100 dogs seized in RSPCA raid

[pct001wine]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/tipoff-leads-to-rspca-raiding-rural-hills-propert...

Shame on the people involved in this, and shame on those people who enable their activities by not caring where their puppies come from.

[crystal**flake]

Post 8 that is correct kind of, it depends on the breed.

[jodies*new*life]

I am going to book my boxer dog in to be desexed in 2 wweeks she will be 11 months old.

Should I wait?

TIA

[***super_nova***]

Post 8 that is correct kind of, it depends on the breed.

The only thing that depends on the breed is how soon they mature (come in season); no breed should be desexed at or before 8 weeks.  Small breeds may not get problems with hips, but they can still have other problems, and considering that juvenile desexing has only been performed for very short period of time, it is too early to have any clear indication of all the problems.  But anybody who understands how hormones produced by the testes & ovaries influence the development will tell you that it is asking for trouble.  Only very few breeds come in season by 6 months, and I do not believe that any bitch should be spayed before 6 months.

I am not familiar with Boxer, as a breed; you would have to ask a breeder when do their bitches usually come in season.  Unless boxers are extremely slow maturing breed,  spaying at 11 months should be fine. 

[crystal**flake]

I breed a small breed and encourage desexing at 6 months.  You're right about everything else.

[***super_nova***]

I breed a small breed and encourage desexing at 6 months.  You're right about everything else.

If I had a breed that is likely come in season at about 6 months, I would also recommend spaying by about 6 months  🙂  My breed is slow maturing; the earliest I had a bitch to come in season was 13 months, the latest one was 2.5 years, so I recommend to spay at about 12 months.  Unfortunately, many councils now insist on pups being registered at 3 months, and will not accept registration without proof of desexing.  They are setting themselves up for class actions, which will be paid for from our rates.:_|

[rabbitearbandicoot]

If I had a breed that is likely come in season at about 6 months, I would also recommend spaying by about 6 months  🙂  My breed is slow maturing; the earliest I had a bitch to come in season was 13 months, the latest one was 2.5 years, so I recommend to spay at about 12 months.  Unfortunately, many councils now insist on pups being registered at 3 months, and will not accept registration without proof of desexing.  They are setting themselves up for class actions, which will be paid for from our rates.:_|

Not correct. You can register any pup desexed or not - the only difference is the FEE $$$.

[crystal**flake]

Nova I had a bitch come in at 5 months, I wasn't happy.