how Long should you Waite to get your dog neutered?

Question

a husky mix my vet sead to wate tell he is 18 mons becuses it helthyer

Answer 1

Ive always heard around six months or when the eye teeth fall out which again is around six months. Ive never heard of waiting till they are 18 months.

Answer 2

You can have a dogneutered as early as about 8 -10 weeks old.
It depends on how long the vet watns to wait. But no longer than 4-6 months is ever necessary.
It will not hold down thier growth. My male doberman wasneutered at 4 months and he weighs 100 pounds and is about 30 inches tall at the shoulder.

Answer 3

I am going to copy an answer I gave a few days ago, but your vet is right it is in the best interest of your dog to wait untill at least 12-18 mos of age before preforming a spay/ neuter. There are many reasons a few I have listed below. I'm glad to see you have found yourself a well educated vet, who obviously has the best interestes of your pet in mind!


Other than the obvious pet population which is a problem, It is actually better for your dog to NOT spay/neuter at all. I know people are going to freak out that I just said that out loud, but unfortunately it's true. Now before you freak out too much know that I run agility dogs and have done a TONNE of research on the topic and have decided for myself and my dogs with full support of my vet not to spay/neuter.

As for the behavioural issues raised by some, these are BEHVIORAL issues that need to be prevented / corrected with BEHAVIOR modification not physical alterations of the dog. Behaviour problems require behaviour solutions; physical / medical problems require physical / medical solutions. Using medicine to correct behavioural issues equates to teaching your dog not to have or acquire a certain disease.

Physical considerations, Mother Nature gave your dog hormones for a reason. They need those hormones to mature into healthy adults (puberty) and to maintain that health throughout their adult life. And for ther record cancer rates are higher in dogs who are spayed/neutered than in unaltered pets. And the younger the age when the surgery is preformed equtes with the higher rate of cancer. Just as your doctor wouldn’t perform either of these surgeries on you unless absolutely required they shouldn't be preformed on dogs either. And you can opt for either a vasectomy or tubal for the reproductive control argument. And yet another novel idea would be to be responsible pet owners and monitor the dog to ensure there are no unwanted pregnancies. Another thing to consider is that weight problems in dogs is directly related to spaying/neutering. The chances of your dog becoming overweight are extremely high and only increase the younger you have the procedure preformed.

Unfortunately it became the norm in the vet industry to simply spay/neuter everything with out a whole lot of research put in to the topic. In their defence though the pet population was out of control and breeders & vets were trying to do their part to come up with a solution. They did not realise at the time the disservice they were doing to the animals with regard to health. Schools of veterinary medicine are now teaching vasectomies/tubals as a BETTER form of controlling the pet population. The problem here is that the vast majority of vets in the country were in school 15 - 20 plus years ago and are stuck in their old ways.

This is only my opinion which as I already stated was obtained through a lot of research and consultation with vets. There is a lot of information out there but I have included a website to get you started if you want to research the topic and form an opinion yourself.

Answer 4

Most vets around here recommend between 5 and 6 mo. of age.

Answer 5

6 months

Answer 6

I would wait until the dog is at LEAST 18 months. It can be very unhealty for a dog to be spayed or neutered before then. It can drop their immune system and stunt their growth.

Answer 7

WAIT. W-A-I-T. Please use spell check. You need it.

Your vet is a loser. Waiting for 18 months is NOT healthier and can cause a lot of problems, like humping,leg lifting,running away when he smell a female in heat.....this is probably one of those vets that thinks females need at least one heat or a litter before they are spayed.
GET A NEW VET!!

Answer 8

All of the vets I have known (many!) recommend 6 months..My current vet says..When he hikes his leg to pee, or 6 months, whichever comes first..

Answer 9

hello im a vet nurse at our practice we say 6 months but it depends which vet you go to.

xxx

Answer 10

As soon as both testicles have descended!