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					Originally Posted by yorkiefan_  When do you recommend? My vet said I should have Cookie spayed after her first period, and that spaying before two years seems to correlate with a lower risk of a type of cancer (forgot which he said though). | 
 
  Getting it done before there first heat (it is not like a period at all) prevent mammary cancer completely. Not spaying your female can cause the to get in infection that can kill them in 24 hours.