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Problem with spayed puppy and un-neutered puppy.
Hi all,
I have a question regarding spaying a female dog. A friend of mine spayed her 7 month old puppy and right after that the puppy lost control of her bladder. My friend and her husband been noticing that this puppy having bouts where she appears to be unable to control her bladder, like dribble of spots around the house. It comes and goes and sometimes she is fine for a few days and then starts dribbiling again. The vet gave her some antibiotics for bladder infection. The vet said that was the result of the spaying. And another vet said that it was a result of early spaying. Should they have waited for a year before they spayed her? She said that the thought behind early spaying is to prevent breast cancer, but the trade off is that you risk conducting the surgical procedure before everything is developed, which can weaken the urethra sphincter in the process. After what she told me, we didn't want to neuter our 8 month puppy then too. We decided to wait until he was 1 year old for some reasons (don't know whether this applies to a male dog or not). We have been noticing that our male dog (he's now 10 months old) has been "peeing" on us like he couldn't control his bladder whenever we said "NO" if he does something wrong. He would get into submissive position but he would also pee on us! We would take him out after that but he wouldn't pee. On another occasion, he would also do the same thing when he got excited and jump all over us and peed. This never happened before and it only started within the past month. What could be wrong? Is it because he's not neutered yet? Would it fix the problem when he's neutered? Thank you in advance. |
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M&M wrote ...
She said that the thought behind early spaying is to prevent breast cancer, I always understood the idea was to spay the dog before she comes into heat. but the trade off is that you risk conducting the surgical procedure before everything is developed, which can weaken the urethra sphincter in the process. As far as I know, the vast majority of spayed female dogs don't have this problem. After what she told me, we didn't want to neuter our 8 month puppy then too. We decided to wait until he was 1 year old for some reasons (don't know whether this applies to a male dog or not). I don't think it applies to males, their neutering is 'external' (removing the testicles), spaying is removing the uterus and ovaries, much more invasive, much greater risk of complications. We have been noticing that our male dog (he's now 10 months old) has been "peeing" on us like he couldn't control his bladder whenever we said "NO" if he does something wrong. He would get into submissive position but he would also pee on us! We would take him out after that but he wouldn't pee. On another occasion, he would also do the same thing when he got excited and jump all over us and peed. This never happened before and it only started within the past month. What could be wrong? Is it because he's not neutered yet? Would it fix the problem when he's neutered? Sounds like submissive peeing - some dogs get so frightened when they are told off they pee. Sometimes this is a result of being smacked too hard, or just being shouted at too loudly (mum and dad's old dog used to do this when dad roared at her!). But some dogs just seem to be more sensitive to our disapproval. Not sure how you'd fix it, but it's definitely nothing to do with neutering. I'm sure plenty of other folks here have ideas on how to stop submissive peeing. Rachel (New Zealand) |
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