lurcher bitch

[Guest fencross]

hi ya

 

I am new to compooters - I have read this debate and i am in the same situation - the vet told me to have my bitch done at 6 months (she is only 12 weeks at present lurcher x lurcher) I am not to sure what to do - I have heared some of this stuff and seen it - I had a springer bitch that became very wooly and over weight post op.

duno wat to do 4 the best - but I still have plenty of time yet.

I just know havin a bitch in season can be a pain in the arse.

[Guest young lampers]

have you decided yet mate? if she is spayed you have no worrys

[Guest mucker]

if some of these vets,rescues and rspca could get away with saying your dogs likely to get bird flu if it dont get it spayed they would,, its a big buisness to them.

your bitch will probably go lame n blind before it gets pyometra and i saw stats somewhere where less than 30% of dogs showed changes in aggression/temperment after being spayed.

then theres the old "but it might get out and get hold a bitch or your bitch might escape one day and come back pregnant", an then the bitch has got to be in season,that might have washed when i was a kid as there were packs of dogs wandering the streets on every estate that was 30 years ago,nowadays i see a stray dog every few month around here and its always the same russell.

i reckon its a big con making money and detering you from breeding,i wouldnt have a dog in a vets unless it fell ill then id get it done.

[Bandit 0]

if some of these vets,rescues and rspca could get away with saying your dogs likely to get bird flu if it dont get it spayed they would,, its a big buisness to them.

your bitch will probably go lame n blind before it gets pyometra and i saw stats somewhere where less than 30% of dogs showed changes in aggression/temperment after being spayed.

then theres the old "but it might get out and get hold a bitch or your bitch might escape one day and come back pregnant", an then the bitch has got to be in season,that might have washed when i was a kid as there were packs of dogs wandering the streets on every estate that was 30 years ago,nowadays i see a stray dog every few month around here and its always the same russell.

i reckon its a big con making money and detering you from breeding,i wouldnt have a dog in a vets unless it fell ill then id get it done.

 

Dear Mucker

 

Ignorance, pure unadulterated ignorance!!!

 

If you are going to "axe grind" about Vets and Rescues don't use sweeping blague statements like the above. Construct an arguement with facts and put your case forward in a way that may win you support. When your post is read, you appear to be a bitter person, or are you just plain obtuse.

 

On a personal note I've had two Lurcher bitches go downhill very rapidly with Pyometra, they were both only four years old. It is very unpleasent for the Bitch, and if it' is not dealt with directly, can be life threatening.

 

Bandit

[Bandit 0]

Dear Maxhardcore

 

I think Countryman may have been listening to some halftruths. Running dogs in general have a higher red blood cell count compared to normal canine's. This can have an effect on them,when under normal anaethesia i.e. they take longer to come round.

 

If you do have a running dog that requires a general anaesthetic discuss it with your Vet. There is a product on the market called "Ripinovet" this is designed for running dogs, they recover alot quicker from it.

 

Bandit

[Bandit 0]

Dear Maxhardcore

 

I think Countryman may have been listening to some halftruths. Running dogs in general have a higher red blood cell count compared to normal canine's. This can have an effect on them,when under normal anaethesia i.e. they take longer to come round.

 

If you do have a running dog that requires a general anaesthetic discuss it with your Vet. There is a product on the market called "Ripinovet" this is designed for running dogs, they recover alot quicker from it.

 

Bandit

thanks for that explanation of op risks in running dogs, but surely when fully recovered there will be no adverse effect to their pace or running ability. unless it was surgery to repair say a hock , grasilis ect then the loss of a yard is to do with the injury and not the anaesethic.

 

Dear Maxhardcore

 

I fully concur with what you are saying, the anaesthetic will not have any effect on the dogs ability to run whatsoever. My point was that Countryman may be a little confused on the subject, the note about Ripinovet was for general information.

 

Bandit

[Guest mucker]

big con mate .money, money, money,could get pyometra COULD....NOT WILL.

never ever had or known a bitch to get it.

if i had a bitch get this pyometra i would be off to the vets and have it done immediatly until then...

[baz 463]

my mate has just had his 6 month season bitch spayed, because it was going off the boil during its season.,, since the op her weight has dropped off and only now 3 weeks later is just starting to put it back on slowly

[Lennard 10]

IMHO, a bitch in heath is indeed pretty inconvenient. During the heath itself and the following weeks mine is slow and skinny because she doesn't eat normally. Say she can't run for 2-3 months per year...there is something to say for spaying to get a more uniform performance maybe.

 

If a bitch has to be spayed I would do it after the first or second season to let her mature mentally...I've seen bitches spayed before the first season and they keep being puppies in a way.

 

But sometimes spaying can't be avoided...those who have rescue dogs have to put up with it.

 

Anyone out there who works his/her spayed rescue bitches who can comment?

 

L

[Guest markbrick1]

BANDIT i have took notice of your replies to a couple of topics and but can only think you are a vet are in that type of work as u are one sided to a lot of these topics waiting for your reply a experianced hunter