I should've had the wife done years ago.vicky payne wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:16 pmLOL! Less grumpy with the other dogs, more playful with them. And she just seems nicer to have around!
Spaying (again, I'm sorry)
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Re: Spaying (again, I'm sorry)
Re: Spaying (again, I'm sorry)
Its an interesting topic, one I have posted some time ago. My girl is also three and I decided after much deliberation and research not to spay her.
Muddling along in the hope that one day it starts to make sense.
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This subject really irritates me. 
Always hear that "they gain weight, coats go scruffy".. I don't know a single dog that has happened too truthfully! We had our lab spayed keyhole at 3.. she wasn't going to be put in pup and her seasons always during the shooting season, meaning she was kept indoors for 4 weeks she was more than depressed. It did cost £100 more, so was around £400 for her to be spayed but she had 3 small incisions and was allowed to be walked the next day on the lead, and in a week off the lead. By a couple of weeks she was back to her normal self, she didn't feel sorry for herself whatsoever and shes a fit athletic built lab. Shes hasn't gained a pound since and is a generally happier dog, her coat is a lovely shine of black and we often get compliments on her. We also had our collie done the same way, no problems and back to crazy collie quicker than she was suppose to be!
If you aren't going to breed, I don't see why not to spay.. but I would only ever go with a good surgeon/vet that does keyhole, the huge cuts down the stomach are more painful and long term to heal. Seasons when living indoors were so uncomfortable for both as had to wear 'dog pants' and we found male dogs always tried to mount them even when not in season, this has stopped since they've been spayed!
Always hear that "they gain weight, coats go scruffy".. I don't know a single dog that has happened too truthfully! We had our lab spayed keyhole at 3.. she wasn't going to be put in pup and her seasons always during the shooting season, meaning she was kept indoors for 4 weeks she was more than depressed. It did cost £100 more, so was around £400 for her to be spayed but she had 3 small incisions and was allowed to be walked the next day on the lead, and in a week off the lead. By a couple of weeks she was back to her normal self, she didn't feel sorry for herself whatsoever and shes a fit athletic built lab. Shes hasn't gained a pound since and is a generally happier dog, her coat is a lovely shine of black and we often get compliments on her. We also had our collie done the same way, no problems and back to crazy collie quicker than she was suppose to be!If you aren't going to breed, I don't see why not to spay.. but I would only ever go with a good surgeon/vet that does keyhole, the huge cuts down the stomach are more painful and long term to heal. Seasons when living indoors were so uncomfortable for both as had to wear 'dog pants' and we found male dogs always tried to mount them even when not in season, this has stopped since they've been spayed!
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Re: Spaying (again, I'm sorry)
I've had lab bitches, GSP bitches and Brittany bitches spayed with no bad results......wish I'd got the wife done when we first met !
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..... she's probably wishing the same about having had you done. 
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I thought he had been 
That's why his coats all......wullie
That's why his coats all......wullie
Muddling along in the hope that one day it starts to make sense.
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He doesn't have a coat? Nor teefs.
In life, it is important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong.
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I've had to have three bitches spayed for medical reasons, two of the almost immediately turned into woolly mammoths requiring clipping at regular expensive intervals. If you have a short coated breed then it doesn't affect the coat anywhere near as much.
In life, it is important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong.
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It made no difference at all to the coats of my German Shorthaired Pointers or to my very first dog who was a Collie/ESS. Thought it might have done with the last one.