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Full registration. do i spay her? pro, cons? Im getting my puppy with full AKC registration. I DO NOT plan on breeding her, it seems FAR too complicated. im gonna get slammed for this, but what if one day i do decide to breed her? it isnt at all likely, but hey, who knows? 2nd and most importantly , i dont like the idea of ripping out body parts. i meen they have to be there for a reason. surgeries are risky with anesthesia and all. and the recovery seems pretty painful. and for what? there is NO chance this dog can get pregnant. my other dog is neutered and shes not going to be kept outside or be allowed to roam free obviously. consider the 2nd reason more than the 1st. because im really 99.9% sure im not going to breed her, im just thinking out loud. Maybe you guys could do a pro/con list to spaying so that this doesnt turn into a screaming match lol |
You already made up your mind , there is no need for a spay , don't spay list . |
I would suggest spaying her. Its really not that big of a surgery. I have had 10+ dogs (mine plus several fosters) altered and all have bounced backed without any problems. I had Laney done at 3 mnths old and she was only 3 lbs and was fine the day after, in fact I had to keep her crated to keep her activity level down b/c she was wanting to run and jump everywhere. It eliminates the possibility of her getting uterine or ovarian cancer. And if she is spayed before her first heat it even reduces her chance for breast cancer. We recently had to see our 20 yr old suffer from cancer bc she was never spayed (but never had puppies) and it wasn't a pleasant experience to say the least. Here is some more info on it: http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/wh..._your_pet.html |
I have heard that there is an increased risk of cancer - ( I think maybe uterine cancer?) - if your female is not spayed. I would ask your vet their advice. I have a 10 year old collie that was never spayed either and the vet says that now at her age there would be no health benefit but I wouldn't want her to get pregnant either-yikes! But she's never had a pregnancy and at this point, I don't see any reason to put her thru the surgery. |
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I had Sadie spayed to totally rule out the possibility of mammary cancer - which is a big concern with unspayed females - according to my vet and everything I've read. |
If you are not going to breed then why not spay. It decreases the risk of cancer and they don't go into heat every 6 months. Why would you want the worry of her getting bred accidently by some strange dog. They can be in heat and you not know it and you take her to a park and "Wham bam, Thank you mam". |
Have you ever been around a female dog in heat? They worse than teenagers. My mothers dog, got preg through a chain link fence. And of course neighbors dog was of a different breed. Puppies all looked like they had different daddy too. All 4 of them. Male dogs can smell "it" from a long ways away. You want a pile of male dogs in your front yard when she goes into season? Better yet, digging under your fence to get a chance at her? And she might wind up being the "digger" trying to get out where male dogs are too. Not to mention cancer. |
I am kinda in the same boat not sure about breeding but really enough with the cancer crap (sorry) maybe as humans we should cut out excess parts when we are done with them for the same reason ? As humans we are far less likely to get breast/mammory cancer when we have nursed babies/used the parts. Funny cause my Chewys a boy, but did lose my mother to breast cancer,not so funny. |
I felt the same way .... I am not going to breed so why get them fixed ... and I had only had female dogs.... (shih tzus ) Out of 5 female dogs in 30 years.... 3 of them had mammy tumors.... 2 of them died from them.... I am a firm believer now to get them fixed... I Have had 2 male Yorkies and there is no question as to getting them fixed.... Good Luck with your decision . |
i have a male dog. hes neutered and doesnt hump, mark or anything like that. will he know when shes in heat? i just spoke to my vet & he sais i can get the puppy and wait a while and i dont have to spay right away. Im sure ill feel alot better, but i just read an article about a puppy (chihuahua) dying under anestsia and that freaked me outa bit. |
My female is five and she is not spayed. She has never been bred either. Although spaying greatly reduces mammory tumors, it increases instances of cardiac hemangiosarcoma and hypothyroidism. There has also been some research done showing that there are more health risks for altered males than unaltered. The females are a harder call but I can't justify pulling out body parts jus because there might be a problem someday. |
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I was also wondering. what are the chances of cancer in females? or even just yorkies? i looked it up on google and nothing came up |
The chances of mammary cancer is an unspayed dog is 26%. If spayed before the first heat cycle it is only 0.5%. If one waits til after the first heat the chances increases to 8%. This is probably higher for yorkies since small breeds are more prone to cancer. http://www.vet.upenn.edu/schoolresou...43/canine.html |
wow.. 26% is ALOT. i thought it was like 5%... wow, this is such a hard choice! im terrible at choosing, im the person who is NEVER ready to order when the waiter comes around lol |
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What if she should accidentally get out? I strongly advise spaying. |
If you aren't going to breed her, I would have her spayed. I had a dog years ago that we decided not to spay and she did get cancer and we have forever regretted not spaying her. I have had several dogs spayed and they have all done great, they bounce right back. You really have a higher chance of something going wrong such as cancer, or an accidental pregnancy, etc than you do if you spay her. Just take the extra precautions such as get a full panel blood screen done before the surgery and make sure they use isoflurione (sp?). |
Our opinion on this subject This is a very touchy subject for us. I feel that spay/neuter should be ones own decision and that as a responsable pet owner the accidental getting preganant is not likely to happen. We have always had female dog, our dobies, poodle, yorkies, we have never bred any of our dogs, and also was very careful when they came into season especially with our Dobies enjoying the life of outdoors. We did have a Dobie and a Poodle spayed/diffent times by different vets years ago, we had nothing but health issue to deal with their remaining lifes and it was very unpleasant. I said never again. Now we are put into a dilema of being told here in the area we live in California that it is MANDATORY to have Baby Blessing spayed. The county of Los Angeles has passed this there is no exemption for us, and others, regardless, the decision is not for us to decide but the county government officials have decided for everyone. Is this right, we believe it not to be. This new law is also being put before the state to be state law of mandory spay/neuter. I may be heavily fined already since I didn't comply with having her spayed by the dead line given to everyone. I don't want to spay her and yes,there is many risks involved and yes our vet has already told me anything can happen, surgery is surgery and there are always risks involved. Life is unpredictable be it human or pets, we never know what is going to happen to our or their bodies. To say that spay/neuter is going to prolong life is not true. My belief is that be the powers of the Lord what happens will happen and nothing can stop it. I am not posting all this to have any comments negative towards us on our decision but to merely express our own personal view on this subject. I also at the same time say, I am totally against any county or government agency passing such a law to tell me I must spay our pet this is to us a form of dictatorship and not freedom of choice. We are not a young couple and have seen a lot in life, and it is to our belief govenment is getting involved in situations that it shouldn't be. Please to those that will, pray about this for us as I certainly am not needing this additional undo stress nor is Jack. We are planning a move in the future to North Carolina to be close to our daughter and yet are still told we have to do this. Another thing people don't know if they come to California to visit even after 15 days they must get a Calif. dog license even if a visitor, this we have been told at the local animal shelter, this be the case and if you were one of those people would you want to be made to have your dog spayed/neutered, according to this new law passed you would have to. Now how stupid is that. Micro chip is also the law but we had no problem with that and did so right away. Patti and Jack |
I am with you in this boat. I have a male, not planning on spaying him and am getting a female in about a year. I think I will breed, not sure yet. There will always be health concerns with anything we care about. It is our job to look after these yorkies in the best way possible. I just don't think it is necessary to live such an incredibly cautious life. If something bad is going to happen, it will happen one way or the other. That doesn't mean that we stop living and wait for it to happen! I love my yorkie to death and I know you will too. So do anything in your power to help her live an incredible life, not just a long one. |
That is a decision only you can make, but I want to give you our story.... We had a dog growing up that we never spayed. My grandmother had a dog that she did not spay. Both ended up with mammary cancer & did not live through it. My grandmother was always a big believer in not spaying, but after that, she spayed ner new baby. |
I echo Sadie's Mom...I didn't have Muffin spayed & now she has two 11 inch scars on her chest & belly. Current research shows that mammary cancer is 100% preventable if a baby is spayed. http://www.purinaone.com/dogcare_con...leNumber=30066 If you are worried about the spay surgery, trust me, you don't want her to go through the mastectomy surgery. I look at Muffin & realize I made the wrong decision for selfish reasons...I didn't want to "hurt" her. If you want to breed your puppy, then by no means have her spayed. But if you aren't going to, please listen to my story of caution. CJ |
I had a female (not a yorkie) who we didn't spay until after her first heat. That first heat was enough to convince me that she needed to be spayed. She became neurotic! She was horrible while in heat, and she was normally a very sweet dog. She wouldn't listen, she would try to take off when we were outside, she even bit my hubby once and all he was trying to do was get her to go outside to potty before he went to work. She didn't want to leave me, so she bit him. After she got spayed, she was much calmer and back to her sweet self. Plus, according to our vet, it helps decrease the risk of cancer. |
I also felt that I didn't want to neuter Max. I also wasn't planning on breeding him, but I've never neutered my dogs before and they were fine. Of course, this was quite an while ago, and we didn't know as much about cancer as we do now. I had to neuter Max when he began spraying. In fact, I wish I had done it earlier before he had even gone into puberty. He might never had sprayed. Of course, within 2 weeks of neutering him, 2 different people wanted to know when I was mating him because they wanted little Max's. I'm really glad I had him neutered now. I don't have to worry about cancer that much, he's fine and the less to worry about, the better. I can also take him anywhere and he's not running after the females, he's not aggressive, and neither are most other male dogs around him. |
well after some research and hearing some opinions. i have decided to spay, it was the whole anesthesia/surgery thing that scared me but my vet assured me that it would be fine and showed me some info on the risk of cancer in small dog versus the risk/dangers of the spay surgery. and the spay seems pretty routine and he sais most dogs are back happy like nothing happened in a day :) thanks evrey1 :) |
Good for you. It's always good to make a decision, one way or the other. I think you're doing this the right way. You came on here for advice, asked the vet, did research. You're a good Mommy! And don't you love that YT is here for advice like this? Please keep us posted. |
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Thank you for not jumping on me. I never want to tell people what to do...but I want everyone to learn from my mistakes. CJ |
I really think spaying is the best option. Lower chances of cancer, better temprament, ect. Plus, what happens if somehow your baby girl slips out of a fence or gets lost or stolen? She could be used as a breeding machine for someone else. I know the chances of that aren't great and it's not something I ever think will happen to me either, but the thought does pop up in my head. And I like knowing I'm protecting my girls from that. Just my .02. |
i would spay her....i know there are risks involved, but at my vets we had the option to do all the extra precautions with the anethesia. of course i did them, and she was bad the first day, but after that was fine. i think it is worth it bc they can have a lot of complications with cancer down the road, and from what i was told there is more a chance of that happening than something going wrong with the surgery (thats just what my vet said).... |
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