If any of you are considering having a bitch spayed, now or in the future, you might be interested our first experience of a laprascopic spay
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Oh how I wished we had had this option with Millie , it is so much easier on the dog . My last Lab Tess had this proceedure in France , her recovery was remarkable too . So please that your dear girl is doing well Pippa , very very sorry to read of your loss too x
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Alice had a laparoscopic spay last month. No collar, no stitches to come out, she absolutely sailed through the process and recovery. At the time of the op the vet noticed a little bit of fluid in the womb but nothing to unduly concern him. But to be on the safe side she is having a follow up scan next week. My vet has done about 300 laparoscopic spays so far and not one single bitch has consequently developed pyometra. Caddie unfortunately didn't have that option last year. Her womb was well on the way to developing pyometra and had to be removed. Glad to hear Phoebe is feeling well after her op!
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay So glad for Phoebe! Do you know whether labs are prone to pyometra, Pippa? And do you also have any idea whether laparoscopic spaying reduces the risk of incontinence?
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay I don't think that laprascopic spay reduces the risk of spay incontinence Karen, unfortunately. Because it is caused by lack of hormone rather than physical damage. It doesn't usually develop for some time after surgery. However, I believe it responds well to hormone treatment. Whether or not that would be safe in a bitch with an intact uterus, I am not sure. Maybe something I should have thought about? Labradors weren't mentioned as high risk in the study, so hopefully they are not. I shall probably still spay Tess though, because the whole pyometra experience is just not something I want to go through again for a while.
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay So glad Phoebe is doing so well. Wish this procedure had been available when I had Hattie spayed. So sorry you lost your lovely girl :'( xx
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Sorry about your loss so glad Phoebe is doing well And, Thank you so much for this info Pippa. We have been looking at getting Harley spayed eventually and are now going to look into laparoscopic spaying
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Most interesting. Must ask my vet what technique he used on Lady. I'm sure it wasn't a laprascopic spay, but also no belly wound and internal stiches where her vagina used to be so no cone either and only needed to keep her quiet for a couple of days or so.
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Thanks for this Pippa. At present my plan is to leave Poppy entire until she is five or six, and then have her spayed, probably with a laprascopic spay. Is that your plan for Rachael, too?
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Yes, I think five or six is a good age to spay. And by that time if I want to breed from Rachael, I will have done so.
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay Just to say that Millie coped so very well with her spay, much better than bitches I`ve had spayed at a younger age , not completely sure of her age but about 6/7 .
Re: Phoebe's laprascopic spay [quote author=editor link=topic=4957.msg62161#msg62161 date=1395309258] Yes, I think five or six is a good age to spay. And by that time if I want to breed from Rachael, I will have done so. [/quote] Exactly!
