So glad I came to this thread tonight. I came here looking for all the reasons I should have my little girl spayed tomorrow. She has an appointment to get it done, and having had a hysterectomy myself, I know she will hurt from the surgery.
We unfortunately missed her first heat. She had a split heat, so we've had to cancel two spaying appointments already. Then one thing after another and she is 13 months old.
I was sorry to read here that since she's already been in heat this spaying won't protect her from some of the cancers but it will keep her safe from a whole host of other things that could befall her if she weren't spayed.
And still . . . I feel so guilty when i look at her. She's about six pounds, the size of a small newborn baby--not small by Yorkie standards but still it's all I can do to keep from crying. Silly I know.
And to the people who are on the fence about spaying, you do NOT want to go through a heat cycle, let alone two a year. She was miserable, my husband and I were miserable, and my 12-pound male Yorkie, though neutered, could not stay off of her, so I'm assuming he was pretty miserable in his own way.
Also, we'd open the door a crack and she would dart through our ankles and run outside--talk about a heart attack. We were just lucky she did not get away even though we were with her all the time. You can't just assume you can protect them every second; they get very determined and crafty. |