first heat is really too young to breed, and she is pretty small if she is spayed before first heat risk of mammary tumors drops below 5%, goes up to 25% with one heat, and higher with each heat and 50% of mammary tumors are malignant weight gain sometimes occurs but can be controlled with diet and exercise
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, lizzy307 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live on the eastern shore of Va and I can't find a male for my > female. Even though she is going through her first heat. My husband > wants me to get her fixed but I still don't know. My mother thinks that > since she is almost 9 months old, small and only about 3.5 lbs thats > she is going to be to small to have puppies. I really don't know about > getting a her fixed cuz i heard that they gain some weight. So what > should I do!!! > > > -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei Glenda Poquita, Molly, Isabella, Chandler, Joy Joy and all the fosters and angels
