Hello Linda
You are right to be concerned. However:
A regular neutering operation anesthesia is considered normal, and
nothing to worry about.
They use the anesthetics so the dog will be easier to control when
they work. You can well imagine what a twisting and snarling dog
would be like to work on. It also protects them from accidental
bites, and injuries.
What is objected to is the tendency for some vets to anesthetize
whenever they need to do any kind of a procedure, tartar scraping from
teeth is one for an example, where it should not be necessary.
There are other ways as it was pointed out earlier.
Chihuahua's are very small dogs, and as such, are fragile.
With a fragile dog, common sense dictates that they have more delicate
and scaled down systems and cannot tolerate excessive anything.
Repeated anesthesia with Chihuahuas is just not sane treatment when
you consider their size.
Larger dogs tolerate anesthesia better due to their size and stronger
nature.
You will be OK with the neutering operation, but don't let your vet
start demanding anesthesiology for every procedure they come up with.
Sometimes it IS necessary, but it should not be used indiscriminately.
ExpatriateOutlaw
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