What happens to a female dog when you never spay them?

Question

and if i didnt spay them how much would i save

Answer 1

SPAY YOUR DOG!!! She will go into heat, you will eventually end up with backyard bred puppies! Unless you have a show quality dog and want to keep the line intact to better the breed you should ALWAYS spay and neuter your pets. If you don't you will only contribute to the thousands of unwanted dogs in shelters that get put to sleep. Let me ask you, did you get your dog from a shelter?

Answer 2

they get periods and you have to buy special diapers, they get in heat and try humping everything, or they have puppies and you have to get rid of them before they tear everything apart...

really. just spay your dog. it's so worth it.  

Answer 3

If you do not have an experience in raising puppies, get her spayed.  The younger they are the cheaper it is and there are a lot of humane societies that will do it free of cost.  When they reach 3 years old they are at higher risk of developing tumors and other female related diseases and spaying her would be triple what the normal price is.  If money is a big issue you might want to think twice about getting the dog.  They cost money to take care of in general and should see a vet at least one to two times a year for check ups.  You might get lucky and not have a problem with her, but every 6 months she will go into heat and bleed for a week or so and it will get all over everything unless you put a diaper on her or keep her in a cage.  I really recommend that you get her fixed.

Answer 4

She could possibly get uterine or mammary cancer.. which can be very costly to treat.

She could get a deadly uterine infection.. which would require an emergency surgury to remove her pus-filled uterus plus a series of antibiotics.. which will cost at least 3 times what a spay would.

If she got pregnant, there's so many costly complications there..  even a cecarian can easily cost $1,000-3,000

You wont save anything by not spaying her.

Answer 5

If you spay her you save a ton of money not having to clean up the blood and buy diapers.  You save yourself the added pressure of keeping tabs on her during her heat cycle.

Both my dogs are unfixed, and we have to be VERY dilligent about keeping them apart during her heat season.  They rotate in and out of their crates, only one allowed out at a time, not even allowed to walk together.  Not to mention, there's a huge mess, and she turns into a huge pain in the butt wanting attetion.  The male gets a little mean and grumpy too.  It's a ton of work you don't want to deal with if you don't have to.

A spay is cheap.  They have special programs you just get put on a waiting list for.  The price around here is $40 for a full grown dog, sometimes less depending on your income with certain programs.

Answer 6

I just wrote a blog on female dog stuff and it touches on that subject.  as to how much you'd save that it hard to tell.  would you have diapered and spent moeny hiring cleaner to clean blood out of carpet etc.... ?

http://golden-joy.blogspot.com/

Answer 7

Nothing as long as you don't let a male near her when she's in heat.  If that happens then it's puppy time.  

Answer 8

well theyll come in season

have pups

then youll have to find them homes

and youll add to the over flowing pet population.....and you really woudlnt save nothing

Answer 9

nothin will really happen except going into heat. if you want to spay her then you can dont let anyone on here pressure you into it. if you dont want to. and im not surehow much is cost you can call your vet to get an estimate  

Answer 10

The cost of spaying your dog varies; most areas have low-cost spay/neuter clinics.  Here's one in Chicago for example where a spay costs $75  http://www.pawschicago.org/SpayNeuter/sn... )  At a private vet it would depend on age, size, etc, but figure $200-$300.

Health wise, an unspayed female would be more prone to mammary tumors, pyometra (uterine infection), and some forms of cancer. Unfortunately, many mammary tumors turn out to be malignant and by the time they are diagnosed, the malignancy may have spread to her lungs.  Also, if she does develop pyometra, it is an emergency situation and requires emergency surgery--$800 minimum.

Also, you won't have the hassle of her going into heat.  The mess, the male dogs hanging around, etc.

Answer 11

Well, initially you'll save a couple hundred, but then you'll have to buy new carpet/furniture when she bleeds all over it, that or buy dog diapers, which are spendy over a lifetime, far more than a few hundred.

Then you risk her getting pyometra or other infections/cancer which will cost WAY more than a few hundred to treat.

There's also the risk of her getting knocked up, the cost of prenatal care, feeding a pregnant and nursing mom, feeding the puppies after weaning, and the cost of finding homes for them, (plus the vet care they should recieve) will cost TONS more than a few hundred.

So, either way, if you leave her intact, you aren't saving ANY money.

Answer 12

This is an article from a website.  This explains one of the health issues but there are others.  Get her spayed.  

By the Editor, Golden Times

Unspayed older female dogs are at risk for developing pyometra, a life-threatening disease of the uterus. It occurs most commonly in females over six years of age. Pyometra is caused by one of the normally occurring female hormones, progesterone. In some cases, excessively high levels of the hormone are produced. In others, the uterus simply becomes overly sensitive to progesterone. In either case, in response to this substance, cysts form in the lining of the uterus. Additionally, the secretory cells lining this organ are also stimulated and large quantities of fluid are released into the uterus.

All of this brings about a dramatic increase in the overall size of the uterine horns and body. Normally, the horns of the  uterus are no larger or longer than a lead pencil. In pyometra, they become large, sac-like pouches the size of a cucumber and twelve to eighteen inches long. As the disease continues, bacteria that normally live in the v****a move through the cervix and colonize these intrauterine fluids. This results in a defense response by the body, with millions and millions of white blood cells being shunted into the area to combat these organisms (an accumulation of large numbers of white blood cells and bacteria is what we commonly refer to as pus).

Early in the disorder the cervix remains open, allowing this accumulation of pus, fluid, bacteria and their by-products and toxins to drain out through the v****a. With time, however, the cervix closes, trapping all of this within the uterus. At this point, the uterus continues to grow, and can easily rupture. More probably, however, the body will attempt to eliminate the accumulated material through the bloodstream. But in the case of pyometra, there is more material than the body can eliminate.  Therefore, the toxins and waste products spread out and poison the entire system.

Symptoms

Pyometra follows a heat cycle in which breeding did not occur. Typically within two to four months following the cycle, the female dog starts showing clinical signs of the disorder. The body attempts to flush the accumulated wastes and toxins with the kidney system. To do this the animal must drink huge quantities of water and therefore urinate frequently.

These are typically the signs first noticed with pyometra. Later, the owner may notice the animal l*****g at the v***a or a drainage occurring there. The animal will probably have a decreased appetite and due to the increasing mass in the abdomen, seem weak on the rear legs.

Risks

Animals with pyometra that do not receive treatment almost always die. The uterus will continue to increase in size and will finally rupture, spilling pus, bacteria and fluid into the abdomen. This causes peritonitis combined with toxic shock syndrome that results in death within a few hours. Even if this doesn't occur, over time the build-up of toxins within the system will lead to kidney failure.

Treatment

In female pets the treatment of choice is an ovariohysterectomy or spay. By totally removing the ovaries and uterus, the cause and the major result of the disease is eliminated. It is important that this be done as soon as possible to prevent damage to the kidneys.  Surgery is usually followed with long-term antibiotic therapy.

Prevention

The only sure way to prevent pyometra is to spay the dog.