Best age to spay and female - Page 1

When is the best age to spay and female? My girl Daisy is 9 months I have no intention to breed she had her first heat a couple months ago. At 7 months. I want to do it as late as possible but I don't want to have to deal with another heat.

I´d wait for another heat, I know it´s no fun, but in the long run it´s better for her.
7months/first heat +5 or 6 months/second heat = 12 or 13 months + waiting 4 more months = 16 or 17 months.
I don´t like spaying females without reason, but male and female living together is reason enough.

Susie, remember she is living with her older brother Chase. He is Neutered but he could smell her. He actually protected her when they took walks together.

I know, but you asked for the "best age".
Another heat may be unpleasant for you, but good for your female.
Just take care

The best health outcome for neutering females is having their tubes tied. Both males and females need their sex hormones for a healthy life. For some reason the public has been lied to by veterinarians and rescue organizations who incorrectly claim that what is good for humans is not good for dogs. Very few men opt for castration and very few women opt for complete hysterectomy without disease or cancer. The less radical procedures in humans have become the norm in humans while our dogs are subjected to the more costly and barbaric procedures that will weaken their immune and endocrine systems. Joint and bone problems are proven results of castration and hysterectomy in dogs. Thyroid and adrenal function is also compromised in dogs without sex hormones.

Look into ovary-sparing spay. OSS. I did it with my oldest female- very happy.

[Chasepuppy] 2 January 2017 - 21:01
● "When is the best age to spay and female? My girl Daisy is 9 months I have no intention to breed she had her first heat a couple months ago. At 7 months. I want to do it as late as possible but I don't want to have to deal with another heat."

One "heat" is not enough to establish the length of her cycle, but most bitches cycle at 6 months, which makes her next heat due at 13 months - which happens to be between the 2 ages I regard as absolute minimum and preferable.
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😖 Be aware that the hormones that signal the growth-plates in the leg bones to stop adding length to their bones are produced by the gonads. And so it is IMPORTANT to give those hormones time to synchronise the "switching off" so that both sides of each joint stop at the same times. Without that synchronisation, various bones on each side of some joints can continue growing long enough to result in a joint or joints that do NOT fit together smoothly, resulting in various types of elbow dysplasia and/or hip-dysplasia.

The EARLIEST that "switch-off" happens is at 10-11 months, but it can occur as late as 15 months. So...
😊 11 months is the MINIMUM for neutering,
😛 AFTER 15 months is the PREFERABLE age.

😖 Also be aware that there is a high risk of internal bleeding after any surgery done while a bitch is affected by the hormones that produce  "heats". And so only in an emergency should you consider spaying within a week of a "heat" starting and within week of it having been completed - that is typically a 5 weeks period.

😟 If you agree to wait until a fortnight after her next "heat" is completed, you have the option that IF you fail to prevent her being mated despite her brother's "protection" you can ring the vet, state the date of the first day of that "heat" and the date on which the first mis-mating took place, and ask for a date for a gravid spaying. The vet will probably choose a date as close as possible to 21 days after that first mating - that should give the hormones that cause bleeding time to fade away, and (if I've remembered correctly) the placentas of the embryos don't implant into the uterus until 21 days after fertilisation.

Les The Kiwi Pauling

 

Well said Les.
As for myself I will never have a dog "fixed ". We did Siberian Husky rescue and foster for many years. I have seen several birches absolutely lose their minds after the procedure. Some were young, some older and all were altered by the rescue we fostered for. We built a "heat pen" to keep our girls away from the boy pups. I know it's a hassle to deal with dogs in heat for most home pets but I would rather that than risk a bad outcome.
Bill