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I was like you, afraid to put my baby under Anastasia, not because they were tiny in weight, because they were babies and I didn’t want them “cut open”. So my first two girls were not spayed. My next two were. My oldest unsprayed girl (13 y/o) developed Pyometra, her uterus erupted, puss went through her veins, my vet performed an emergency hysterectomy and sent her home. For 8 days I watched my baby die before my eyes. No I did not have a good vet at that time. Day 8 I took her to an ER clinic where they keep her, but it was too late, she died before I got home that night. 6 months later my 10 y/o unsprayed girl, uterus erupted, Pyometra. I recognized the signs and rushed her to my NEW vet, ER 24/7 clinic. They preformed emergency hysterectomy, they saved her life. I would never want anyone to go through what I experienced with my first baby. I trusted my vet, I found out to late he could not hold dogs after surgery because he did not have anyone to watch over dogs. I learned the hard way to question my veterinarians, and it cost my dog her life. This was all back in the 80’s,veterinarian clinics have escalated since this era, and so has veterinarian techknowledgey, but that does not mean if your pup gets Pyometra she can or will be saved. For every heat cycle she has, there is more danger of Pyometra and mammary cancer even if you have her spayed. Spaying before first heat is advised.
If you are not going to breed, then Spay. This is a health safety issue, and the best thing you can do for your little girl. Your vet will tell you if it is safe or not, and when the best time to do this is. I recommend Micro-chipping, I will take all measures possible to ensure if my lil guy were ever to go missing, some honest person would have the means to return him to me. I wish they would invent a GPS to locate dogs that go missing.