Female dog castration
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The uterus and the ovaries are usually extirpated at once either when the dog is five months old or when three months after its last heat. If a female dog has given birth, you can castrate it when it has stopped producing milk.
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Despite the big cut on the abdomen, this is a very safe surgery and the dogs usually recover very quickly
The ova hysterectomy is convenient for the females that won't breed for many reasons:
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With age, female dogs are more likely to have uterine infections, especially if they have never bred and then the hysterectomy is inevitable. But extirpating an infected uterus is a lot more dangerous, even worst when the dog is very old.
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Castration avoids the psychological pregnancies and their complications, a very common problem in many female dogs.
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It also avoids the harassment of the male dogs, that literally pursuit the female's house while they're in heat and also avoids the risk of the family growing if we are not careful enough.
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Castration is the safest way to control heat. Most of the medications used for this purpose increase the risk of contracting uterine infections in the future.
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Accidental mating can have serious consequences if the female dog is too old.
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If the dog gets castrated when it is still young, the risk of getting breast cancer reduces notably.
Even when the castration has only few side effects, they exist:
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Sometimes you may notice changes of conduct in the castrated female dog, but they are usually for better. Dog grooming harness
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The age can produce progressive incontinence of the castrated dogs caused by the weakness of the urinary bladder sphincter, but this problem is not very frequent and gets a lot better with medication.
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The female dog can suffer an increment of its appetite after the castration and easily gain weight, but if you regularly check on its weight and you make the necessary adjustments to its diet, there would be no weight problems.
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Last modified: Thursday, 7 June 2012, 9:52 AM
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