I think you have to comfortable with your own decision, but you've gotten a lot of good advice! I have a lot of faith and put my babies in Gods hands, after all I believe he's the one who's placed them in mine!
But just to give you some more information, my little bichon, who is 12 years old, just went through major surgery for mamary gland tumors. One was the size of a tennis ball! It had grown that quickly! She had been cut from her front legs to her tail! It was awful! They also spayed her at the time, I don't know why I never had it done when she was a baby, I never intended on breeding her! Luckly she came through fine, and is as peppy as her little yorkie sister who's only 8 months! lol. But I will NEVER put another little one through that again! There was some cancer there, but it had not spread, it was found in the larger tumor, in the center.
So please take your time and think it over! Good Luck! (And remember Snugs was 12 years old and made it through fine! I think it's very rare things happen! ) |