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I have a 3 month old GS and have been told conflicting things both by the breeder and the vet. The breeder insists she gets spayed at 18-24 months saying the puppy’s parents are big dogs (100+ lbs) and it’s good for her bone mass whereas the vet says 6 months. Most people I’ve talked to say you should at least wait until after your dog has had her first heat.
The issue is we have a 5 year old unneutered male boxer (without going into too many details neutering isn’t an option but I’ll just say if I had it my way he would be).
Obviously you can see the issue here and while my fiancé’s parents have volunteered to keep our boxer during our puppy’s first heat, it’s definitely not a good long term solution and to be honest I don’t know much about heats to begin with. Could we really do this for 2 years and avoid an unwanted pregnancy? I’ve personally never raised a puppy and neither my fiancé nor I have ever had a female dog before.
Any advice on what we should do?
The issue is we have a 5 year old unneutered male boxer (without going into too many details neutering isn’t an option but I’ll just say if I had it my way he would be).
Obviously you can see the issue here and while my fiancé’s parents have volunteered to keep our boxer during our puppy’s first heat, it’s definitely not a good long term solution and to be honest I don’t know much about heats to begin with. Could we really do this for 2 years and avoid an unwanted pregnancy? I’ve personally never raised a puppy and neither my fiancé nor I have ever had a female dog before.
Any advice on what we should do?