Goat-e
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We've got a 7 year old female and a one year old male dog. The female is in season and the male dog is being driven mad by the hormones/pheromones.
The reason we didn't spay the female is that the health implications of removing the ovaries seem bad (our neighbor had their female spayed and now the poor thing is completely incontinent). Also, all of the local dogs who are the same age as our female has been spayed/neutered and they all seem so much older than ours (fatter too), people constantly ask if she's a young puppy and are astonished when they're told she's 7.
When we got the male pup we thought keeping them separate during the female's season would be enough, but even so the scent is making his life hell. I don't really want to spay the female for the reasons above, and also it seems like unnecessary surgery, but at the same time don't want to torture the male dog any more...
Edit: the software doesn't like b****.... have changed to female dog throughout. @charlie @Blossom would you be able to amend the thread title...?
The reason we didn't spay the female is that the health implications of removing the ovaries seem bad (our neighbor had their female spayed and now the poor thing is completely incontinent). Also, all of the local dogs who are the same age as our female has been spayed/neutered and they all seem so much older than ours (fatter too), people constantly ask if she's a young puppy and are astonished when they're told she's 7.
When we got the male pup we thought keeping them separate during the female's season would be enough, but even so the scent is making his life hell. I don't really want to spay the female for the reasons above, and also it seems like unnecessary surgery, but at the same time don't want to torture the male dog any more...
Edit: the software doesn't like b****.... have changed to female dog throughout. @charlie @Blossom would you be able to amend the thread title...?