By having your pet spayed or neutered you know you actually lower their risks of getting cancer! Yep! By having a female dog spayed at 6 months of age lowers the chances of them getting mammory tumors. It is very hard to treat. I use to be a vet tech and do know something about this. My sister-in law had a shepard that got mammory tumors. We went in and operated (vet) and tried to get them all out. I assisted and operated the anesthia and oxygen and then helped to suture - close up. We really tried our best to get them all out though. It is so important to get all the tumors or the ones left seem to multiply faster once you have opened the dog. She ended up dying within the next 6 months. She was a great dog - very friendly and so sweet. Her name was Ginger! My vet said that this could have probably been avoided if she had been spayed when younger. So the next time you think - it is your choice not to spay your dog - and you just have her as a pet - think of Ginger!
I guess it is the owner's choice. So when you buy a pup that is already spayed/neutered be thankful!
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