In addition to these medical reasons, it prevents unwanted pregnancies , a significant problem in our society. Millions of dogs are euthanized every year because they are strays. We usually spay a dog when it is around 6 months of age. This timetable is variable, the important point is to perform the surgery before it goes into heat. The ongoing old wives tale that states dogs should go into heat before spaying is incorrect .
Most dogs go into heat twice each year.
Please take away all food and water when you go to bed the evening before surgery, and do not give your dog anything to eat or drink the morning of surgery. It will go home in the late afternoon the day of surgery. Please call our office at 4 PM for pickup time, you will be given post operative instructions then. Anesthesia Pre-anesthetic preparation is important in every surgery we perform, no matter how routine, because surgery is not an area to cut corners. All of our spays receive a physical exam prior to surgery.