The problem I ran into with my dog is: I waited until he was two and then approached a vet to have him fixed. They told me because of his age, he would have to go through a whole bunch of tests and blood test and, it would, in the end cost me over 3,000.00. I decided to let him keep his equipment than pay the ridiculous price. He is 14 now, and still is intact.

This is pushed so hard, and is so obviously harmful. Plus, responsible pet owners aren’t the ones who need to spay/neuter.

We were told after our dogs first period, she was over a year old. I have another that is over 10 yrs old and never been fixed and she’s healthier than one that was fixed.

We are a multi female dog family. None are spayed. None have ever been pregnant, none ever will be. Spay/neuter is not in the dogs' best interest, it's in the vet's bank accounts best interest to order surgery for every healthy dog and cat that enters their premises.

We where told it would prevent prostate cancer then my dog got the very cancer it was supposed to safe guard him. My new puppy is not getting neutered.

I got attacked for saying it's good to wait until their organs are fully developed and that I waited until my dogs were a year old before I got them fixed. Thanks for the links. This has been a very sensitive issue for years.

I had a boxer, & a lab that were fixed growing up & they lived short lives & have many of these issues & even when we waited until age 2 they became dog aggresive after. Yet my grandparents lab who never got spayed lived to age SEVENTEEN & was still around 💪when she has an accident & passed. I have intact male & female pitties & lab & they're all super healthy, dog friendly & no accidental puppies, none of these issues. It's not necessary if you're responsible.

Thank you for this info. We cancelled our Maltipoo spay appointment. First thing the lady on the phone said was that we will have to pay for blood work if we change our mind to get her spayed at a later date. After all my research and listening to your video, we as a family didn’t want to put our dog through any pain and take the chances of her getting diseases. We don’t plan on breeding and will deal with her being in heat.

it is more about the corn, the kibbel, the dry food etc. the dogs have. I have lived in North Africa and stray dogs never had shots, ate whatever, never were spayed or neutered, roamed the streets, and lived long healthy lives. I ve never seen a dog with a lump or a grave issue. they hardly even suffered from fleas and ticks. How, who knows, all i know is that i grew up watching many of them thrive.

My poor boys were from a “Rescue”, not. It was a puppy mill and both of them were castrated at 6 weeks. Very very sad. A veterinary did it, obviously he doesn’t care for the well being of these little guys. How I love my boys but definitely the one has issues. Including bladder infections and bad joints. 😢

And you should talk about vets and over vaccinations. My vet wanted to give the rabies vaccine yearly but the practice had put the bottle label on my receipt, and it said it was good for 3 years. I refused the next year and she said I had to. I raised unholy hell with the Canadian vet association and the dept of agriculture, and enough screaming got the schedule changed to every 3 years. After 10 years of age, I think all vaccines should stop as I bet if tittered, the levels would be there.

I have a 2 year old golden retriever! So glad we left her in tact, especially after watching this video. AKC did a study saying the same thing, and I will most definitely do cloth diapers 2 times a year for her to have a healthier life! The fact that spay/neuter is pushed so much in America is something we should question versus other countries. It is a complete removal, not just a snip of a couple tubes.

After reading all the reviews I’m not spaying my beautiful Husky In my country no many dos are fixed They live longer Without all cancers and crap the dogs suffer here in the USA I don’t care if she gets messy with her menstrual cycling Thanks Dr for give us information God bless 🦮

Best age: never! In fact, spay/neuter is actually illegal in Norway, except for when medically necessary, and they don't have a pet overpopulation problem ;) I know someone whose puppy had bladder control issues. I advised her to not spay, or at least delay spaying, but the shelter kept hounding her for proof of spay, so she got it done... Well, that puppy never got control of her bladder, and also developed aggression and anxiety, to the point where she gave the dog up for fear it might hurt her child. Best age: never. We have three (two f one m), and the only litter we ever had was planned ;)

My late standard poodle was spay at 8 months and suffered from 2 ACLS injuries and Cushings. I feel that those were directly liked to her early spaying. I have a 16.5 month old, pure bred long-haired German Shepherd now, about 100 lbs. and when she was seen at 3 months, the vet suggested I get her spay at 6 months because "it would be easier for them and cheaper for me". I found her rationale lazy, and not caring for the dog's long term health. When I mentioned growth plates, etc., she said she'd heard that was "going around the internet", but was not true. I didn't go back to this vet, and she was a recent graduate. Thanks for bringing this up!

My vet was furious when I said I would let my dog go through a heat. Vets are very similar to human doctors these days. I stayed with my old school vet till he retired in his 80’s. He did what was important and never was offering ridiculous treatments. I now do not even like taking my dog to the vets. Why fix a male? We never did.

We have a 14 month old border collie. I was shocked when the vet said to spay before her first season, as it was only done after the first season with my 2 previous female dogs (both of which had joint issues & one died of cancer). My instincts said not to spay my current dog early and what is peculiar is that she still hasn't even had her first season yet. My conspiracy prone brain thinks that the puppy jabs are sterilising some dogs now 😳

My Collie has NEVER been spayed. People are clueless. They assume you are irresponsible. My dog never roamed the streets. When she goes into heat, I shelter her. My dog is 6 never been pregnant, never will be. She has a MEDICAL condition, inverted vulva. My holistic vet said the swelling from a heat cycle could pop her vulva out. If I spay her, there is ZERO change this will happen. Love your channel ❤👈

I am shocked and...yet...not surprised after everything that i have been learning of such an "unregulated" industry or should i say "biased". Thank you so much for putting everything you do out there! You are inspiring! Keep doing what you're doing. We are listening!

I wish I would have known this before I had my dog spayed. I got her as a puppy six years ago. I think at around six months we had her spayed because the vet recommended it. Now she has incontinence and we’re dealing with that. We’ve tried the herbal treatments, and use diapers. Now I’m waiting for a prescription for it. I’m a little upset with my vet as I followed his advice. Now he is blaming her incontinence on being overweight. But I did everything he recommended. She’s a Great Pyrenees, so she’s going to be big. I personally feel that he just doesn’t want to admit he made a mistake. Thanks for your informative videos.

I've had 3 GSD, I waited for more than 2 years and 8 years for the 1st one. If you want your GSD to have a wide chest you should wait. The GSD I waited 8 years, lived 14 years 11 months

I have 3 giant breed males. One is neutered of the 3 and we rescued him 3 years ago and he already was. The other 2 are younger and intact. Cooper is going to be 3 years old in May and our youngest, Ozzie is going to be 7 months tomorrow. I have a black, blue merel, and a harliquin Great Dane. I've owned danes for over 15 years but recently heard this information within the past few years. Told to wait unti 18-24 monthsof age ATLEAST!!! Their sex organs are to also regulate growth and other very important functions. One of our past danes who was 8 years old, (thats quiet old for a Dane)actually was in complete good health and then fell one day running and couldnt get up. Took him to the vet and they initially listened to our story of him falling and gave pain and inflammatory drugs. Then sent us home. 3 weeks later he was still limping and now was holding up his back leg also...then what seemed to be overnight....there was a tumor on his hind leg. Took him back to the vet. said he had osteosarcoma(bone cancer) and that it was very aggressive and was in the late stages...they wanted us to put him down right then and there bc of the amount of excruciating pain this particular disease causes to our poor babies. I was selfish and couldnt but got strong pain meds to take him home for a few days (less than a week) to say goodbye to him and digest that what I thought was my completly healthy dog was near death just rocked my world, turned everything upside down. He lived his entire life with hip dysplasia but we managed it so he was pain-free for the most part. The best thing we could have done was exercise him. I guess I'm rambling a little bit but yes there's studies that you can read about showing you the data that they have on this and you can decide for your own pets but if you can avoid your pets living in pain and dying at a younger age possibly? Why wouldn't you do that? I truly believe if he was not neutered before 6 months or at 6 months that I would have had him a few more years. Also for the working breeds I do believe that if you neuter before 6 months that they're not as muscular and filled out as they would be if you waited until they were approximately two years old because of the testosterone. Do your research and yes it's important to spay and neuter because of the overpopulation of dogs in the world but we want them to live a healthy happy life also so due diligence do your research

My 3 years old labrador male has not been neutered and wont be neutered . The difference I noticed in neutered and intact is huge ...my pup never got ear infections , allergies and he got a little lump which dissolved by itself ..intact pups have better immunity .P.S...he eats home-cooked meal.

Thank you as always for being one of the BEST! Vet's! 🎵🎼🎶🎹

That is why we keep our dog intact.4 years old happy dog💗

There are veterinarians who can perform ovary sparing spays. No more messy heat cycles but your dog keeps her hormones. Also there are veterinarians who perform vasectomies as well. That’s what I’ve decided for my very active 80 lb doodle boy. You may have to travel to find a vet who does these procedures but I think it’s worth it.

Thank you Dr.Jones

We waited until two for our Labrador, she lived to 17. She didn’t have serious hip problems until about 16 -16.5. She was elderly by then though. We started giving her glucosamine sups at about 12 just in case.

UC Davis worked with the breeder of our Great Danes and we had to sign a contract not to neuter our dog till he was two years old. After losing our first Dane at 5 to osteosarcoma and she was spaded at 6 months. But she was from a different breeder. We did a lot of research with this breeder and the fact that her dogs for a living to be 9-10 years old was also a key feature. So I was happy to do what the recommended and wait. If it gives me more Quality time with the breed I love.

Thank you so much for posting this important video.

Love all the tips and suggestions you give to us.🐶🐈‍⬛ Thanks Dr.Jones, you are the best!!

Thanks!

Thank you for this great information

Thank u

Finally! An older gentleman vet that gets it... Some vets like doctors need to be reminded they're "Practicing" medicine and need to evolve as the studies support a new way of doing things...

thx for stikin in Doc Jones!

I waited until 3 years for my large breed male Newfoundland/poodle. I regret it all the time. I won't be doing it for my other dogs. He was so much more energetic, excitable for trianing and actually less weary then he is now. Since his neuter he's become more easily started, easily Barking at noises that be never did before. And he was fully developed and grown at 3 years. I can't even imagine neuter for a BABY dog.

Stop unwanted pregnancies by getting your male dog a vasectomy and your female dog a partial spay. A partial spay involves removing the uterus, but not the ovaries. The surgery is much safer, because the main arteries are located after the ovaries. While your dog still comes into heat every six months (or so), she doesn't give off much of a scent to attract males because the scent is produced in the uterus. Also, she doesn't bleed during heat without a uterus. It is the best of all options. I don't want a eunuch for a dog - I want a male or female dog. And that is what I get.

I keeping my dog in tact thank you 😊

I decided to wait to spay my new kitten. She's about 9 months now. I've endured two heat cycles (a good 7-10 days each) but I think it will be worth it for her. I've scheduled it for next month.

I have had Several labs females they were working dogs never had them spayed but did have a problem with a couple Having Pyometra. Most of them lived 14-16 years and were healthy.

I adopted my Peke at 11 months of age from a local animal control. He was neutered by the shelter the day I was permitted to bring him home. Glad he wasn't younger. I've never been a fan of early spay/neuter for all the reasons Dr. Jones mentions. More vets are finally speaking out about this.

Thank you

Luckly my four years dog has not been neutered. Love her so much will never want her to be cut.

We have a little Havanese female and some breeders are suggesting to wait until 2 years. My vet says that’s only for large dogs, but I was going to wait anyway. Thanks for explaining the study. We will wait anyway.

My previous GSD was spayed at a few months old because the vet recommended surgery for a navel hernia and why not spay at the same time. She developed severe elbow dysplasia that was so bad her joints were fused solid. Adequan injections was the only treatment that gave her a nearly normal life, along with pill supplements. This was nearly 20 yrs ago but at least today we have more info to work with. The breeder of my young English labrador recommends to wait until at least two yrs for neutering ....IF at all. I’m keeping an open mind so haven’t made any decision on it yet since he’s only a yr old.

Another excellent piece of information, so pleased I am subscribed to you. Six months does seem early and now we know the possible set backs. Thanks Doc your a vital part of owning a pet!!!

I am glad you have shared this with others. I have been an advocate for waiting. However, might be worthwhile to explain what to do when females are in heat and how to manage as well as males aroused by a female in heat near by.

I have known that forever. But no one agreed

Thank you so much for this information!!! I just adopted a pug, he is scheduled to be netuered when he is 8 months, but after watching this, I may delay that for even a few more months, closer to his 1st birthday.

I've had some questions about spaying reducing the life expectancy of the dog. Your video more than backs up this thinking. Rough life for puppies that get dropped off/donated to shelters.

I have a 3 yo Shepard mix just tear her ACL, she was spayed by the animal shelter at 4 mos old. But also had a 3 yo husky get extremely sick from plyometra, so there’s still big risks in not getting spayed. I realize now how important it is to be more proactive with my dogs’ health. Now have an 8 mos old doodle who will not be getting “fixed”

Your fur baby is beautiful.

It also changed texture of dogs coat, and if you do it while your dog is going through coat change and at the stage it matts all the time, this continues and is hard for oscars to control hair

My first Jack Russell had too many litters so I got my new dog neutered at 6 mths old. She's now 15 and is doing really well. Guess it depends on the dog. Next time I'd like to give my dog the experience of motherhood before neutering. Just reading the comments my girl is obviously one of the lucky ones and is naturally by far the strongest dog I've ever had so next time I'll do alot of considering before neutering again.

Same goes with people! Although we don’t get it done in childhood

We are forced to spay/neuter, if we adopt from the spca. Often the dogs are spayed/neutered before three months, at these ‘shelters’. I adopted two dogs from the spca and they were both four months old, and had been spayed before three months.

Informative and well articulated and explained video... Thank you so much..♡☆♡☆♡ Similar 4 cats/?/kittens???

First of all thank you very much for making these videos they're very informative . May I ask a question I have a four year old female heeler, I've had her since 8 weeks old Her first year she came into heat twice(March and NOVEMBER ) Her second year she came into heat once .(February) Her third year she did not come into heat. She turned four in February and she still has not come into heat. She is beside or within 15 feet of me 24/7 Her health is great her coat is great her ears mouth teeth everything is great she's regular in her bowel movements and urine outtake. She drinks plenty as she has fresh water available all the time, and I pack her and I pack water on our walks or bike trips. she eats a cup and a half of dry dog food a day. She's up on all her shots I give all them to her, except for rabies and I take her to the vet for rabies shots. I've had two other healers in my lifetime that died of healthy old age but they had regular heat cycles. I have never had her bred and don't want to, and I've never had her around a male dog. She is around my daughter's three other female dogs at least three times a week, and they come in too heat regularly. Gee I'm long-winded today 😂 My question Should she be having a heat twice a year ?

Thank you Dr Jones .. yikes I won’t do this to my little one .: personally I feel it’s cruel and I think we won’t do it ourselves ie humans .. alas thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge.. Thank you Dr Jones and keep safe 👍🏻😷

It’s very hard to listen to this video because it brings back the pain of losing my sweet dog Diamond, a purebred standard Collie. She was only 8 years old when she passed. By the time I received Diamond, she had already been spayed, close to her first birthday. Fast forward 7 years and she passed away with complications from Cushing’s disease. The vet acted like Cushing’s was a mysterious disease that had no origin. What the vet did not tell me was that it was endocrine related and that Diamond should never had been spayed in the first place! Of course, it was years later through my research, heartache, and tears that I discovered this information. The only good thing that came from this is that I am a current well-informed, question-asking pet parent who doesn’t just take the vet’s word on everything he/she says. Dr. Jones, thank you for this video and thank you for your honesty and integrity!!! Keep up the good work!! God bless you!

Thank you Dr Jones and Tulla :) I will look and share the link with family . Can I ask about a special case dog , he is a rescue spayed and has lost use of his back legs, he has a wheel chair cart he is learning to use . What would you recommend for daily baths as he must wear a dog diaper and I want to prevent skin rash and irritation keeping him healthy . Thank ypu :) He is a small breed looks like a weiner dog , but resembles a honey cream color minature golden retriever, I have a picture of him if you feel it would help in any way . Thank you :)

I waited too long with my first dog to neuter, and he developed prostate problems. He was 5 when I neutered him. This was after I had to take him to the emergency vet and get a catheter placed. His prostate was so large that it blocked him from peeing!

My 2.5 yr old silver lab is intact and she's currently going through her 3rd heat. We also recently rescued a 5 yr old spayed, overweight golden retriever. We'll see the outcome of the 2 dogs long term, health-wise!

I have a male lab English Mastiff mix. I have not gotten him fixed until his growth plates close

My German Shepherd Kane was 2 when her was neutered he died at 6 from lymphoma.My lab died at 6 from lung cancer and my Tanner got hip disease a few months after being neutered at 3 and her for mean.

Im just so upset with myself. Our vet told us 6 months and just had our puppy spayed. She’s a super mix breed, mainly larger dogs mix breed, so I just so sad that we didn’t wait. Praying she has a good life with us.

I’ve read that intact pets are more confident. My Labrador is 3 and intact. Not sure I will ever have him neutered.

I had my miniature dachshund kloey spayed at 4 months I believe. That's when my vet said to do it and now I'm wondering because she has spondylosis her whole spine from her neck to her tail and she's never did stairs or jump on her off furniture. I'm curious I wish I knew

Another great video. Do you know if there has been a study connecting DCM to sterilization? Since the early deaths of my beloved Doberman(s) I've tried to educate myself by reading about spaying and neutering and understanding the physiology of it all. These are my concerns. When we sterilize our pets we remove the ovaries and testis. Ovaries and testis are responsible for the lifelong health of muscles, joints, bone growth (and many other things). I call them the "body's regulators". The heart is a muscle. Could sterilization effect the heart muscle?

When I was in my late 20s through late 30s, I lived in the middle of a National forest, WAY off grid and had only wolf hybrids for my canine companions. I only has planned visits by my small circle of friends. Long story short, it became obvious that I should not be breeding the hybrids and selling some of the pups. Wolf hybrids require very specific homes and very responsible owners. I kept a male and a female pup and got them both fixed. I did not get the parents fixed. The altered pups grew into fat, lazy, destructive killers of my farm animals. My Alfa male and female were excellent protectors of my critters. The altered two offspring also started biting unexpected visitors. I ultimately had to euthanize them both. But, I didn't want to have any more litters. It started out with my Alfa Red Wolf male. He somehow came into range of a mean old man that shot any canine he came across. Brutus came home with a gunshot wound that damaged his urinary tract. I took him to a special Vet that wasn't afraid of hybrids. Brutus loved the Vet. He required surgery to repair his wound. I asked the Vet if he would be willing to give Brutus a vasectomy, instead of a neuter. The Vet was very willing and eager to do this operation in conjunction with the wound repair. Brutus came back as the same loving, loyal boy. He had his testicles and he bred Kali every time she came into heat. But no conceptions occurred. About a year later I called my normal vet and asked if she would do a hysterectomy on Kali, yet leave her ovaries intact. I had to do some serious debating, but because on numerous occasions I had brought horses in with issues that the Vet didn't believe I knew what I was talking about but I was proven correct eat occasion, she agreed to do the hystorectomy. Kali still had heat cycles, but with no blood discharge. Her vulva would swell and apparently she smelled like any other bitch in heat. Brutus would tie with Kali, but again, no viable pregnancies. Those two were my last hybrids and they had long healthy lives without any issues. They both still protected my infant, my livestock and chased off bears, cougars, coyotes bobcats, racoons, etc. To this day I have never spayed or neutered any of my canine companions. I've never had an unplanned pregnancy or litter. I've also never had cancers, allergies, ear mites or any health issues. My dogs have lived long healthy active lives clear up to when they lay down to sleep and passed away in their dreams. I've never found any other vets who would perform a vasectomy or a tubal ligation or removal of the uterus and leave the ovaries intact. I wish some highly respected veterinarians would do some studies and publish the results. I do get my male kittens neutered around a year old. I can't stand the smell of cat spray. My few female unspayed cats have never had surprise litters because I live so far out, there are no stray Tom's to show up and to impregnate the girls. Just wanted to share. PS: for the past ten years, any new pups or kittens I have, get their 3 rounds of baby shots, one booster a year later, and never any more vaccinations. Again, I've never had cancers, tumors, arthritis or illnesses. I have a rescue cat that was a big cranky Tom when I rescued him. He was a middle age boy. I got him neutered, vaccinated and a rabies. I've had him for 5+ years. I've no idea of his age but he's missing a lot of his tiny front teeth on tip and bottom. But his fangs are still there, healthy and white. Peanut became a total love bug and meows or scrapes at the door to go out and potty. He will only use the litter box if he gets left inside and I'm gone for hours. He's wonderful. Taught my new kitten to do the same. He's a little chunky but he's always been a huge cat. The only issue is that he has weepy/crusty eyes for a couple of years. I'd like to fix that but I have no clue what causes it or how to clear it up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The closest vet is an hour+ drive south. I love your videos and share many of them on my Facebook feed. You are the best.

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this beautiful and can you also tell us how you keep looking so young and what kind of vitamin and what you eat :).

Great advice. Do you talk about Cat neutering at all.?

Sorry I missed your webinar. I got sick a few days ago. Hopefully I can watch a rerun of it. I have a couple females that are about aprox 8 or 9 years old. They keep going in heat. How many days do I have to wait to get them fixed? Besides the annoying noises they make they are spraying all over.

What's a good age to speed a pressa canario?

? My male apbt trembles a lot when the females go into heat, he also gets jumpy and scares easily, does neutering fix that? This round he also started acting aggressive to younger intact males, does neutering fix that too? I never planned on having him fixed unless I thought it would be better for him, I don’t mind the whining and keeping him leashed. He turns 3 in October and I was thinking of donating his manly marbles this summer, but if it doesn’t help with the issues above he can keep’m.

I've been saying this for so long and now it was proven to me when I got my chocolate lab rescue home at 12 weeks old and he was already neutered at 11 weeks! The rescue will not release them unless they have them neutered. Now he is showing signs of incontinence. He does his business mostly in one spot but as he walks away he is still drizzling urine all over his inner thighs and feet. Then when he comes into the house and lays down he drips a little bit more. It's so frustrating. The vet thinks that it is just because he is so young and still has to develop. I hope that is the case.

Good morning Dr , I'd like to know where you are , are from USA or Canada ? Can I have a private appointment please ?

What are your recommendations for dealing with when a cat or dog is in heat?

Keep your dogs intact.

Bob Barker and Drew Carey... take that! I'm waiting!

My staffy was neutered at age 9 due to enlarged prostate. He later developed cushings and cancer and died age 13.

Dr Jones. Is there any medications which may aid a dog which has been neutered? Hormone booster shots to reduce the strain on organs which are trying to produce the hormones for example. Osteoporosis prevention etc

Very interesting. I worked at a dog rescue for 5 years and they neuter and spay puppies at 10-12 weeks. I often thought that was too early. Obviously, their motivation is to guarantee that any dog that gets adopted does not reproduce. Thank you.

I have had spayed/nuetered dogs all my life and now I own two intact dogs. The male is a cocker spaniel and will be 2 in November. The female just turned 1 in May. She is a Pitsky from what we were told. I have found it quite interesting to observe the two of them during her two heats. Last February and right now end of August. The first heat cycle was like observing two lustful people in love. This cycle is much more relaxing for me as well as them. The difference in size is big. She will let him hump her back but will not let him near her opening nor let him touch/sniff it. She will immediatly sit down. I would like to read information regarding both male and female cycles. What to expect and information about if it is indeed possible for her to get inpregnated by such a short dog.

I've got two older Chihuahuas that I'm getting ready to fix, in a few weeks thanks for the thumbs up🤓

we don't spay or neuter in our house. we also don't have "accidental" puppies.

Omg these videos are keeping me ip at night. I feel so guilty. My dog weighs 4kg fully grown. I was advised that 6 months was a good time to get her done and i did.

1.5-3yr is best...I fix all mine around 6.

Hi and what about cats? I adopted a lovely half-breed Siamese female called Bluesette when she was 4 months old and my vet convinced me that I had to spayed her as soon as possible as soon as she was six months old to prevent her from getting mammal cancer when she was older. Eventually I got her spayed after her first heat when she was 9 months old (now she’s 11 months). Was this too early and what are the risks? Thanks.

We appreciate all your videos. Thank you for taking the time to help us all be better parents to our fur babies. 👼🏻🙏🏻👼🏻

I had 3 Pomeranian's, all neutered,all had health problems.The last one,I did not have him neutered as I wanted to see if it would make a difference. Unfortunately he developed a hernia on one side of his rectum at age 8. This was a big surgery to take care of. They said it was because he was not neutered. I think it was just unfortunate though,and if I get another dog,I will not have it surgically altered. He was neutered at the time of the surgery as it was told to me,not neutering would probably lead to him herniating on the other side. I did not want to chance another surgery for him,so I went ahead and did it,even though I was not sure.

My goldendoodle was a year old.

Some people are saying up to a year.

Hi I know this video isn’t about vestibular disease but I wanted to make sure I could possible get an answer. This is my dogs second day dealing with this and he’s improved some, but he shivers every now and then. Is that normal with this disease? I thought maybe he thinks he’s going to get in trouble for getting sick but I always reassure him that he’s not and it’s ok. I just want to see if it’s pretty normal.

I will NEVER neuter or spay another dog. Regretfully, I listened to previous vets and had previous dogs altered - all died too young with many problems that are a direct result of these procedures.

Very insightful! Do you have a video about the same topic, but about cats?

The study's he is referencing were only done on to particular breeds and can't be out across mixed breeds or other breeds

I almost did then I didn't get is good

We didnt neuter our female dog at all, never had a proplem at all in 11 years. The younger dog, now 4 years, is doing just fine, too, with all her parts in place. It's only the last 2 days of her heat, when we have to keep her on the leash.