Hi All, I'm planning to spay my 7.5 month old pet GSD. I would appreciate some input regarding the relationship between spaying before the first oestrus and urinary incontinence. What has been your experience? On the web, as usual, the opinions of vets and dog owners run the gamut from "no correlation at all" to "as many as 50% of early spays are affected." I've spayed one bitch before and one bitch after her first oestrus and BOTH developed incontinence. Thanks in advance for your help. Paulette McGuirt ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================