The Cat's Outta the Bag!

[Marie2020]

Seems like six years old is past the window to protect them from uterine cancer. However, have you done any reading on delayed spay? It seems that spaying and neutering before the growth plates have closed messes up the endocrine system. This is apparently extra important in large breed dogs. When my rough collie was a puppy I did a bunch of reading on line and came to the conclusion that tubal ligation would be way preferable to complete ovariohysterectomy (sp?). But that kind of surgery (and the distance to find a vet who could do it) was prohibitively expensive. So instead I opted to keep her intact until she was fully mature and then have the regular full spay operation done.

Just something to consider. I don’t know if I still have any stuff bookmarked. But you can do a search for “what is the best age to spay and neuter dogs”.

Good morning

After much reading from vets research and advice from @Shades-of-Oregon. I decided Nancy should have the ovaries sparing.

She will still have a light season but the problem is solved on her having anymore puppies. I feel this was a much better solution in her case.

Yes, it is more expensive but it's good knowing that there is less of a chance of her getting hip displacement arthritis, dementia and a host of other ailments.

However, I was told by the vets to keep an eye on her getting a mammary tumor.

Then again on reading up, and I cannot confirm this... using "manuka honey" a pad and bandage apparently really helps to dispose of that.
I just hope we don't have to deal with that. So I give her all the best nutrition that I can and try to only give her healthy treats

 

[Pulsegleaner]

I believe this was the procedure @Marie2020 had done on her Nancy, @Finnie .

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This is very nearly how i think of beverages. Gosh, it began long ago with visits to the neighborhood grocery store and being able to buy a bottle of RC Cola. i may be unlike someone of sophistication like @Pulsegleaner (where has Pulsegleaner gotten himself to, anyway? He hasn't posted in weeks!) ... i might be easily pleased ... then again, with Garfield, Garfield seems to be very well pleased with convenience foods and has a conversational relationship with Squeak, the House Mouse!

I'm here. It's just hard to post with my messed up keyboard. Plus, there hasn't been much for me to talk about.

 

[ducks4you]

Seems like six years old is past the window to protect them from uterine cancer. However, have you done any reading on delayed spay? It seems that spaying and neutering before the growth plates have closed messes up the endocrine system. This is apparently extra important in large breed dogs. When my rough collie was a puppy I did a bunch of reading on line and came to the conclusion that tubal ligation would be way preferable to complete ovariohysterectomy (sp?). But that kind of surgery (and the distance to find a vet who could do it) was prohibitively expensive. So instead I opted to keep her intact until she was fully mature and then have the regular full spay operation done.

Just something to consider. I don’t know if I still have any stuff bookmarked. But you can do a search for “what is the best age to spay and neuter dogs”.

MY Vet wants to do simple hysterectomies on our puppies, but, since they MAY live to 15yo AND DH and I may not live that long--sounds morbid, but it's true!--DD's would inherit them and they Both say no bc the puppies would still go into heat.
My fencing is horse pole fencing. I don't have a dog proof fenced in my back yard. If my girls wander bc of a heat cycle they could die from a car hit. Gotta consider every option...
Weighing everything I am opting for full spays, which MY Vet refuses to do anymore. I have had several encounters with a great Vet hospital in town, and, since my Vet is slowing down and will stop any surgeries after January 1st, I imagine that I will be taking them both to SportsVet early next year.