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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Every heat they go through increases there risk of getting mammary cancer including the first heat. There are no study's done on small dogs just large dogs and large dogs are extremely different. When they say spaying to early they are talking about 5 months and earlier and like I have said there is no small dog study's to back that up. I do not think tiny dogs grow slower then an average sized yorkie. Even if you get the dog spayed at 6 months the vet knows which teeth are baby teeth and can pull them. I'm not a big fan of using scare tactics to try and get people to wait to long to get there dog spayed when there is no science to back it up. |
The incidence of mammary tumors in dogs that have experienced one heat cycle is extremely low. The largest amount of tumors occur in females over 6 years of age with 45% of those being cancerous and 55% being benign.
I would suggest that you not try to scare people when you don't have any true knowledge about the subject.