2006-09-04 14:22:42 · 12 answers · asked by John 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
and answer that i got about pregnancy is "spay your dog - she will be healthier happier and live longer.. if you love your dog you would spay her
" does that mean the puppies or the mother"
2006-09-04 14:30:40 · update #1
In answer to the question you removed..About dogs living outside.. If she is doing fine, not stressed, and getting plenty of attention and training..she is fine.. When I was growing up, my dad didn't believe in having dogs indoors (except on the back porch for feeding)..but our dog was still a family memeber...We, as a family, spent a lot of time outside..
2006-09-04 14:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Chetco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you mean Spay. This means to neuter the mother after she gives birth. When the pups are old enough they should also be neutered. This is to help keep the dog population under control. A vet will neuter both male and female dogs (the female neutering is called a spay). This will also help your dogs to stay healthier.
Please do not spray anything on the mother or the pups. I hope you find good homes for the puppies.
2006-09-04 22:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by tweetymar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both - over 4 million dogs and puppies are put to sleep each year and that number grows each year - all dogs that are not being bred to better a specific breed should be spayed and neutered - it also prevents cancer and allows the dogs to live a longer and a healthier life - the mom and the puppies should all be spayed and pr neutered as soon as possible. We do not need any more dogs in the world right now - we can't care for all the dogs that we have now - too many yound healthy dogs are put to death because no one wants them please fix your dogs and do not allow any more puppies to come into this already crowded world.
2006-09-04 21:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean SPAY? Spay is to sterilize a female dog or cat. Perhaps the answers are encouraging to spay the mom dog at a reasonable time after the pups are born and to include spaying any female pups in the litter.
2006-09-04 21:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by trusport 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait until the mother has the puppies then spay her..
If you want to keep any pups after she has them then at 5 months old you can, if you want, to either spay the females so the won't get pregnant and neuter the males so they won't make offspring..
2006-09-04 22:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by FieryDiva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love my dog so much I want more of her(which means not spaying). but if you don't have a home for puppies beforehand then you should not make puppies and you should SPAY/NEUTER them. spay for female(girl). neuter for the male(boy)
2006-09-04 21:58:34 · answer #6 · answered by halfpint 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about SPAYING them?
You can spay the mother when pregnant but you will lose the puppies.
2006-09-04 21:28:35 · answer #7 · answered by Diane D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a dog and don't know WHY you should have her spayed....maybe because of the HUGE problem of pet overpopulation and the thousands upon thousands of DOGS and cats being euthanized everyday!!! If you spay her you will not be contributing to his problem and you will not have to worry about your dog ending up with pyometra in a few years.
2006-09-04 21:30:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think what you mean is to SPAY them, this is a operation like a humans hysterectomy where the vet takes out her uterus and she cant have any more puppies, this is good because it keeps unwanted puppies from being born and left out to be strays and its better for the mom dog in the long run to not have too many litters good luck finding homes for the pups!
2006-09-04 21:29:38 · answer #9 · answered by feather_63057 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If she does not get spayed, she is prone to ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, mammary cancer, pyrometra, etc.If a female dog is spayed before her first heat cycle, her risk of developing breast cancer is only 0.05%. If she is spayed after having only one heat cycle, her risk of breast cancer jumps to 8%. If she is spayed after her second heat cycle, that risk becomes 26%... that's more than 1 in 4! Spaying a dog after her third heat cycle may reduce the risk of mammary carcinoma (breast cancer) but not appreciably. Also, there are the messy cycles, stray dogs in the neighborhood. One preventative surgery is much less expensive than paying for surgery and medicine for a life-threatening condition, not to mention the suffering of your pet.
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2006-09-04 22:01:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋