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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 367556" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Years ago when I was a kid we had a dog that went through false pregnancies and she was miserable. And her symptoms were the worst right about the time that her puppies would be arriving if she had been bred. </p><p> </p><p>I agree with GN - you really should have them both spayed ASAP. There's no good reason not to and it's so much healthier for the dog. When I got my Katy she was two years old and had already had two litters of puppies, then was spayed. She developed very suspicious lumps in her back set of mammary glands and the vet was very worried that it was breast cancer. I went through a horrible week thinking she was going to die - when she had her surgery, thankfully, the lumps were only 'pre-cancerous', but she still had to go through a very painful surgery to have the mammary glands removed. Spaying does not make them get fat and it doesn't change their personalities - that's old wives tales. And the old belief that it's good to let them have one litter before being spayed has been disproved too. Vets now believe that the more times a dog comes in to heat, the more they are exposed to all those hormones, the higher the chances are that they will develop breast cancer. Breast cancer in dogs can be deadly, and many times, before you even notice or feel the lumps, it has already spread to their lungs. A lot of vets now recommend spaying at 5 or 6 months, before they ever come in to heat that first time.</p><p> </p><p>*************</p><p> </p><p>I guess we were posting at the same time - didn't mean to preach at you. Around here, twice a year, they have spay clinics and give out vouchers to have it done very reasonably - something like $10 or $15, if I remember right. You might check with your vet to see if anything like that is available in your area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 367556, member: 1883"] Years ago when I was a kid we had a dog that went through false pregnancies and she was miserable. And her symptoms were the worst right about the time that her puppies would be arriving if she had been bred. I agree with GN - you really should have them both spayed ASAP. There's no good reason not to and it's so much healthier for the dog. When I got my Katy she was two years old and had already had two litters of puppies, then was spayed. She developed very suspicious lumps in her back set of mammary glands and the vet was very worried that it was breast cancer. I went through a horrible week thinking she was going to die - when she had her surgery, thankfully, the lumps were only 'pre-cancerous', but she still had to go through a very painful surgery to have the mammary glands removed. Spaying does not make them get fat and it doesn't change their personalities - that's old wives tales. And the old belief that it's good to let them have one litter before being spayed has been disproved too. Vets now believe that the more times a dog comes in to heat, the more they are exposed to all those hormones, the higher the chances are that they will develop breast cancer. Breast cancer in dogs can be deadly, and many times, before you even notice or feel the lumps, it has already spread to their lungs. A lot of vets now recommend spaying at 5 or 6 months, before they ever come in to heat that first time. ************* I guess we were posting at the same time - didn't mean to preach at you. Around here, twice a year, they have spay clinics and give out vouchers to have it done very reasonably - something like $10 or $15, if I remember right. You might check with your vet to see if anything like that is available in your area. [/QUOTE]
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