Tuesday 27 January 2009

Spayed bitches

I have had this useful information from someone who reads the blog and has asked me to pass the info on to Joanne.

I know you'll be up to your eyes but I have just seen a posting on your blog and can I reply through you please? Spayed bitches are known for becoming incontinent, it's one of the side effects of spaying especially if they've been done pre-first season. Along with coat texture changes & weight gain, it is a downside. You could maybe add this link? http://www.caninesports.com/EarlySpayConsiderations.pdf
Joanne might like to ask her vet about Propalin or Incurin which is produced to help with incontinence and both products specifically list for spayed female dogs - so the link is there.

Thanks for the info it's much appreciated. My two penneth worth is Snoopy, ended up on Propalin syrup, at 11 years old, nothing to do with the weather or swimming, but when she slept she relaxed so much that she would leave a puddle, or even drown her bedding, but she was a bitch who fell off an 80foot cliff, breaking her pelvis and damaging her bladder, so although she was spayed, she also had an accident which could account for it, she lived to the ripe old age of 18 though. Propalin worked really well.