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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I read your Drool post and can certainly sympathize
with your feelings about having your girl spayed. I have a show puppy (1 and 1/2
,still a puppy) and to show her I cannot have her spayed. It is a stress factor
every time she comes in heat because some of these girls are very hormonal so
even if she has a" normal" cycle,every 6 months coming in for two weeks
going out two weeks , 1 whole month consumed with blood stains and an odor
of sorts. Then I have to be sure she isn't going into a" false pregnancy", which
she did after her last heat and that carries on for two months,getting milk ,
etc. Making sure she doesn't get an infection called" Pyrometra " after her
heat cycles,it is just a hassel. But, for me it is worth it since I'm showing
her and expect to breed her one day, still ,it is something I would not put up
with if she were only my house pet and the younger the better,by that I mean
have her done now at 5 and 1/2 months and don't wait till she is older, more
money as well as more risks. The operation itself is pretty simple,
usually a small incision ,takes less than 20 min. Hope you can
think of this in a different light now. Vickie
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