FourLeg: When to Spay or Neuter... And some great Q &A!

Published: Mon, 07/13/20

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The kid in the basement (my oldest son) with anxiety and depression has been a bit of a handful this week. Really, that's all I want to say about that. It's been stressful!

The youngest son that works on the family ranch just acquired 3 kittens!!! He's like a little kid again, talking about how soft they are!!! (So manly!)

Hubby has let the cows into a part of our yard to graze some of the grass. So now I need to get out of my vehicle twice to open the gates to just go up or down my laneway. He tells me, it's only for a week!

Me? Well, I finally lost the weight I put on over Christmas!!! Woo hoo! That's a 7 month journey of ridding myself of the chocolate that I ate over the holidays. 5 1/2 more months until I can do it all over again!!

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When to Spay & Neuter

I found another article that I LOVE! This time, it’s about when to spay or neuter a dog... but instead of conjecture, opinion, or bits and pieces of information, this is a paper that looked at 35 different breeds of dogs, retrospectively reported on over a period of up to 15 years to look at intact versus spayed / neutered and health related concerns. All in all enabling you to be able to give scientific evidence for a recommendation regarding spaying or neutering for these breeds! It's a fascinating article!

Hart BL, Hart LA, Thigpen AP, Willits NH. Assisting decision-making on age of neutering for 35 breeds of dogs: Associated joint disorders, cancers, and urinary incontinence. Front. Vet. Sci., 07 July 2020.

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