"Tara O." wrote in
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Keep in mind that the procedure itself is done using anesthesia, is a
fairly quick one, and recovery time is pretty much as long as it takes
the dog to wake up. IME, its next to impossible to keep a freshly
neutered dog from acting and feeling as energetic and normal as he was
before the procedure.


Yup. Having recently (6 months ago) had a dog go through this procedure.
I can tell you what his recovery time was. He stayed overnight at the
vet, but that was because it was the SOP for the vet. A tech stays
overnight whenevr they have animals there that were under anaesthesia. He
(Moogli) had a head collar on for 10 days, but that was only because he
wanted to lick his stitches. The collar was on only when we were sleeping
or when we couldn't supervise him. For the first week he was pretty
cuddly and velcro-like. After that, he decided that he was fine and went
back to being a ball of energy. *We* had to remember to play with him in
a way so as to not put stress on the stitches.

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Marcel Beaudoin & Moogli

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'9 out of 10 serial killers own cats.'
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All surgery has risks, including death.
Why is it you never mention it, deception yet again?

http://Bichon.ca/


On 25 Aug 2003 22:18:23 GMT, (dianne marie
schoenberg) wrote:

Dimpled Chad wrote:
FWIW, my warning meters go off when the procedure is
inaccurately labled with the scare phrase "unnecessary
mutilation".

Oh yes. Here's a little story on THAT subject.

I had a friend whose first bitch was spayed and developed
urinary incontinece afterwards--a fairly minor problem,
easily treated with inexpensive medication, that occurs
in intact bitches as well although with lower frequency.
She was very upset about having "done this to her dog"
and vowed to never have a bitch spayed again.

Well, I'm sure the regulars already know where I'm going
with this :-). Bitch #2 was indeed left intact. Not
unsuprisingly, she developed breast cancer. So at that
point, she was not only spayed (part of the recommended
course of action for bitches with breast cancer) she
also had to have two mastectomies, both of which involved
removing multiple breasts.

Now THAT was totally unnecessary, totally avoidable
"mutilation".

Fortunately she had developed no metatases and lived
for several years after that. Still, I couldn't help
pitying her for the unnecessary pain and risk her
ignorant owner had put her through.

Dianne

All surgery has risks, including death.
Why is it you never mention it, deception yet again?

http://Bichon.ca/


On 25 Aug 2003 22:18:23 GMT, (dianne marie
schoenberg) wrote:

Dimpled Chad wrote:
FWIW, my warning meters go off when the procedure is
inaccurately labled with the scare phrase "unnecessary
mutilation".

Oh yes. Here's a little story on THAT subject.

I had a friend whose first bitch was spayed and developed
urinary incontinece afterwards--a fairly minor problem,
easily treated with inexpensive medication, that occurs
in intact bitches as well although with lower frequency.
She was very upset about having "done this to her dog"
and vowed to never have a bitch spayed again.

Well, I'm sure the regulars already know where I'm going
with this :-). Bitch #2 was indeed left intact. Not
unsuprisingly, she developed breast cancer. So at that
point, she was not only spayed (part of the recommended
course of action for bitches with breast cancer) she
also had to have two mastectomies, both of which involved
removing multiple breasts.

Now THAT was totally unnecessary, totally avoidable
"mutilation".

Fortunately she had developed no metatases and lived
for several years after that. Still, I couldn't help
pitying her for the unnecessary pain and risk her
ignorant owner had put her through.

Dianne