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10-22-2012, 05:17 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Tennessee with Kiki
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| Wanting to have my little girl fixed but... I am wanting to have Kiki fixed but I don't know the right age. She is 10 months old and has never came in yet. Is that normal? I hear so many different things I just don't want to do anything bad for her. She is 3.5 lbs I'm thinking it will be easy on her only problem she is VERY active she jumps straight up when she see you after work or meets new people. That will be my trouble trying to keep her still and calm after. So any advice on the subject?
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10-22-2012, 07:55 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2012 Location: Loveland, Colorado
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| I have that problem also, Emy is 6 1/2 months, she is totally out of control when I take her anywhere that there are people, she stays home with me all day because I work out of our home office, but when I take her to bank she goes crazy, when I took her to our accountants office to pick up paperwork, she went nuts, I almost can't control her and don't know what to do about it...I found a mobile vet in our area that is going to come to spay her at our house, so she will wake up in a familiar atmosphere, but hopefully she will be groggy that day, but the next day I don't know if she will be back to her crazy self or not..... |
10-22-2012, 08:12 AM | #3 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New York City
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| One of my girls was spayed at 7 months old and the other one at 6 months old. I would take her to the vet. Good luck.
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10-25-2012, 11:28 AM | #4 |
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| It seems many dogs are neutered and spayed at 6 months, but I would let your vet make the decision. |
10-26-2012, 06:31 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chesterfield, VA, USA
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| My yorkie/poodle mix came into heat for the first time at 13 months, so I would say it is not unusual that yours has not come into heat yet. A couple of other small breeds at the Dog Obedience school where we went were also around 1 year. Others have yorkies that have come into heat as 6 months so it really just depends. Your vet can help give you some guidance- mine likes to wait until after 1 year. My personal vote is to spay after the first heat and after 1 year. Along with my vet's recommendation, here's an article that helped me decide: http://www.caninesports.com/EarlySpayConsiderations.pdf You can also google the works cited in this report to get more info. Good luck with whatever you decide.
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10-26-2012, 06:48 PM | #6 |
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| Spaying your dog before her first heat means that you have nearly a 100% chance of her never getting mammary cancer. I spayed my now 12 year old dog when she was 4 months old, but today, I would do it at 6 months old because 4 months was a little early. My current vet spays/neuters animals at about 6 months of age. I would never wait until my dog had a heat - there is zero health benefit that has any conclusive evidence. But, there is a proven and known health benefit to spaying your dog early to reduce greatly the mammary cancer risk. Anesthesia these days is very safe - ask your vet what kind he/she uses. Mine uses isoflourane gas which is safe and my high risk dog has been down for surgery a couple of times and does fine. Here is some info for you ASPCA | Spay-Neuter
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