A Guide To Spaying Your Dog

If you're not going to breed from your bitch, having her spayed is the absolute best thing to do. There are so many benefits from actually having her spayed that I would always recommend doing so. The most obvious benefit is that you're not going to have unwanted pregnancies.

You're also going to not have the mess and inconvenience of having seasons. But more than that, there are other medical benefits by taking away the ovaries in the uterus is that she's not going to suffer from ovarian cancer, she's not going to suffer from that awful womb infection. But also, if you spay early at least before her second season, she's going to have a much more reduced chance of getting breast cancer.

She's also not going to suffer from false or phantom pregnancies. So, as I say, if you're not wanting to breed from your bitch, do have her spayed. The risks which come from having a general anesthetic in surgery are so outweighed by the benefits of having her neutered.

The best time to have your bitch spayed is at 5 or 6 months of age or 8 to 10 weeks after her first season. This gives her the most benefit with regard to reducing the opportunity or the chance that she'll end up getting mammary cancer later on in life. One thing that is important to remember, her metabolic rate will go down slightly and there is a risk of her getting fatter and putting weight on but this is so easily stopped by just reducing the amount of food that she's fed or even better, feeding her a diet that's designed for a neutered bitch. .