Hello I a new to this forum and I am so confused on whether I should spay my one year old yorkie. I am so scared and overwhelmed with all the information and have a ton of questions, which hopefully no one minds answering. I feel so sick to my stomach right now thinking about my baby going under anesthesia and reading all the horror stories. I read the anesthesia protocol but still have some questions so I can understand everything clearly.
1. After reading everything I think i read that normally vets should put an IV of propotol to make the dogs tired at first and they use gas of Isoflourane or Sevoflourane while doing the actual surgery? is that correct and is that the best? or is it gas the whole time?
2. what tests should i get before hand besides the blood work? I am scared of her heart and all her organs and want to test everything I can.
3. Should my baby have IV fluids during the whole surgery and an EKG machine?
4. Are they supposed to put a tube in her throat during surgery (I think its called intubate)? and could that cause a tracheal problem?
5. My baby has allergies and reverse sneezes would that be an issue with anesthesia?
6. If we don't do this spay do yorkies get cancer and mammory problems like people keep scaring me about?
7. My baby squirms a lot when other people (the vets) try to touch her and give her shots and Im scared she will resist them the whole time. do you think they could still perform the surgery?
As you can see I am a wreck thinking about this. I would not get this done at all if it was not for the health benefits. But in everyones opinion how good are the health benefits? I mean should I really spay her? I will be devastated if anything happened to her. But I dont want to have her get cancer either. I am so torn. Please help.
