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Texas Belle User is Offline

Austin, TX

MH
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11/03/2009 12:53 PM
This article just came out about a study looking at the effect of ovaries on longevity. Since to spay or not to spay has come up for discussion numerous times on this forum I thought I would share this with you guys. www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html (this was posted on another forum I belong to on Yahoo Groups)

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bruns333

Central Ohio

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11/03/2009 2:36 PM
Interesting research!

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Westport,wa

MH
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11/03/2009 3:30 PM
Very interesting research thanks for the link good read.

Marie

Wisconsin

MH
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11/04/2009 6:56 PM
Alot more factors include in life style of a dog to determine longevity. Chese/Lab, Snickers, lg breed, spaded at 7 months lived 13 yrs and 4 months, Of course first male GSP, Poge neutered at 9 yrs lived 15 yrs and 8 months. Both dogs lived with good diet as in house companion dogs with at least 2- 45 minute off leash walks a day. Very interesting article though. I had one friend whose fox terrier had cancer of uterus at 6 yrs and Vet told her if spaded earlier in life would have avoided this kind of cancer. So at that point I was relieved Snickers was spaded so I didnot have to worry about her coming down with that complication.

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TessaGA

Georgia

MH
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11/04/2009 7:04 PM
Interesting research but probably needs to be looked at more...I think genetics have more to do with longivity than ovaries...had a dog that was spayed at 6 months and died at 14 years of old age. Her mother was spayed at around 6 years and lived 14 years when she died of cancer. Father (intact) also lived 14 years and died of cancer. Which of course proves nothing But I am all for any research that looks into the spay/neuter issue as I don't believe that early spay/neuter is all it's trumped up to be healthwise.

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MH
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11/05/2009 5:26 AM
I also found this article interesting but take research like this with a grain of salt. Until they can take a mirror image of a dog or any living being and run the research it is all a guess. Genetics plays a huge part of it. EX: This is from the litter we got our last boxer from. Our boxer was spayed at 6 months died at 5yrs, her litter mate was intact died at 4yrs old, another one spayed at 6 months lived to 12yrs (old for a boxer), another one intact lived to 10yrs. This is just my own thoughts - which can also be taken with a grain of salt

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