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Originally Posted by rjwalt  With many yorkies being so small, i say the risk is too great to spay/neuter at a young age, it's an elective surgery anyway you slice it. One of my pups came from a litter that collectively did not respond well to vaccinations, I could only imagine how he might have have fared with anesthesia. I was not going to risk it. Wait till they are full grown and developed at 18 months to 2 years, it's not hard to keep a little yorkie from getting pregnant, most are kept in a house anyways and they only go into heat a few times a year. |
Vaccine reactions wouldn't mean bad reaction to anesthesia. My boy reacts to vaccines and he did fine under anesthesia. Most vets say Yorkie's are full grown at 8 months. It's risky to wait on females you increase the risk of mammary cancer (which they are saying the numbers of keep rising) every heat and poymentra although normally seen in older females could happen. You also have to be prepared for anything like what if you had an emergency and had to leave your female with someone else or even bored her and wham she went into heat while your gone.