Annabel: Sounds like you have a good plan in place...pre-op testing, using your old vet, who is familiar with her, gas anesthesia...as far as changing her personality, I have not had that happen, all my spayed girls are as precious as they were before surgery, no change in personality...even the one female breeder that is retired, who was apparently abused by a man before I got her as she HATES men and will snap and bite any man!! still hates men...nothing changed! Personally, I would go ahead with the plan.
Sir Bently: Pre-op lab work is a MUST, to be sure there is nothing going on with his heart or liver that he wouldnt be able to throw off the anesthesia. Be sure the vet uses Gas anesthesia, not an IV anesthesia.....get the boy done first...he is larger, and his sexual hormones are starting to flow...want to nip that in the bud...it will more than likely stop that leg lifting behavior and he will be easier to house break.....I also insist my vet have an IV going all during the surgery and afterwards, just in case of an emergency, so they are not scurrying around trying to get IV access on a dog with cirrculatory collapse.... |