I desperately need advice

[mypoodle]

I'm so sorry. Accidents do happen, but the chances are so low I rarely worry. Just make sure you get the spaying done a reputable place. Don't forget a SANITARY place, as well.

When we adopted Molly, she hadn't been spayed yet so we had to sign a spaying contract at the Humane Society. At the HS, they have a subsidized spay and neuter program, it's only $20 to spay or neuter.

At that wage, what kind of vet will you get? Kinds that go too quickly, they do so many spaying/neuterings a day that they get careless.

Molly had an infection 4 months after her spaying. She couldn't pee. She had blood and bacteria in her pee; high levels. A few months later, she started lactating (producing milk) and acting like she was pregnant. The vet thinks she wasn't completely spayed.

I wish we had phoned the HS and got them to pay the bills, but I think it's too late now.

That's a low-risk worst case scenario, but it was treatable. Incomplete spays are extremely rare.

Thank heavens Molly recovered!

My sister told me about a similar spay/neuter program. I was kind of uncertain of them for the very reasons you mentioned.

[VTJess03]

BC_Mom is right about being concerned about the low-cost spay/neuter vets, at least in my opinion. At the time, I thought that since this was the operation they specialized in, they had a licensed vet performing the surgery, and they were offering it at a discount, what could go wrong?

We couldn't afford the 'real' vet's price for spaying our 2 dogs, and one ended up having an allergic reaction to the dissolving stitches, and it ended up costing the same, since she was then on prednisone (a steroid) for two weeks and an antibiotic to prevent secondary infection in that area. She had to go have another surgery (unrelated) and I mentioned the allergy to that vet (in case he would be using similar stitches), and he said that the cheap material used in the stitches at the low-cost clinics in our area were much more prone to cause that kind of reaction. I never had a problem with taking my male animals to the less expensive places, but that operation's less complex anyway, and they don't usually get stitched up. For a female spay, I will go to the 'real' vet from now on! Lesson learned!

[cassandras mommy]

hi i have a poode also but she has been fixed. i have had that awful fear of loosing her also cause shes pretty much my best friend. you hear so many things good and bad. ive always been told that poodles get breast cancer and that getting them fixed always cuts down the risk. and if theres any way i can keep my girl around longer i will and did. you really have to have alot of faith to me in your vet. your angel will be fine.