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Pediatric Spay/Neuter

We have found a number of Vets that specialise in this procedure and perform it routinely for responsible breeders.
We researched this proceedure and I have seen cats and puppies run around
1 hour after their spay and or neuter with no apparent discomfort.
This proceedure has been done for over 30 years according to The American Veterinary Medical Association
and we have been doing this proceedure with following up on our pups since approx. 2004.
All of the pet Poodles you see featured throughout our web page were spayed or neutered at 7 weeks of age
and as you can see, they have grown into some stunning looking, healthy adult Poodles
The choice is yours if you wish your puppy to have a spay (hysterectomy) or neuter (castration) or a Tubal or Vasectomy.
During a spay or neuter the reproductive organs are removed. The male will not have testicles
and the female will no longer experience heat cycles (bleeding) every 6 months of age.
Castration or Hysterectomy commonly referred to as a Spay or Neuter,
is the normal proceedure that most Vets will be very familiar with.

WHAT ABOUT THE HORMONES ??

Bijou Poodles offers our puppy people an alternative to the Spay or Neuter procedure,
called Tubal ligation or Vasectomy . Tubal and Vasectomy are the same minor procedure as humans
get done to prevent unwanted pregnancy, still leaving the reproductive organs in place and hormones functioning normally.
The benefit to some people of choosing a Tubal or Vasectomy procedure, is that the puppy will have ALL their hormones
and growth happening normally because hormone production and development is still occurring.
This means that male dogs will still have visible testicles and females will still retain their uterus and uterine horns.
The downside to this choice is that males will still have sexual urges driven by hormone production and females will
also experience mood changes and going through a heat cycle (bleeding for 10 days) every 6 months,
as well as still attracting males who will all wish to breed her. The female may even go through a false pregnancy in rare cases.
The choice of Vasectomy or Tubal Ligation procedures ensures the puppy is unable to reproduce,
but gives new owners the option of when, or even if, they will have a spay or neuter done later, and at their discretion.
We are able to offer this procedure option for an additional $100.00.



(Photo curtesy of Perfectworld Poodles)
Lets face it. No owner or dog would want to go through this experience.


Early Spay/Neuter is commonly referred to as Pediatric Spay/Neuter
What ever your Decision is, we offer this proceedure through our Veterinarian,
with us assuming all risks and costs involved. As you know this procedure
could cost you between $200.00-$1,000.00 at a later date, so having us do it would be a huge
cost savings to you. Why we would offer Pediatric Spay/Neuter at an additional expense for us?
Because we feel after our research that our pups would be healthier and recovery quicker, less chance
of long term injury from a less experienced surgeon, use of minimal anesthetic, have less scarring, less loss of self,
quicker recovery, less stress and financial strain on owners and overall with less trauma for the puppy.


Puppies 1 hour after spay and neuter Surgery


Puppies 1 hour after spay and neuter Surgery


Puppies 1 hour after spay and neuter surgery


Puppies 1 day after surgery


Puppies 2 days after surgery




Puppies 7 days after Spay



Puppies 7 days after a neuter




Bijou Poodles has been offering this proceedure for many years
and we have kept in contact with several of our Puppy People all of which have healthy adult Poodles.
However, all our pups are from healthy, health tested, great tempered adults that have excellent conformation.
A puppy's hormones are no more physically done working by 16 or 24 weeks, any more than they are at 7 weeks.
so waiting an additional few weeks to spay or neuter just does not make any sense.
Bijou Poodles as a result of our Study and consultation with many Vets, feel that Spaying and Neutering
is a desirable thing to do and offer this procedure to our puppy people, with us assuming all costs
and all responsibility for, and during the proceedure.


Hershey Thumbnail.... .. Hershey Thumbnail
(Puppy wet after a bath and just had visible sutures removed @ 7 days)

On occasion a female puppy may have a reaction to the internal sutures.
This is when the incision site has a hard marble like swelling that will diminish and resolve without any treatment.
We have only had a couple pups have a swelling get bigger to a golf ball size and in that instance the puppy went on antibiotics
to clear up the swelling with no further complications.


Hershey Thumbnail

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
On occasion our pups have developed a UTI
in which the puppy has had the need to pee small amounts frequently.
Owners can become very frustrated as they take the puppy outside to potty a lot
and yet when puppy comes back inside, puppy still pees inside the house.
UTI's can be caused by Owners restricting water access in attempts to toilet training.
Never restrict water access except when puppy is in the crate for the night.
Urinary tract infection, which can be positively diagnosed with a simple urine sample, is easily wiped out with a course of antibiotics.


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Fin at 1 year of age .................. Finnegan at 2 years of age
Both of these boys are UKC Alter Champions with Finnegan being the first in History
Both these Red Males were pediactric neuters at 7 weeks of age

People worry that this early procedure might stunt growth.
In fact, research shows that the dogs will actually get slightly Taller and
we used to say leaner, but we found out this was in part to owners actually restricting their diets.
When the pups are toilet trained we really encourage people to leave food down 24/7 for their Poodles.
The reason for slight growth increase, is because the long bones tend to grow for a slightly longer period.
Since this extra growth is NOT caused by more rapid growth,
but instead by prolonged growth, the implication is that this might be a good thing in our breed.
It is known that when growth proceeds slowly over a longer period, the bone density (strength) increases.
People also worry about puppy having Urinary incontinence after the proceedure.
Our pups will have 2-3 days that they pee a LOT. Basically "frequency" but after this short period they
are in control and no mistakes. In a rare case we have had pups experience a Urinary Tract Infection
but we are unsure if this is related to the surgery or because people are restricting water to aid in toilet training.
Puppy needs water at all times except at night while in their crate/cage.


SUMMERY OF PEDIATRIC SPAY/NEUTER:

The Puppy will recover within the hour
The Puppy will requiring less anesthesia
The Puppy will have less surgery time
The Puppy will have minimal if any scarring
The Puppy will not have that huge belly often seen in older dogs after a spay.
The Owner does not have to be faced with any guilt about subjecting their puppy to surgery.
The Owner will not miss time off of work to bring the puppy to the Vet office.
The Owner will not have to worry about a puppy's recovery after surgery
The Owner will not have to take time off of work to get to the Vet 7 days later for suture removal.
The Owner will not have to deal with unexpected heat cycles (bleeding).
The Owner will not have to suddenly find extra money for surgery.
The Owner will save $200.00- $1,000.00 for cost of Surgery.
The Breeder has added expense that they will be assuming or including in the price.
The Breeder will deal with the recovery time with possible frequency of urination, for 3 days
The Breeder has to find an experienced Vet
The Breeder has peace of mind that their pups are being enjoyed as loving pets as they were intended

History of Spay/Neuter Surgery

Article by Marci Hess

 In the 1940s and 1950s:
veterinarians had primitive anaesthetics, monitoring equipments, and surgical tools.
Anaesthetics were not terribly safe, especially for young animals, sophisticated surgical instruments
that are now used to find a tiny uterus did not exist.
Veterinarians were mainly men, working with horses and cattle, heavy, physical work.
They had big hands, and had to find that uterus with their fingers.
Since a uterus is bigger and much easier to find after an estrus (heat, when females will bleed and when they will get pregnant
this can happen at 4-24 months of age) the advice of waiting until after the first estrus (heat) still persists decades later.
Often the practitioner selected the spay/neuter age of the animals based
on his convenience and what was appropriate to his skill and equipment.

Now jump forward to the 1960s.
It is discovered that the incidence of mammary cancer (which is four times higher in intact bitches
than in human women) can be reduced by over 96.4 percent, if we spay before the first estrus (heat).
So the veterinary profession begins teaching this, and now with better equipment, better drugs, and safer methodologies,
veterinarians began to spay before the first estrus (heat).
Determining when the first heat begins presents problems, however.
It differs among large dogs (4-14 months), small dogs (around 6 months), and cats (as early as 4-5 months).
So Six months became the generalised standard age for spay and or neuter,
with the goal being to neuter the majority of dogs before their first estrus (heat).

Now in the 20th Century:
Veterinarians discovered that puppies and kittens can be done at 5-8 weeks of age with phenomenal results.
Of course the age which a Vet is comfortable doing this procedure is contingent
upon their surgical skills as this is not a taught skill, but a learned one.

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Links for Pediatric Spay/Neuter

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association CVMA supports the use of early spay/castration
The American Veterinary Medical Association Endorses Pediatric Spay/Neuters
Article by Marci Hess
By Dr. Dick Rosebrock
List of Professionals that endorse or perform pediatric spay/neuters
Veterinary Seminars in Spay/Neuter Surgery: Pediatrics
Humane Alliance Videos
Vimeo Video on Spay/Neuter




Cons of Pediatric Spay/Neuter

 There is a study often quoted done in the article by Canine Sports (http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html)
illustrating some pretty serious downsides with doing Pediatric spay and or neuters.

However I want you to consider that the study doesn't state if the Golden Retriever pups (1444 pups)
in the study were from parents who were OFA'd hips, elbows, shoulders, patella, heart
so we don't know if the pups in the study were from sound healthy breeding stock to begin with.

The study also does not say if the parents were champions so we do not know
if the parents had proper conformation (proper structure) or not to begin with
or if this was even evaluated in any manner

The study also does not say if the parents were all temperament tested,
so we have no idea what the temperaments were on the parents that produced
the pups, so we have no idea what the temperaments were in the lines to start with.

The study also doesn't tell you what the COI of the pups were, so we have no idea if the
pups are a result of heavy inbreeding, therefore more susceptible to genetic problems to start with.

In Conclusion
Studies can be deceiving.
If poorly structured OR unhealthy OR mentally unstable OR crippled dogs were bred OR inbred together
to produce 1444 pups for specimens for this study, well,
they would have serious lifetime mental and OR physical health issues
whether the procedure was done on them or not.

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