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Hi folks,

 

I've heard from some people that having your bitch speyed can be detrimental to prey drive. Has anyone found this to be the case?

Life with a Patterdale bitch and a Lurcher bitch and a stud Ridgeback can be trying at times so I was considering my options.

 

TVM

 

Duncan

Hi Duncan,

Speaking from a racers point of view, I know of a non-ped whippet called Pickpocket that was spayed and this bitch was an open class flying machine, so I would say it doesn't affect their speed/prey drive :thumbs:

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Personally I would never have a bitch spayed if i was racing her................ it does take away their pray drive, hence speed, why have them done if you don't need to.????? just my opinion. :yes:

never took any speed away from my we bitch it was a very fast dog with gears never had a dog as fast she was deadly on the hares

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would it be a problem spaying at 7mth old

 

 

Depends on the bitch - a small dog is likely to have matured a lot more at 6m than say a DH type - so growth, development and temperament can be affected. The younger they are the less risky the surgery. A lot of rescue charities routinely do them at 6 months, some even as young as 4 months. There is no real evidence that letting a bitch " have a season" makes any difference to development though.

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Well Duncan. I just buy the season suspension jab off the vet for 12euro it costs.Great job imo.

 

I did ask on here about that a while back, the responses were that it just delayed the period rather than bypass it altogether.

 

A jab of Laura Bollin every month will make sure a bitch doesn't come into season. :thumbs:

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i had a problem with my bitch, when she came into season. Afterwards she'd have a phantom pregancy and then she would lose her prey drive and this would last for about 2 weeks. This happened 3 times, so 1 decided to get her spayed. Some folk on here thought i was talking bollox, but ever since the op i've never had the problem again. And anyone that has seen her, will not question her speed or drive.

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i've had several bitches spayed, and seen others owned by people, and none of them showed any difference to drive or any other working quality. some become more prone to putting on weight but a sensible owner can manage this with diet and exercise.

 

there have been some studies linking mammary tumours to bitches which keep coming in heat but aren't bred so from this point of view you may be doing her a favour. Women who are on the pill for years are prone to all sorts of health issues and its possible that the same is true for bitches. i also understand that certain hormones are important for growth especially the skeleton, so spaying too young can have serious long term effects potentially. i'm not saying all this is gospel, but just my understanding of some quite complex physiological issues

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i've had several bitches spayed, and seen others owned by people, and none of them showed any difference to drive or any other working quality. some become more prone to putting on weight but a sensible owner can manage this with diet and exercise.

 

there have been some studies linking mammary tumours to bitches which keep coming in heat but aren't bred so from this point of view you may be doing her a favour. Women who are on the pill for years are prone to all sorts of health issues and its possible that the same is true for bitches. i also understand that certain hormones are important for growth especially the skeleton, so spaying too young can have serious long term effects potentially. i'm not saying all this is gospel, but just my understanding of some quite complex physiological issues

Happened to two of my bitches in the past mammary tumours had to have operations done and one got put down with it if they had been speyed the vet said would not of happened and as far as slowing it down just a MYTH

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