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« on: May 19, 2010, 03:12:45 pm » |
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My best dog has screwed up heat cycles,...had her for nearly 3 years and they're never on time. Sometimes it won't be 2 months between them, now it's been almost 8 months since the last one. I'm not going to raise any pups....just don't want to fool with it anymore. Both my dogs are fairly young and I don't want more than 2. Talked to my Vet about it, he thinks she may have some hormonal stuff going on so he recommended that I have her spayed. As most of you probably have, I've heard the old tale that if you spay a dog she will be lazy and lose some of her drive.....I don't really believe that myself. Since I don't remember having ever hunted with a spayed dog, I really have nothing to base my assumptions on....have any of you ever hunted or had a spayed female and how did she hunt? Tell me what you think about it.
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2010, 03:25:49 pm » |
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We hunt several fixed dogs, both male and female. I have yet to see the downside to having a dog fixed, male or female.
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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2010, 03:59:16 pm » |
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Not really sure about females,but have a neutured male leapord dog that has just as much drive and stamina as the rest of my male dogs.
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firemedic
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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2010, 04:12:53 pm » |
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That's good to hear,....I have a really good Vet that has become a good friend over the last few years and I've come to trust him and I trust what you folks say....well....most of it anyway, unless it has to do with the size of a hog or something of that sort. lol
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It's easy to judge the character of a man,....by how he treats those that can do nothing for him.
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2010, 04:16:21 pm » |
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My old Dixie female always had irregular heats. By the time I got a good heat (fall of the year) and tried to breed her, she didn't take. Took her to the vet and she had a grapefruit sized tumor in her uterous that was growing....not sure how long it had been there but it had spread and the vet had to cut so much out of her , he didn't think she would survive the surgery but she did.
You may want to get your female x-rayed and make sure she doesn't have something like that causes the odd heats.
Dixie got fat after I had her spayed, but thats because I quit hunting her, not because of her being spayed!
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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2010, 07:34:42 pm » |
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If you're not going to raise pups, get her spayed. It makes life so much easier.
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2010, 08:38:39 pm » |
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If you are not planning on raising any pups you should get her spayed. It does cause them to gain weight most of the time, but you should just hunt her more to run it off  . I believe it is the sensable thing to do so you don't have to worry with whether or not she is in heat and you won't have to put her up when she comes in heat. As far as the hunting drive, I have heard the same thing. However, I have two beagles that have been spayed and they hunt just as hard now, if not harder, than before they had been spayed. |
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