To spay or not to spay...

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Hello,

We have a 9 year old Parson's JRT and I have her booked in to get spayed on Friday but I'm worried...

If there is a reason for her to go and see the vet she'll find it and we joke that she must be the worlds most expensive JRT...everything from mystery sickness bugs, having to have a caesarean to get her pups out, lump taken out her leg and on and on and on!

She has been prone to the odd phantom in the past but they are getting worse and worse...if she was a person you would lock her up and that is before you see her trying to feed the ball/stuff it back into where she thinks it came from!!

I understand that being not being spayed she has a 25% chance of getting pyometria. And I know she will take those odds and would become ill on a bank holiday so I personally think lets get her spayed whilst she is fit and healthy.

But the phantom is now finally coming to an end and she will soon be 100% normal so I feel mean putting her through the pain of an operation
 
If she is a typical JRT at nine years old should could have a dozen or more seasons & phantoms ahead if left unspayed.

I would spay her.
 
I'm usually not the first one to recommend spaying, but when you have a bitch that is too old to have puppies, and she is having worse and worse phantom pregnancies, then even though she will be her normal self after this phantom pregnancy has ended, within about 6 or so months it will most likely be the same or worse again, so I think spaying is the most sensible option.
 
I would spay. Nearly lost my old girl to a phantom/pyo at 10/11 and she lived another four years until another completely unrelated condition caught up with her and as a terrier yours is likely to live much longer. I wouldn't think about not doing it it if I were you x
 
I would definitely spay. The more phantoms she has the more chance she will have a pyo, its just not worth the risk. She may be out of sorts for 24 hours after the op but with most bitches the problem is keeping them quiet after that. The only thing I would say is if she is just at the end of a phantom I would give it a month or so before having her spayed.
 
If she were mine I would most definitely have her spayed. Would suggest you ask the Vet to take pre-anaesthetic bloods - always worth doing if you have an older dog undergoing a general anaesthetic. She may feel a bit out of sorts when you get her home but she will have had pain relief with the op and will probably be sent home with painkillers/anti-inflammatory medication.

If I had a bitch and were not going to breed from her I would always have her spayed to reduce the incidence of mammary tumours and pyometra and phantom pregnancies.

Good luck to your girl xx
 
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