stud and still aquire a couple more breeding females or are you going to rehome the ones that you no longer use for breeding? To me that would mean that they are not part of the family if they are only temporary pets. I ask because you talked about not wanting a bunch of dogs. I have 4 and it is ALOT of work. I also have 3 young children. I cannot imagine having 7 or more dogs but I also do not believe in rehoming them after they are used for breeding. To me it is just as cruel as the people who say "I need to rehome my 7 yr old dog, I got him at 7 wks but I just do not have time for him anymore" JMO |