Sentences with phrase «of intact female dogs»

The term «spaying» refers to the surgical procedure of removing the ovaries and uterus of an intact female dog or cat, thereby rendering the pet infertile.

Not exact matches

In intact female dogs, the risk of mammary tumor development is 26 percent.

A Veterinary Medical Database search of the years 1982 to 1999 revealed that in dogs with tumours of the heart, the relative risk for spayed females was over four times that of intact females.

For both male and female Rotties spayed or neutered before one year of age, there was a one in four lifetime risk for bone cancer, and the sterilized animals were significantly more likely to develop the disease than intact dogs of the same breed.

There is an increased risk of pyrometra in intact female dogs.

The Delay Her Spay harness is for anyone who wants the choice of keeping their female dog intact, without the risk of an accidental litter.

For intact female dogs, going into heat is an inevitable fact of life.

Reproductively mature intact female dogs start regularly going into heat, which is a time of angst, antsy behavior and agitation for them.

For the purpose of this article, intact female cats and dogs will be referred to as the «pet» or «patient».

The Golden Retriever study found that although there were no cases of cruciate tear in the intact dogs, 5 % of males neutered before 12 months and 8 % of females did suffer tears.

I see tons of backyard bred dogs here in AZ, tons of people who do not spay their pets, have no intention of breeding them and then complain that they mark territory and are aggressive towards each other when they have two intact males and one intact female.

Anyone who is not in the career of dog breeding / showing, should not own an intact female or male dog.

Comparing female dogs binned into the categories of «intact» versus «spayed» introduces a methodological bias that might lead one to conclude that ovaries adversely influence longevity, i.e. ovary removal promotes longevity.

If the behavioral and health benefits of sterilization aren't enough for you, keep in mind that an intact male dog can sense a female in heat from a distance of several miles, and will go to great lengths to get to her, fences or no.

The disease rates for all five diseases were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late, compared with that of sexually intact dogs.

Two intact male dogs will fight if there is a nearby female dog in heat: that is normal, and not an indication of viciousness.

Short version of this... he took the female dog, in heat, with his intact male dog for a walk in the woods.

Even though pet dogs rarely have the opportunity to reproduce, intact male dogs will still vie for the attention of females in heat, and females will still compete for access to a male.

Female intact dogs may experience a loss of estus.

Corinne / Janet are allowed to have 6 dogs, of which 3 can be intact females.

They are allowed to keep six dogs total (3 of which can be intact females).

It occurs in older intact female dogs, but can also occur in unspayed dogs of any age.

In sexually intact dogs, 8.5 % females were in season, and 16.5 % of males had a bitch in season nearby during the week prior to the GDV.

Pyometra should always be considered in older intact female dogs, even if only one or two of the above clinical signs are exhibited.

Apart from the risk of unplanned pregnancies, it is well documented that intact female dogs have a significant risk of developing breast cancer and / or uterine infections.

Currently, the AWA applies only to commercial kennels that sell puppies to pet stores, but a lawsuit by the Doris Day Animal League could result in the addition of all breeders who have more than three intact female dogs to the law.

Most of the dogs were neutered males (73) or spayed females (85), whereas there were 31 intact males and 32 intact females.

Sex Hormone Abnormalities — Intact male and female dogs are more prone to skin problems due to the cyclic nature of their sex hormones (estrogen, testosterone, etc.).

According to SPAY USA, an intact female dog and her mate, and all of their offspring, if none were ever spayed or neutered, can produce 12,288 puppies in 5 years.

(15) In the Golden Retriever survey, there was no occurrence of cranial cruciate ligament tears in either intact male or intact female dogs, or in late - neutered females.

Dogs who are intact (not spayed / neutered) will be allowed to stay at our hotels (with the exception of females while they are actively in heat).

Unless the animal being mounted is a female in heat and / or the mounting dog is an intact male, the mounting is probably a display of dominance.

«Male and female dogs that underwent gonadectomy before 1 year of age had an approximate one in four lifetime risk for bone sarcoma and were significantly more likely to develop bone sarcoma than dogs that were sexually intact.»

However, home hobby breeders often have more than the threshold number of reproductively intact females, sometimes sell puppies to buyers who do not visit their premises, and occasionally sell puppies or dogs that they did not produce and raise on their premises.

Female dogs left intact have about a 50 % chance of developing mammary cancer.

It can make sense to recommend these products for life since intact female dogs have the highest incidence of breast tumors than any other companion animal and three times the incidence of breast tumors than women.

Diabetes in puppies hardly exists - diabetes rarely occurs in dogs younger than one year of age, and it is more common in females and neutered males than in intact males.

Guardian Homes of male breeder dogs are always taking great care to properly contained to keep them from taking off - intact male dogs are driven by nature and can seek out females in heat to a great distance if not monitored and cared for properly.

In summary, after the third heat cycle, the incidence of mammary cancer is the same in spayed or intact female dogs.

For example, intact males constitute 80 percent of all dogs presented to veterinary behaviorists for what formerly has been described as dominance aggression, are involved in 70 to 76 percent of reported dog bite incidents, and are 2.6 times more likely to bite than neutered dogs, while unspayed females «attract free - roaming males, which increases bite risk to people through increased exposure to unfamiliar dogs,» and «contribute to the population of unwanted» and potentially aggressive dogs (Gershman et al., 1993; Sacks et al., 2000; AVMA, 2001).

This retrospective study examined a population of 20 dogs (eleven intact females, nine intact males) that ranged in age from 3 years to 12 years of age with a mean age of 7.5 ± 2.4 years.

Intact female dogs can develop cancers or other health issues that are related to the presence of hormones.

The study revealed that for all five diseases, the rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered or spayed (before or after one year of age) compared with intact dogs.

However, in this cohort, there was no statistically significant difference in the overall cancer incidence rate in male or female dogs that underwent early gonadectomy before 1 year of age compared with sexually intact dogs (data not shown).

The reproductive history of 275 female dogs that were sexually intact after 1 year of age was obtained by telephone interview of owners (Table 5) ⇓.

A draft of the proposed ordinance indicates commercial dog breeders in the county would be categorized as: (1) «High - Volume Dog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a tidog breeders in the county would be categorized as: (1) «High - Volume Dog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a tiDog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a time.

Mammary tumors in dogs are among the most common type of tumor found in intact (unspayed) female dogs (found in 1 in 4 dogs).

Cutaneous mast cell tumors (MCT) were studied in several dog breeds revealing an increase in incidence in neutered females to 4 times that of intact females [10].

At neuter age < 6 mo. at least one of the joint disorders occurred in 20 percent of dogs, four times that of the intact females (p < 0.001).

Intact male dogs will still vie for the attention of females in heat, and females will still compete for access to a male.