Hi All My friend has two sharpei pups and both sisters 7 months old (blue ones) look amazing at the moment look like they have a baggy jumper on . She wants to spey them both but wait till they have had a 1st season as it matures them ????. She has been told by the lady in her dog training class that she should only have the one spayed and that should be the less dominant and this should stop any agression in the future between them both ??????. I have never heard of this and kept dogs for over 30 years since I was a kid I used to have 3 bitches which I showed so didnt have them spayed till they were 5/6 years old they had the occasional scrap over a biscuit or which basket they wanted to sleep in . So whats your thought on this.... Spruce
I've grown up with and owned all types of dogs and cats and i would recommend speying and neutering every single time unless you're going to show the animal. Having the animal 'done' makes for a more contented one and therefore an easier 'family' if you've more than one of them. There is no advantage to leaving an animal unchecked, don't humanise it by thinking of it terms of human views.
Seconds what Louise said , my wife has kept cocker bitches for at least 30 years , and if she had no plan to breed them always had them speyed .
In South Africa, I bought an english bull terrier pup from the chairman of the South African bull terrier club I paid a lot of money for this pup (was approx £600 15 years ago .... the father of the pup was the british champion and the mother of the pup was the South African champion) the breeder imported sperm from the UK and the bitch was artificially inseminated by one of the top vets in Johannesburg my intention was to breed with a good bloodline and make some serious cash, as english bull terriers and rottweilers were the breed of choice during the political turmoil/violence, and everyone wanted a decent watchdog a few months later, I bought a very expensive bitch pup ... and approx 2 years later, had the 1st litter of 6 pups after day 3, the mother of the pups rejected them and ate 2 of them (a common problem with bull terriers) remaining pups were removed, and my wife had to bottle feed the pups with special milk formula from the local vet after a few weeks, only 1 pup survived (which we kept) ... was like a child and was very close to my wife, so never had the heart to sell it then, had the bitch spayed, but was determined to recoup money by breeding with the male took him to shows, he was by far the best in his category (looked like he was on steroids and was twice as big as the other dogs), but never won, as he would not stand still and proper when showed ... very good temperment and useless as a watchdog met a woman at a show who showed interest in breeding with him .... took my dog to her home and he 'covered' the bitch as we sat in the lounge chatting (and waiting) ... felt very strange it also took a while to seperate the two dogs (they sometimes get stuck) anyway, was not paid any money, and the agreement was that I could get 1 pup from the litter and I would have 1st choice when the pups were 8 weeks old .... never heard from the woman again, and I felt like a pimp, so I decided to give dog breeding a miss don't own a dog at the moment but if I do get dogs again, I will have the bitch spayed .... I don't agree on neutering a male dog and .... I very much doubt that I would try breeding again
My lovely little 6 month old Labrador is going to be spayed on Monday. Neither me or my son want to do it but we feel it is sensible and will be for the dog's benefit in the long run. My last Labrador bitch I never had spayed and she had lots of phantom pregnancy problems which I certainly do not want this one to go through. So yes I would spay everytime if you are not breeding from them.
Unfortunately Amber's op had to be postponed today as she has a throat infection. The vet told me this morning that the reason they recommend spaying before the first season is to lesson the risk of mammary cancer later in life.
