[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: early spay/neuter, cancer, behavior, and more...

  • From: "Emilie" <windvane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pmick@xxxxxxxxx>, "showgsd" <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:37:25 -0800

But it does stop back yard breeding and shelters being so full. Pet owners 
do not usually understand reproduction  in dogs. and do not always keep 
their PET at home. JMHO
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From: "Peggy" <pmick@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "showgsd" <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:50 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] early spay/neuter, cancer, behavior, and more...



For years I've spoken against early spaying and neutering...that is,
desexing a dog of either sex before they develop secondary sexual
characteristics (hormone induced).  In this morning's email I received
this link to an article that reinforces this opinion.  The very
disturbing excerpt below should be more than enough reason to reconsider
early spay neuter.  There are many more.

"A retrospective study of cardiac tumors in dogs showed that there was a
5 times greater risk of hemangiosarcoma, one of the three most common
cancers in dogs, in spayed bitches than intact bitches and a 2.4 times
greater risk of hemangiosarcoma in neutered dogs as compared to intact
males.(6) A study of 3218 dogs demonstrated that dogs that were neutered
before a year of age had a significantly increased chance of developing
bone cancer, a cancer that is much more life-threatening than mammary
cancer, and that affects both genders.(7) A separate study showed that
neutered dogs had a two-fold higher risk of developing bone cancer.(8)
Despite the common belief that neutering dogs helps prevent prostate
cancer, at least one study suggests that neutering provides no benefit.(9)"

PLEASE ready the article.
*Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete*
 2005 Chris Zink DVM, PhD
The entire article can be found here:
http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

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