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THE RISKS OF EARLY SPAY AND NEUTER OF YOUR CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPY

by World Class Cavaliers a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Breeder.



PEDIATRIC NEUTERING OF YOUR CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPY - THE PRACTICE OF NEUTERING BEFORE GROWTH PLATES CLOSE AROUND 18-24 MONTHS OF AGE (DEPENDENT ON BREED.)


NEUTERING CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPIES AND FEMALE DOGS

BEFORE FOUR YEARS OF AGE REDUCES LIFE EXPECTANCY BY 30%. FEMALES THAT KEPT THEIR OVARIES THE LONGEST WERE NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY

TO ACHIEVE EXCEPTIONAL LONGEVITY (13+ YEARS).

WATERS DJ ET AL 2009


IN CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPIES EARLY SPAY/ NEUTER TRIPLES THE RISK OF DEVELOPING HYPOTHYROIDISM AND BECOMING OBESE.

BJORNVAD CR ET AL 2019


INCONTINENCE;

INTACT CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL FEMALES HAD NO DIAGNOSED INCIDENCE OF URINARY INCONTINENCE, COMPARED WITH 7 PERCENT OF FEMALES SPAYED BEFORE 1 YEAR.

HART BL ET AL 2020


DOGS WHO ARE SPAYED/ NEUTERED AT ALL ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BONE AND OTHER CANCERS.

MICHAEL S. KENT ET AL 2018


CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE;

WHITE HAIR ET AL (JAMA OCT 1993), FOUND THAT SPAYED AND NEUTERED CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL DOGS OF ANY AGE WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO SUFFER CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE AND 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A LUXATING PATELLA


BEHAVIOR DISORDERS IN CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPIES AND DOGS;

IN NEUTERED MALE DOGS, MORE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WERE RECORDED ESPECIALLY IN AGGRESSION. WITH SPAYED FEMALE DOGS, THE MOST COMMON BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM FOUND WAS FEARFULNESS.

MCGREEVY PD ET AL 2018 & STARLING M ET AL 2019


HIP DYSPLAYSIA IN CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL UPIES AND DOGS;

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL DOGS STERILIZED BEFORE THE AGE OF SIX MONTHS HAVE A 70% INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING HIP DYSPLASIA.

MIHOK, T. ET AL 2021



reposted by World Class Cavaliers, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Breeder in South Florida.

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