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10-31-2010, 10:14 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Central Florida
Posts: 234
| Spay. I don't know if I can do it. I previously posted several weeks ago about being paranoid about spay. After hearing what happened recently with another YT'er and her baby boy during his neuter, I'm freaking out even more. I know that spaying dramatically reduces their chances of cancer and such, but I don't know if I can actually go through with this. With everything that's happened to me this past month, Piper is all I have. I don't know how I would go on if something happened to her. I know it's rare, but I just don't know. Any thoughts? I know nothing is guaranteed but even if I get the bloodwork there's still a chance something could go wrong right? AHHHHH! I don't know... |
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11-02-2010, 08:04 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posts: 12,693
| Sit back clear your head and really think about your little one. What kind of life do you want to offer her. Take all the necessary precautions, have a discussion with your vet, ask about the anesthesia they will be using, the after care you and they can provide her, and if you're still freaked out, take a little more time. Really there is no easy answer. It's just one of those tough choices we have to make as pet parents.
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11-02-2010, 08:13 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chloride, Arizona, Mohave
Posts: 71
| I have two little Yorkies one weighed 2.5 lbs and the other weighed 3.5 lbs. They went thru the spaying with flighing colors. They now weigh 4.3 pounds and 5 pounds. They are very active little girls. I know as pet parents we have to make the right decision for them. Linda, Sassy and Patti |
11-02-2010, 08:15 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL
Posts: 12,235
| Spaying your little girl will in the long run be a very wise choice for her overall health and well being. There are way too many stories about accident that happen and litters of puppies. Little ones that are lost or stolen~which is the most frightening for me. It is always the first thing that runs through my mind when I hear about a little one that is missing. Is she spayed? I think that you received great advice already. The procedure is very quick and done millions of time safely. It's one of those hard choices that we make to ensure a safe and loving home for out babies.
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11-02-2010, 08:17 PM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Having lost the best dog in the entire world to cancer because she wasn't spayed, I personally will have any female dog in my care spayed unless blood work or medical conditions suggest too high a risk. That doesn't mean I won't freak out, because I will. Putting a beloved pet through surgery is scary, even when the odds of a tragedy are very low. You've already gotten good advice - take advantage of all the education you can get. Weigh the risks of spaying against the risks of not doing it. Make sure blood work is done before surgery, and make sure the anesthesia used is appropriate for your Yorkie. And if you decide to do it, let us know when it's being done so we can hold your hand while you need moral support. Then you can hold mine when it's T's time because I'm going to be completely freaked out, too. |
11-04-2010, 01:06 PM | #6 |
LoveMy2 Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Tennessee
Posts: 4,060
| I will not lie, I cried all the way home on the 45 min. drive after I dropped my girls off. I was scared beyond belief, and sickly nervous. However, I KNEW it was best for them. Sure, for me it was horrible, but it is about my girls. I tried to remember how common this procedure is and made sure I had all the neccessary precautions taken care of: pre-op blood work, followed the vets pre-op instructions to a T. And of course, I had many here praying for them with me. |
11-04-2010, 01:15 PM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central MA
Posts: 185
| I think you have to comfortable with your own decision, but you've gotten a lot of good advice! I have a lot of faith and put my babies in Gods hands, after all I believe he's the one who's placed them in mine! But just to give you some more information, my little bichon, who is 12 years old, just went through major surgery for mamary gland tumors. One was the size of a tennis ball! It had grown that quickly! She had been cut from her front legs to her tail! It was awful! They also spayed her at the time, I don't know why I never had it done when she was a baby, I never intended on breeding her! Luckly she came through fine, and is as peppy as her little yorkie sister who's only 8 months! lol. But I will NEVER put another little one through that again! There was some cancer there, but it had not spread, it was found in the larger tumor, in the center. So please take your time and think it over! Good Luck! (And remember Snugs was 12 years old and made it through fine! I think it's very rare things happen! )
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11-04-2010, 01:57 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 26
| Yes, it's always VERY scarey when we have to bring our little ones for anesthesia. But PLEASE drill the vet with questions on their anesthesia protocol, what they use to montitor the baby while under. Vet clinics are different -- some with better equipement than others! There's a sticky post under the "Health & Diet" category about Anesthesia that is helpful. Best of luck and love and prayer for safety for your baby! |
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