Bone Cancer In Dogs

Question by Gigi the teeth: Do female dogs needs to get pregnant at least once in their lives for health reason?
I have a female toy poodle as a pet. Now she’s 2 years old.

Some people said that I must breed the dog at least once or twice in her life so she’ll be healthier.

But the problem is my dog isn’t a good breed. Her skin is sensitive and even have mites before. The vet said this is the problem of her gens. I’m just afraid by breeding this dog will leave a big problem to the puppies’ owner. I don’t want them spend a lot of money taking the puppies to vets like I did.

So another thing came into my mind, spaying. But some of the dog owners said spaying a dog will increase the risk of my dog having cancer and obesity.

So what should I do?
She is 2 years old and heated for twice already… Is it too late to be spayed?

Best answer:

Answer by BlueLadyBlue R
I never bred my poodle and he lived till he was two months shy of his 18 birthday. I know he was a male but he was healthy and slender. I was careful what i fed him. Get your dog fixed its better. I have never had any problem with my dog with obesity. I miss him so much today.

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Question by Elizabeth: What age can female dogs most likely get ovarian cancer?
I’m curious… And what age do you think a female lhasa apso or bichon frise go in heat? (It’d be great if you have a FULL answer for both questions.)
I have a lhasa/bichon thats around 9 months, which I will be making an appt. SOON.
I’m just curious…

Best answer:

Answer by Meee.
yup

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Question by Sean Avery: Does a female dog need to be neutered so it doesn’t get cancer?
The vet said that a dog is likely to get breast cancer or any other kind of cancer if it is not neutered.

Best answer:

Answer by Nekkid Dog ©
that is true. An intact female is also at serious risk of pyometria, which is a serious and deadly uterine infection.

Spaying cuts down the risk of cancers, and totally eliminates the risk of pyo

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Question by Groovy Camel: Mini Schnauzer 6 mnths female pup – Early Spay?
Need help here, I own a 6 months old female Mini Schnauzer and am getting her fixed tomorrow. Been doing a lot of reading regarding early spay, it says that it would increase the possibility of getting bone cancer later in the dog’s life and could develop urinary intraction?? I’ve ask 4 vets from different clinics, 2 pro early spay and the other 2 suggested that I wait until she gets over her 1st heat since if its too early they won’t be able to get the organs completely out. Is there truth in this explanation?

Personally I would like to get it done as early as possible since I live in an area where there are more male dogs than females. And also I do not want to be burdened by the prospect of her getting into an “accident”. Question is how early is early and am quite worried that after the surgery the wounds won’t heal well and develop side effects from the surgery e.g urinary intractions etc. Is 6 months safe for a mini schnauzer or should I wait till she gets over her 1st heat?

Best answer:

Answer by Bonzie12
As far as I know 6 months is not considered an early spay. I think they are referring to the dogs who are spayed at about 3 or 4 months.

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Here is whats happening.

-Female in heat
-Male wants her so he hasn’t eaten for almost 3 weeks
-They’ve been kept seperated since she was in heat

She is no longer bleeding but we aren’t taking the chance to let
them be together, we just tried to let them be together to see if he
would still try and mount her, and he did try. So, we’re still keeping them seperated until further notice.

I’m worried about the male because he hasn’t eaten since she’s been
in heat. All he does is sniff around the backyard like a freaking bloodhound. He barks and jumps on the door because he knows
she is in the wash room (wash room leads to backyard).

We’ve tried giving him gravy over his food, meat bones, and other doggy snacks but he won’t eat. His ribs, spine, and hip bones are showing and whatever we try and feed him he won’t eat.

The female is no longer bleeding, but he still tried to mount her.
We were supposed to get the female spayed 2 months ago
but my grandmother
was diagnosed with cancer, so we had to set it aside for a bit because we’re taking care of her because of two surgeries.

Is there anything we can do to make him stop all the whining
and get him to eat? It seems even if we try and feed him a full
piece of chicken from dinner he won’t even eat that.
The male is a doberman, so he is naturally lean, but I noticed
he started to lose weight when the female went into heat. I don’t
know what to do!!!
The doberman is my g-pa’s dog, and for some insane reason he REFUSES to get the male fixed. I tried convincing him but its always a steady no. I’m not asking who to get fixed, but rather how to get him to eat. Because after the female is thoroughly done being in heat, we’re getting her spayed.
The bacon grease is a good idea, we usually do that when the dogs don’t want to eat.
But we have no bacon!!!!