I have not been on this news group for over ten years. I just got a
new 1.5 to 2 year old pub from a rescue on Friday. She is a great
little girl, she ran off the first time I took her out of the car but
she is fine now and settled in well, I can run her without leash ( I
am using the old Wits end training manual I used with the first two
dogs we got many many years ago and she seems to be a quick learner,
still have one old hound left and an old cat and no problems there
either) Anyhow, took her to the vet today ( something I do not like to
do, sorry i just have a tough time trusting most of them and do not
like the idea of putting all these drugs into her anymore than I like
doctors and the pharmaceutical companies pumping all this stuff into
humans) and wanted to see if we could get her fixed. Now to the vet's
credit she told me to wait and see if she goes into heat because the
only way they could tell if she is spayed was to do an ultra sound. We
assumed she may of already had a litter? I did get the rabies and
parvo vaccines and worm pills as it is so hard to go into an animal
hospital without them getting you to put some vaccines and stuff into
your pet especially since she does run at a place where other dogs run
free and yes there is dog poo on the ground. Anyhow are there any ways
for me to tell if she is fixed that the vet may not know about? Having
had male dogs I am not sure where the incision would be or even if
there is one from the surgery? I assumed her running off initially was
maybe due to her being in heat but she is not, maybe she was just at
the end of her cycle? Or maybe it is just the new surroundings and
stress related with that as i have no idea as what her past history
was and the rescue shelter guy only had her for a couple of nights so
knew nothing about her either.