Hi guys,

I read this topic with much interest because I own a 8 months old female golden retriever.
For weeks I am struggling within myself whether to spay my dog or not.

I got tonnes of questions running in my mind during these period such as:

Would I breed my dog?
I want to because I like to see her babies... but then again, for a person without any experience in breeding, this is not an easy task. The mother might suffer complication during delivery. And especially large breed, the offspring have a big chance to get Hip Dyspxia which a risk I am not willing to take it.

So, if I do not want to breed it, can't I just leave her as she is... heat comes and go. I just need to make sure no males are around(which should be quite easy since I only have one dog and my house are quite well walled). That stopped me from spaying her. But a few days later another question popped into my mind. Is there any long term effect on the dog if I did not mate her when she is in heat.
So then I did some research and found out that the pulp (equivalent to the human's discharge') tend to stay inside the uterus which can contribute to uterus cancer and all other kinds of tumor(Golden and Lab are not called Tumor Dog for no reason)


Spaying is about removing the productive organ from the body. And because of that the hormon discharge will be different --> this has effect on the temperant but most ppl will tell you that their dog have better temperant after spaying so I guess that is a good thing.

My dog due to have her first heat soon... i guess since she is already 8 months old. Prior to reading about spaying, I have never ever wanted to spay her because of obvious reason - why the surgery/pain when everything is so fine with her? But reading research and report on potential cancer especially for female dog changed my mind. I am doing this as a PREVENTIVE measure. I am not sure if she will get cancer in the future but it is a risk I am not willing to take. I rather see her pain now for a week than seeing her in pain for months (touch wood) in the future...

I love her and that is why I am spaying her...