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Does Pet Insurance cover spaying Ontario?
While pet insurances cover health conditions and emergencies, they don't include spaying and neutering.
What happens if my dog goes into heat before spay?
Should I let my dog go through one heat cycle? The answer is NO for most dogs. The more heat cycles your dog goes through increases the chances for developing breast cancer later in life. If you spay the dog at our Carmel animal hospital before the first heat, you essentially remove any chance of breast cancer.
Should you wait for first heat to spay a dog?
To be clear, the question here is whether or not to spay early or after the first heat cycle. Because of significant risks of pyometra (uterine infection) or mammary cancer late in life we recommend that all female dogs not intended for breeding be spayed before their second heat cycle.
What is the best age to spay a dog?
An age of six to nine months of age may be appropriate for neutering or spaying a toy breed puppy or small breed puppy but a larger or giant breed may need to wait until they are near or over 12-18 months of age.
Should female dogs wait to be spayed?
When should I spay my female dog? We recommend waiting until your dog is at least over 6 months and likely even older for larger dogs. The benefits are much more pronounced in larger dogs, but there is not a lot of difference for lap dogs.