Comments | melbournemaniac: Vet Recommendation.

nsanity_au in melbournemaniac

Vet Recommendation.

Jan 16, 2010 18:53

People often ask for them, so after this morning I have one to give.

Living in the sorta Oakliegh-Clayton area has quite a bit for choice with regards to Vet's, with most of them being shit. Trying to find one that isn't "OH JESUS YOU FILTHY SWINE, HURRY UP AND NEUTER YOUR PET" the second you walk in the door, and then "YOU SHOULD REALLY BUY SOME ( Read more... )

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vikusias January 16 2010, 08:10:46 UTC

Dumb question, but what exactly is the issue with a vet suggesting you neuter your dog?

lirion January 16 2010, 08:20:16 UTC

From the rest of the post I get the feeling the poster is actually intending to breed in the future - 6 months for instance - but doesn't want pups now.

nsanity_au January 16 2010, 08:45:57 UTC

Correct.

usekh January 16 2010, 08:20:36 UTC

This. Unless it is a pedigree that you are intending to show/breed why wouldn't you?

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neko_loliighoul January 16 2010, 08:11:46 UTC

there are vets that are in it for the money??? LOL, fools.

how_appropriate January 16 2010, 08:39:06 UTC

why wouldn't you neuter your pet? that's pretty irresponsible.

nsanity_au January 16 2010, 08:46:47 UTC

Why weren't you neutered? your parents are pretty irresponsible...

how_appropriate January 16 2010, 08:53:54 UTC

wow. genius. good work on helping to ensure that more dogs in shelters will be put to sleep each year.

nsanity_au January 16 2010, 09:00:43 UTC

as opposed to the homeless and starving people?

Alternatively it could be that I plan on furthering the breed.

Or that responsible registered breeders who test of genetic defects and hereditary problems with selective sales of their pups are certainly a cut above ma and pa bogan letting Sparky fuck the neighbourhood, finding out its a girl - by virtue of it being pregnant - then dumping lol-mongrels at the RSPCA.

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anemptyflight January 16 2010, 09:30:29 UTC

Not sure if you know this or not, but you can get contraceptive implant for future-mummy dog. Might save you a wholelottaworry.

nsanity_au January 16 2010, 09:34:02 UTC

We looked into this (mostly the injection for the boy) and couldn't find any evidence of them breeding afterwards. Plenty of documents showing the the reproductive cycle returning to normal on paper though.

Any info you have would be most welcome :)

anemptyflight January 16 2010, 09:37:33 UTC

not used it myself (ugh, I mean on my pets). However, the situation was a bit different to yours. We had one boy, desexed and our breeder had a girl he thought he may want to breed with in future but wanted her to have a home with a family, so he sent her to live with us. We looked into it as an option for stopping her cycle because it made her crackers and also upset because she didn't know why she was crackers. In the end, our breeder decided not to use her so she was spayed.

Both our vet and breeder seemed happy with the proposition of the implant though.

nsanity_au January 16 2010, 10:13:16 UTC

Indeed, we've already decided that if we can't breed in 6 months (her next cycle) then she will be spayed shortly before its due to hit.

We've just got to get through the breed specific testing and ANKC registration before then. Again, if anything fails, she will be desexed.

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fallatyourfeet_ January 18 2010, 05:05:14 UTC

thanks for the recommendation! i'm trying to find a good vet and will gladly travel a bit for it :)