What age to get my little girl spayed?

rising_from_the_ashes

scubajon72 wrote: »

She should be spayed AFTER the completion of her 1st period of "on heat" ie: at the completion of her 1st menstrual cycle. If you have her "done" before that, she will suffer all her life with phantom pregnancies which is not nice for her or you.

That's a load of codswhallop!

Sagz_2

scubajon72 wrote: »

She should be spayed AFTER the completion of her 1st period of "on heat" ie: at the completion of her 1st menstrual cycle. If you have her "done" before that, she will suffer all her life with phantom pregnancies which is not nice for her or you. This could be up to 6 months of age but it varies with breed and each animal. Always discuss anything you are not sure about with your vet.

Will? No, that's not true. None of my b1tches ever had a phantom and all were spayed at around 16 weeks of age.


Again ask yout Vets advice, but in my opinion the younger the better, they recover so much faster from the op.

lipsthefish

mamamags wrote: »

This is my first dog and I have to say the thought of her having surgery scares me but it's preferable to her having seasons and every dog in the neighbourhood coming calling at all hours of the day and night!:rotfl: Vet told me there were health benefits to her being spayed too so she will be done at 6 months - have already planned ahead and will take time off work after the surgery - as far as I'm aware she will go in to the vet in the morning and I will collect her at night once the op is done.
Your girl sounds tiny. My friend has a mini yorkie - huge character but so small I'm always scared I'm going to stand on her!

My sister's dog was once raped by the neighbourhood stud and he was wearing a bow tie:eek: she let the girl out at 4am and he was hid in the garden :eek:

I do recall my other sister's dog having some type of bleeding inside, can't exactly remember but it could have been prevented if she was spayed.

Angel is tiny, she weighs just over a pound now at 7 weeks, don't think she will get much above 5 pound.

As to the other comment about letting her have her first season or there will be phantom pregnancies, seriously are you talking out of your butt?

Good luck with your girl mama, no doubt we will be both sat on here at midnight of the operation panicking and asking if she is ok!

mountainofdebt

when talking to the vet about this, we were told that if you spayed the b!tch before she came into season for the 1st time then the odds of her developing mammory cancer was less but slightly increased with each passing season.

~Chameleon~

lipsthefish wrote: »

We have an almost 3 year old boy, he is not neutered and it's not really something I am thinking about, he is a small JRT x Yorkie, is never let out on his own and never off lead, we use the long extending leads so he can have a run in the field.

Please, please, please reconsider having him neutered. He's at far greater risk of developing cancer (testicular, prostate, perianal) if you don't.

As for spaying, your b!tch can be done at 6mths and she doesn't have to have a season first. In most cases it's better not to let her have a season, again it reduces the risk of mammary tumours.

~Chameleon~

lipsthefish wrote: »

I do recall my other sister's dog having some type of bleeding inside, can't exactly remember but it could have been prevented if she was spayed.

Possibly a pyometra. Can be fatal and needs emergency surgery. Risk is entirely removed by spaying

lipsthefish

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Please, please, please reconsider having him neutered. He's at far greater risk of developing cancer (testicular, prostate, perianal) if you don't.

As for spaying, your b!tch can be done at 6mths and she doesn't have to have a season first. In most cases it's better not to let her have a season, again it reduces the risk of mammary tumours.

Thanks Chameleon, I wasn't aware of that, will talk to vet about it

lisawood78

scubajon72 wrote: »

She should be spayed AFTER the completion of her 1st period of "on heat" ie: at the completion of her 1st menstrual cycle. If you have her "done" before that, she will suffer all her life with phantom pregnancies which is not nice for her or you. This could be up to 6 months of age but it varies with breed and each animal. Always discuss anything you are not sure about with your vet.

Don't spread horror stories. I had one of my Dane b*tches done at 7 months and she has never had a phantom pregnancy or anything relating to it.

Discuss it with your vet yes, believe scubajon? Please don't.

pawsies

I am not a vet but I have seen from a behavioural perspective that it is best to wait until they've had a first season to spay purely because it lets their hormones run naturally and develop as they should to prevent stunted growth etc.
I am not saying your dog will be at risk to having stunted growth or whatever but I'm saying it allows them to mature more into an adult. I have seen dogs that change physiologically after being done- some really leggy dogs as their bodies still think they're in puberty. I've also seen more nervous characters get worse as they've not got the testosterone/oestrogen to give them that bit of a confidence.
So in summary I agree with the others- 6 months for a small dog, 12 months for a medium dog, 18 months for a large dog. Give them a chance to grow first

As for spaying and neutering at 4 months or earlier that is disgraceful I'm sorry but they need the hormones to develop properly.

little_miss_muppet_face

Unsure re the phantom pregnancies but my vet does not spay until 3
Months after 1st season, my girl is now 17 months...she is a labradoodle..she is getting spayed in a couple of days...