Today

[vafatboy]

Dancer is getting spayed....can pick her up tomorrow. Hopefully it'll calm her down a bit, lately she's been um, er....hormonal.

[Dinero]

Thinking about having the wife done. What's the going rate up there?

[vafatboy]

That was around 15k as I recall.

[Dinero]

Be worth it for the peace and quiet.

[Sparky]

Originally Posted by Dinero No Mas

Thinking about having the wife done. What's the going rate up there?

Does Tail Gunner know this?


Yup...

[Dinero]

Not yet.

[Scabbydoo]

Hope you have better luck with her than we did Rascal. The "dirty deed" didn't slow him down one bit.


I'm still thinking Riddlin...

[vafatboy]

Originally Posted by Dinero No Mas

Be worth it for the peace and quiet.

That even got a chuckle out of the wife.....

Originally Posted by Scabbydoo

Hope you have better luck with her than we did Rascal. The "dirty deed" didn't slow him down one bit.


I'm still thinking Riddlin...

That's a working breed, they need a job to do. We'll ask her to do random stuff all the time just to keep her occupied. Hide her toy's and ask her to find them, etc.

She's home and doing well. Gave her some pain meds. She's nodding and snoring away.

[vafatboy]

Damn-it

Well, Dancer was doing well until Monday evening. Without too much detail, her GI tract and intestines are a mess. Apparently from the stress of surgery. Fever, the trots, blood in stool, you name it. They ran tests, gave meds, prescription diet and sent her home. This follow up cost more than the spay.

[fxr4mikey]

Originally Posted by vafatboy

Damn-it

Well, Dancer was doing well until Monday evening. Without too much detail, her GI tract and intestines are a mess. Apparently from the stress of surgery. Fever, the trots, blood in stool, you name it. They ran tests, gave meds, prescription diet and sent her home. This follow up cost more than the spay.

Sorry to hear that Warren :-(

I do hope that she'll be getting better tomorrow, or certainly within a day or two, and for the both of you, not require more trips to the vet !

Sending her a lil prayer from here brother !!

[swmnkdinthervr]

Keep us up on her condition Warren...

[Q-Dog]

The things we do for pets....

Kramer was neutered very, very early on.
The only (knock wood) problem we've had was one time he swallowed a rawhide chew toy....
He crapped every 2 hours, on the hour, for 2 weeks...that was enjoyable!

Hang tough Warren...you did the right thing.

I know how much you love her....

[ms_tapestry]

Ah, poor kitty. . . I'll say a prayer for her too. . .

[vafatboy]

Originally Posted by Q-Dog

The things we do for pets....

Kramer was neutered very, very early on.
The only (knock wood) problem we've had was one time he swallowed a rawhide chew toy....
He crapped every 2 hours, on the hour, for 2 weeks...that was enjoyable!

Hang tough Warren...you did the right thing.

I know how much you love her....

Dave, if you catch it within a few minutes after a dog swallows something it shouldn't, you can give two tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide and it'll come back up in a few minutes. When they are having issues with something they swallowed and your want to settle the stomach and help them pass it, give canned pumpkin. Unspiced, add a couple table spoons to their food. Lots of fiber. Got to be careful with blockage as it can kill.

I know I did the right thing in spaying her. I'm actually required to by contract with the breeder. 5500.00 in damages if I don't.

Here is some info for folks to consider when choosing the time to spay/neuter.

http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html
http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongT...uterInDogs.pdf

The mantra of spay/neuter early may be flawed. I understand it's need for shelters and rescue operations, but for me the decision was easy to wait until maturity.

There appears to be a lot of PC propaganda attached to this issue that may not be the best thing for our pets.

Originally Posted by ms_tapestry

Ah, poor kitty. . . I'll say a prayer for her too. . .

ms T.....that's my Dog. And thank you for the prayers.

Warren...

Sorry to hear about Dancer, man... sending a get well prayer from here. Keep us posted.

I waited a year and a half to get Rup clipped. My vet told me that it is best to let all the muscles develop prior to neutering. Since growth is guided by hormones, she felt that they need all of them to develop completely. She said the muscles remain spongy if they get fixed too early.

That being said, I was happy when it finally came time to get the job done... Rup had become quite the wanderer and was a general handful around here. He has become quite the gentlemen since.