Accidental breeding

[borzoimom]

Isoflourine is a good one, and there is another new that my vet used on Hottie. Let me find out what it was. They open at 11 today.

[wolfsoul]

Isoflourine is a good one, and there is another new that my vet used on Hottie. Let me find out what it was. They open at 11 today.

Yes, I asked for isoflurane when my rat had his surgery. It's good because 99% of it leaves the body when the dog breathes (because it's a gas). I think when everyone hears anesthetic they think of IVs and such. We have people that come into the shop to do teeth and everyone at the shop tells them it's safe for old dogs because it's "aneastethic free" but I think that's silly because older dogs have just as good a chance at making it as younger ones with the kinds of stuff we use today.

I'm not sure why Isis wasn' spayed at 7 or 8, I didn't know Marla back then. Spirit was spayed at 8 with no problems. I definatly plan on spaying Visa when she's done -- as they get older, they have an increased chance of pyometra. Way too scary for me!

[borzoimom]

The isoflourine is safe. I called my vet. The other one we used on Hottie was just to "make him stupid" but it wont be enough for a C section or a spay. She also told me vets know that a herding breed or sighthound especially that they dose for a lighter body weight.

[king2005]

[QUOTE=wolfsoul]
I'm not sure why Isis wasn' spayed at 7 or 8, I didn't know Marla back then. QUOTE]

Could it be part of the contract, since she is co-owned? Because then Marla would have had no choice but to keep her natural.

[cyber-sibes]

I have to admit I'm stunned that she wasn't spayed earlier. Breeders, of all people, should know better. I hope she's gonna be ok.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Hopping for the best !

Poor Isis.

[chocolatepuppy]

So sad. I hope Isis isn't pregnant.

[wolfsoul]

I asked Marla why Isis wasn't spayed -- it was a stipulation of the contract to keep her open until another litter was born. By the time she and Isis' owner were no longer in contact, Isis was already nearing her senior years. She left her at the vet to get her teeth cleaned and have her spayed, but the vet didn't spay her -- said that it was too risky to put an older Belgian under anestethic (this was like 4 or 5 years ago, different vet). The vet said she would go through menopause (which doesn't even exist in dogs, so we find) and would stop her heat cycles etc anyways. She did stop her cycle eventually, strangely enough.

It's so strange-- she is acting completey normal -- Loki is acting completely normal, Jasper is acting completely normal. She's gone back to beating the tar out of Loki and he's gone back to ignoring her. She isn't swollen, she isn't bleeding. If they hadn't have been found tied, nobody would have known she was in heat. She hasn't been in heat for a long time.