RE: [pyrnet] Spaying/Neutering?

["Gunnells, Thea" <Thea.Gunnells@espire.net>]

Thank you for the input SWachter!  He is scheduled for the 18th.  Snip Snip


-----Original Message-----
From: SWachter [mailto:SWachter@email.msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:29 PM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Spaying/Neutering?


Thea,
Welcome aboard.  Yes, your boy should heal quickly, but do follow the vet's
advise and give the boy time to heal.  Last boy I had neutered developed a
blood clot in the scrotum---looked like the testicles suddenly grew back.
Took a good 3 weeks for the swelling to go down.  Applied ice packs several
times a day--talk about a strange look from the guy each time the icebag was
applied!  LOL
As for the Pyr as a big white rug, getting out of bed each morning I must be
careful as I'm assured to find a nice, warm white rug below my feet.
ooooooh, so soft and fluffy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gunnells, Thea <Thea.Gunnells@espire.net>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 11:49 AM
Subject: RE: [pyrnet] Spaying/Neutering?


>Hi Lori,
>
>I'm new too!  Welcome. Funny that you asked because today I will be
>scheduling an appointment for my dog Max who will be 6 months August 14th.
>My vet said to bring him in at 6 months but she wasn't against doing it
>earlier.  I am going to schedule it for a Friday so that I can pick him up
>after work and watch him over the weekend.  It took a week for our female
>dog to recover.  I am thinking it won't take a male as long to recover b/c
>the surgery isn't as invasive....or so I am thinking.  I believe there have
>been different schools-of-thought on the subject of when to spay/neuter.
>
>Side editorial note......I read up on the different breeds of dogs for
>almost 2 years.  I had never picked my own dog and had never had a pure
bred
>dog.  It took only 30 minutes into studying the Pyranees that I knew this
>was the dog I wanted.  I've never seen a grown Pyr "in person"...I've seen
>tons of pictures.  Isn't that funny????
>
> The first time my husband saw a Pyr was in West Texas.  They were working
>dogs, but at the time he had never even heard, much less seen a Pyr.
>Ranchers asked my husband and a friend to bring out their dogs to run off
>the coyotes that were killing some of the cattle.  They were standing by a
>fence line to property owned by the neighbor with their dogs nearby.  My
>husband said, "I saw this huge white blob (1/4 mile away) running towards
>us, couldn't figure out what it was until it came up on us and was
>aggressively trying to ward off his dogs (he was thankful there was a
fence.
>
>
>When I told him I wanted a Pyr, he said "NO WAY!!"  We have kids and all he
>could remember were large aggressive white dogs.  It took lots of
>conversations with the breeder to convince him this would be a wonderful
>animal for our family.  He is and I love him so.  He's more like a.....rug
>
>Until next time
>Thea
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Country Lane Dairy [mailto:cld@nb.sympatico.ca]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:35 AM
>To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>Subject: RE: [pyrnet] Spaying/Neutering?
>
>
>
>Hello all:
>
>I am new to the list and new to these wonderful dogs.  We have a large
dairy
>goat farm and recently moved to a heavily wooded area.  I have wanted a Pyr
>for quite a while but knew for about a year that we were going to be moving
>and thought I should wait.  To make a long story short we ended up with two
>GP pups that are now 3 months old.  I have fallen utterly in love with
them.
>They are wonderful.  They have a vet appointment coming up and I'll ask the
>vet but wanted to ask the list too.  When should I have these dogs
neutered.
>They are sister and brother.  I also have two older (10 years old) black
>lab/german shepard dogs (sisters) that were spayed at 6 months old per the
>vet's advice.  I always wondered if I had them spayed too young.  They
>haven't had any problems and they are excellent dogs.  But six months seems
>so young.
>
>Any advice to a new GP owner?
>
>Thanks,
>Lori
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