Bellasophia
Well-Known Member
I have always allowed my girls to have a couple of seasons ,or even waited a couple of years before spaying.I have always had females only in my household so no problems with keeping my girls safe.
Now,however, I have a two year old entire male ,large breed,and will be getting a small breed ,female,puppy in a few weeks time. I obviously intend to spay my girl,as my dogs are purely pets and not to be bred from.
My question is this...if I spay around seven months,before the first season,(ie early spay)I realise am going to possibly affect the dog negatively regarding her maturity ,possible encounter incontinence issues etc..so my question is...has it ever been proposed by vets,or even in research,to give the spayed female a course of female hormones through her adolescence,which would allow her to complete her growth to adulthood ? i.e.she would not be at risk of pregnancy from an intact male in the household,yet could develop correctly.
If this has never been done,why not and what are the contradictions to this ? I assume the female would be still attractive to the male as in an ovary sparing spay?I just wonder why this has never been done,especially with large breed dogs who do need their hormones but may be in similar mixed sex households.
Now,however, I have a two year old entire male ,large breed,and will be getting a small breed ,female,puppy in a few weeks time. I obviously intend to spay my girl,as my dogs are purely pets and not to be bred from.
My question is this...if I spay around seven months,before the first season,(ie early spay)I realise am going to possibly affect the dog negatively regarding her maturity ,possible encounter incontinence issues etc..so my question is...has it ever been proposed by vets,or even in research,to give the spayed female a course of female hormones through her adolescence,which would allow her to complete her growth to adulthood ? i.e.she would not be at risk of pregnancy from an intact male in the household,yet could develop correctly.
If this has never been done,why not and what are the contradictions to this ? I assume the female would be still attractive to the male as in an ovary sparing spay?I just wonder why this has never been done,especially with large breed dogs who do need their hormones but may be in similar mixed sex households.