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Originally posted by Puddles Mom@Oct 16 2004, 05:21 PM
A few questions.......
Why are you having it done? 
Are you not interested in breeding them?
Are you doing it for health reasons?
Whats the best age?
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Chanel was recently spayed/fixed. Just in case some people don't know...neutering is for boys, spaying is for girls.

I had Chanel spayed because I do not want to add to the overpopulation of dogs. Chanel is show quality, so I could breed her, but in all honesty, I want to keep her "pure" and "innocent". She has never been humped by any dogs and I want to keep it that way. My Beagle, Daisy, was bred before I adopted her. She is a very dominant Beagle and loves her food. When we first adopted her my boyfriend and I turned around and saw her humping her pillow...and we were like what the heck? She is a female. Anyways, I don't want that to happen to my Chanel. My Rottie has never been humped either and was spayed and she has no humping problems.

I am not interested in breeding her.

As for the age, my breeder told me between 8 - 9 months, and someone else told me between 9-11 months. I didn't want her to go into heat, so I just recently got her spayed at 7 months old. I wanted to be "safe".

Hope this helps.

~Elegant

 

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Originally posted by LadyMontava@Oct 16 2004, 06:42 PM
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Just in case some people don't know...neutering is for boys, spaying is for girls. 

actually neuter refers to both male and female...spay is just for females
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Well excuseeeeeeeee meeeeeeeee! :wacko:

Most people in general, that I have spoken with for about 20 or so years of my life refer to them being fixed this way, but let me be politically correct...

Let me rephrase it...SOME people refer to female neutering as spaying, and boy neutering as neutering, and both boys and girls as "fixed".

Geesh... ^_^

~Elegant

 

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Originally posted by Nichole@Oct 17 2004, 10:42 AM
Oh, and I believe that by having them neutered, it keeps them very babylike--which I just LOVE! 

 

 

 

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I most definitely agree with that...that's is one of the biggest reasons for me!

~Elegant

 

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Originally posted by Kaley@Nov 1 2004, 11:00 AM
Lulu will not be Spayed and Spike is not  Neutered he is 5 yrs old.. i want to breed Lulu (pls do not critize me i have enough with MO)  and Spike will be Neutered for his own health as recommended by his VEt in the next year or 2
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I don't think anything is wrong with breeding your dog...

I have a problem when people become puppymills or breed genentically bad dogs, because that is hurting the breed more than anything. Like breeding dogs with bad patellas...not good, you know?
Before we bought Chanel, we were thinking that we would breed the Maltese when we purchased her...turns out...nah, too much work on our part! :lol: I have too much crap going on in my life!

Oh, and Chanel has been more affectionate after having gotten spayed.

~Elegant