i know spaying is very much recommended by vets in the USA and many around the world but 1- there are methods other than full spaying.2- spaying could cause behavioral changes in females that are impossible to correct: aggressiveness, involuntary peeing (Incontinance) in giant breeds3- it will not avoid mammary cancer, this is very questionable4- its not naturalthis is my opinion, and the opinion of my friend here who is an expert in dogs and breeding especially giant breeeds like CAO,i know it can be a pain but i would not spay and just manage it when females are in heat.
you can move a female in heat to a friend or facility , i am not sure how available these things are but you are right you do need space if you want to keep her...i donno what to say but its only 3 weeks and at your place i will try to manage, putting her away for 3 weeks is ok she wont suffer much but spaying her ....!!!!I agree that the info on net is misleading and I'm not at all a desexing fan, it's certainly unnatural. To keep Jack on medications for the whole duration of the girls heat is unnatural also. I am genuinely worried for his health - and for the mental health of the girl in isolation, as well. I think it's plain cruel for them all. Unless I get about 2.5 millions to be able to buy a large enough farm, and I don't see this amount of money coming from anywhere, I have to do something about it. I know the trick with parfume/vicks on show dogs... doesn't work. Nothing works. I don't have much choice here.
yes incontinence does occur frequently in spayed dogs of all sizes but even more so in giant breeds..there are procedures that will spare ovaries like tying tubes and removing uterus keeping ovaries.. but not many vets are familiar with the procedure and dont ask me why.removing ovaries or testes for males will mess up many things, the hormone production is linked to the hypothalamus in the brain and there is a feedback process going on between gonads and brain, neutering and spaying will mess up this process. as far as ovary cancer ..imagine all guys remove their testes just to avoid testicular cancer or women doing the same by removing breasts..sorry if my example is a bit extreme but i cannot justify removing ovaries for the sake of avoiding ovarian cancer.. + this type of cancer is rare. its just my opinion on the subject, many will disagree but for me i cannot think of doing such a thing for any of my babiesYou do raise a good point about spay incontinence. It's very common in all breeds, not just giants. My boxer wore diapers for years. She was spayed at 6 months and started leaking by three years. Spaying does reduce the risk of mammary tumors, but to my knowledge it seems to only be a significant reduction if done before the first heat. The statistics on aggression after spaying seem to be rather evenly split. I'm looking into an ovary sparing spay for Ella. I was surprised that the cost is not prohibitive. The biggest risk is that you must have a vet experienced in the procedure or you risk stump pyometra from any little bit left after removal. I don't know what the options are in other countries for ovary sparing spays.
yes incontinence does occur frequently in spayed dogs of all sizes but even more so in giant breeds..there are procedures that will spare ovaries like tying tubes and removing uterus keeping ovaries.. but not many vets are familiar with the procedure and dont ask me why.removing ovaries or testes for males will mess up many things, the hormone production is linked to the hypothalamus in the brain and there is a feedback process going on between gonads and brain, neutering and spaying will mess up this process. as far as ovary cancer ..imagine all guys remove their testes just to avoid testicular cancer or women doing the same by removing breasts..sorry if my example is a bit extreme but i cannot justify removing ovaries for the sake of avoiding ovarian cancer.. + this type of cancer is rare. its just my opinion on the subject, many will disagree but for me i cannot think of doing such a thing for any of my babies