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When is the best age to spay your Yorkie? Talked to my vet today concerning spaying my Yorkie and was told they now are suggesting not spaying or neutering your dog until they are about a year old. Would love to hear anyone's views on this. My girl is almost 5 months and just 2.4 lb. so I'm comfortable waiting until she is bigger. But I'm just surprised at the drastic change in protocol. Thank you for any feedback and hello! We are new to Yorkietalk and have enjoyed sniffing around :) |
For my boys, if I could go back in time, I would have waited until at least a year. I think it is better for the dog to develop and physically mature before neutering. It takes more responsibility to make sure that no unplanned mating occurs. For girls, I had always heard that it is best to spay before the first heat. However, I don't know enough to understand if this or physical maturity is more beneficial for health. Good question. For tiny Yorkies, I think it is best to wait. |
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I guess they've seen reports of problems with early spays and neuters, so they're reverting back to the way it used to be 30 years ago. Vets started doing it earlier as a means of population control. Now, as a few generations of dogs have matured and passed on, they have access to data on medical problems these early spays and neuters may have had.. so they're changing their protocol. Good!:D |
I still think its better to do it before there first heat especially if there are unaltered males in the home and your dog needs to go outside. I had Callie's done at either 8 months or 9 months before her first heat and she has not had any problems but she also was not very tiny which I could understand waiting until they are a bit bigger you just have to be very careful when she is in heat. |
Thank you Maximo :) I agree on the importance of preventing unwanted mating. As far as waiting to spay everything I am reading is saying it is better for physical development. But like you I've always heard it was best to spay before first heat. So that's why I'm wondering what they have discovered to change this view. |
I'm unsure of this at the moment but I want to follow this thread because I have a 6 month of female puppy that is between 3-4 lbs. When I worked in an animal clinic, we would spay/neuter at 4 months. How ever we did the tinies at 5 months to prevent from going in heat. However, Crimson is my first female dog. I know, she is going to need some teeth removed so I don't want to do it until I know which ones. And on the neuter... I say do it before the male starts hiking his leg. |
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Amy gets spayed next week and is 5 months old. The vet says that is a good age to do it and she is also going to be microchipped at the same time. She weight 5lb4oz. |
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It seems for many there are things that come into consideration as to when they are spayed...getting it done a lil earlier as they want the dog microchipped as an added safety measure, or delaying because they want baby teeth removed during the surgery too. |
Today is Joeys birthday and I am just considering getting him neutered. I wanted to make sure he will be a healthy age and weight before I did anything, and I also wanted to make sure those stubborn baby teeth arent going to be coming out on their own. |
I had crimson chipped at 4 months. She was good with all her shots. She never yelled or wiggled. And she usually goes somewhere with me everyday so I didn't put it off at all . |
1 Attachment(s) I just got my Beau fixed at 5.5 months. Little bugger was lifting his leg inside my house. I have to add he was 9.5 pounds then. There's a lot of him to love. We did his baby teeth and microchip on the same day. I felt sorry for him, seems like a lot to do to such a young little guy. Its all fun and games, until someone ends up in a cone! |
I could be totally off about this, and correct me if I am, but from what I read it sounded like if you get them fixed before their growth plates close they may not close quite the way they are supposed to for a while and their bones may continue growing longer but not denser, causing them to be more delicate. I think there was a mention of increased chances of bone cancer with the early spay also. On the other side it sounded like spaying before the 1st heat took the risk of certain types of reproductive cancers down to barely existent. It sounded to me like the chances were still super low spaying before the 2nd heat too though. |
Go with what your vet recommends. He/she is the one with an education and degree. I trust my vet 100%. If you can't trust them, then find one you can. |
Oop, I didn't see this. I started a new thread on the subject. |
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