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Originally Posted by BrittanyVThomas  I have a Mia too! Although we pronounce it my-a. But anyway, I'm getting her spayed next month when she is 5 months. She'll probably weigh 3.5 pounds by then. I really didn't think spaying was such a big controversy because I've grown up with female dogs and they were all spayed. I think this forum has made me more paranoid than ever, which isn't a good thing! Luckily our Mia has been super healthy so far and is a little ball of fire. I hope your Mia gets better as she gets older! Oh and I think our Mia might be advancing more than usual because she has been humping her stuffed animal ruldoph  |
Please consider spaying your precious little girl when her growth plates close. I worried so much when one of my angels at the Rainbow Bridge went into heat earlier than expected (we were waiting for her teeth to come in and were hoping to have her extra baby teeth extracted at the same time). I thought we would have more health risks than her other two sisters who were spayed at eight months old. Ashley lived one month shy of seventeen, so I guess I worried for nothing. I've always spayed my girls, but I worry about the implications of the loss of hormones. Current research indicates that it is best to wait longer to have both males and females spayed. I hope your life with Mia is filled with health, love, laughter, and joy. The humping of her toy is probably more due to dominance than anything else. One of my little girls often humped things when she felt insecure and she was trying to show it she was boss.
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