Early spay and neater

Puppies Big Adventure

25/01/2007 - Today the puppies went to the vet. We brought them in one by one in the morning to get weighed and then put little collars on each of them with their name and weight. The kids
wanted to help so they got up extra early and came to the vet before school started:

After that they went into the "hospital rooms" with 2 or 3 pups together for company: First they are given a sedative to make them sleepy and then they are put into a deep sleep and tube is
inserted into their lungs to give them extra oxygen and help them breath easier. Baby puppies don't bleed hardly at all during surgery so they don't need IV fluids. Leann, the technician shaves
their little tummies, trims their nails and they have a microchip inserted under the skin so they can find their way home if they ever get lost.. The vet also has a good look in their mouth, and ears
and listens to their heart sounds.

Dr. Cannon performs the surgery in a modern well equipped operating room He also does the spay/neuter surgeries on the young puppies and kittens at the SPCA so he is very experienced
and makes a very tiny incision. He also check for umbilical hernias (outtie belly buttons) and will repair them with a stitch if need be. The puppies pulse and respiration are monitored the entire
time and they sleep through the whole thing. After surgery the breathing tube is removed and they are place on heating pads and covered in a blanket to make sure they wake up nice and cosy.
A little while later they have a meal of canned food and then go home early in the afternoon. At supper time they eat a normal meal and are barking at each other and playing like always.

Spay/Neauter surgery is performed on all pups prior to leaving for new homes . We
occasionally sell pups unaltered under a separate agreement to APPROVED breeder homes
but not to pet homes.

To learn more about this procedure, please visit Early desexing page which outlines
the benefits and has the backing of the American Veterinary Medical Association
which says this about it:

"The AVMA is on record as endorsing early age spay/neuter. As president of the
AVMA, I feel it is unconscionable not to use early spay/neuter since it is safe and
very very effective in achieving our goals."
-Dr Sherbyn Ostrich, President, AVMA, 1996

Also have a read through the studies that have been published in the Veterinary
Journals:

Research shows that the number one killer of dogs is not disease but rather it is behavioral
problems which result them eventually ending up at a shelter and being euthanized. Studies
also show that the vast majority of dogs euthanized at shelters are adult dogs that have not
been spayed or neutered. Dogs that have been fixed also have a lower risk of certain kinds of
cancer, the risk of Pyometria for females is eliminated and they are easier to train and less
likely to run away or to fight with other dogs. When done at early age the surgery is quick
simple and the pups recover much faster than an adult dog.

This means that temperament wise there will be almost no difference between a mature male
and female. As an added bonus your male will be less likely to experience territorial
aggression or to mark his territory (your home) with urine. The only documented side effect
of this surgery is that some pups may end up 1-2 inches taller due to the fact that growth
plates, which normally close during puberty, take longer to fuse.
. You can also read this article with reference from the Goldendoodle site here : Our own vet
is experienced in this surgery and we can provide you his number if you wish to discuss the
pros and con’s with him.