rescued yorkie spayed twice?

[IDPiper]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

The tattooing thing is not uncommon. However, if a vet did it without my permission I would be furious. The vet board would hear about it. I do NOT like tattoos, esp. on my little girl. And they can blob over time making them worthless. Can't imagine my vets doing this.

Me too!! Momma has no tattoo's and neither will baby.

[Doodlebug]

I adopted a Lhasa Apso who was around 7 months old. They thought she might have been spayed but werent sure. The vet they referred me to went in and found that she was already spayed. It would have been nice if she had a tattoo and didn't have to go through this twice.

[gemy]

Surely there could be some less invasive procedure to tell if a female dog has been spayed or not? Goodness for a female of unknown medical history, you could for example wait X number of months to see if she goes into heat, of course educating your client on what are the signs to look for. What about an Xray? It seems like overkill to put a dog under anaesthesia, and cut open, when you are not sure at all. When an Xray or the wait and see approach are so much less invasive.

I would not want a tattoo on my gal for spaying. Why not issue a tag similar to a rabies tag or conjoined with a rabies tag to say this female is de-sexed/spayed.

[pink66]

This is interesting to me because I have both a spayed dog with a tattoo and a cat with the top of his ear cut off. We adopted our lab mix from a rescue who told us what vet we had to use to get her spayed. We weren't told beforehand that she would be tattooed but afterwards were told that the rescue insists on it.
Four years ago we found a cat on Christmas Eve hanging out around our house and it was 17 degrees! When we took him for a vet visit I asked the vet what she thought happened to his ear and she told us about the feral cat thing. The strange thing with him, though, is that from the first night we found him he's been the friendliest, most lovable boy and tolerates all of Puff's pouncings and shenanigans with no problem.

[hollie91999]

My vet tattoos a small green line (about 1/3 of an inch) to her abdominal area when he spayed my dog...it's noticeable if you look...I think it's a great idea to keep dogs from having unnecessary surgery.

[P-Nut Mom]

Originally Posted by gemy

Surely there could be some less invasive procedure to tell if a female dog has been spayed or not? Goodness for a female of unknown medical history, you could for example wait X number of months to see if she goes into heat, of course educating your client on what are the signs to look for. What about an Xray? It seems like overkill to put a dog under anaesthesia, and cut open, when you are not sure at all. When an Xray or the wait and see approach are so much less invasive.

I would not want a tattoo on my gal for spaying. Why not issue a tag similar to a rabies tag or conjoined with a rabies tag to say this female is de-sexed/spayed.

I agree, I was wondering why not do a sonogram - wouldn't that reveal whether or not there are "girl parts"?!

[SWHouston]

Not is it just difficult, but sometimes impossible to tell if a Female has been Spayed (after a generous healing process), the scar can totally disappear, and even Ultrasound is not revealing.

I had this same situation with my Chi Navi, and my Vet insisted that we just wait, and see if she came into heat...she did.
It was a little PITA given I have two in-tact Males as well, but, that was much better on Navi and me, than an unnecessary encounter with the anesthesia and exploratory surgery, and taking a chance of a subsequent problem arising. Never the less, then surgery was indicated, scheduled, and Navi is back to her Bossy self (typical Fe Chi).

I was very glad that my Vet was firm about not doing anything, and just waiting to see if She would go into heat. There are several Vets at the Hospital I take my guys to, and, I don't remember if I have told them, how appreciative and confident I am in their advice, and apparent excellent care of my loved ones.

I'm going to make sure that I say something to them, the next time I'm there.

[joyce evans]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

The tattooing thing is not uncommon. However, if a vet did it without my permission I would be furious. The vet board would hear about it. I do NOT like tattoos, esp. on my little girl. And they can blob over time making them worthless. Can't imagine my vets doing this.

I will check on the blobing too! Thanks for sharing! I was furious but I also like my vet for many reasons. Wonder what the board would do or say??? It's too late for Hannah but others my learn from this thread.

[joyce evans]

Originally Posted by SWHouston

Not is it just difficult, but sometimes impossible to tell if a Female has been Spayed (after a generous healing process), the scar can totally disappear, and even Ultrasound is not revealing.

I had this same situation with my Chi Navi, and my Vet insisted that we just wait, and see if she came into heat...she did.
It was a little PITA given I have two in-tact Males as well, but, that was much better on Navi and me, than an unnecessary encounter with the anesthesia and exploratory surgery, and taking a chance of a subsequent problem arising. Never the less, then surgery was indicated, scheduled, and Navi is back to her Bossy self (typical Fe Chi).

I was very glad that my Vet was firm about not doing anything, and just waiting to see if She would go into heat. There are several Vets at the Hospital I take my guys to, and, I don't remember if I have told them, how appreciative and confident I am in their advice, and apparent excellent care of my loved ones.

I'm going to make sure that I say something to them, the next time I'm there.

Let me know what your vet says about it....