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Originally Posted by 2018YorkieMama  Conventional wisdom dictates that puppies should be spayed at six-nine months. Today someone told me that age range is far too soon and can cause health problems. She sent me articles about serious health problems which have been linked to early spay/neuter and advised 18/24 months as the best time to have the surgery performed.
What do you think? |
We had our Bella spayed at 7 months, before her first heat. Spaying before first heat lowers the chances of mammary cancer and pyometra.
Problems caused by early spaying is more of an issue with larger dogs than with smaller dogs. Research is being conducted on this at the UC Davis Veterinary College.
Here is a long thread from Yorkietalk that goes over the pros and cons. The most recent information is towards the end of this thread:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...n-if-ever.html