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Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete
from a discussion on the frequency of torn cruciate ligaments on another forum, this information was brought up and i found it to be very interesting. we already see maika's rear angulation turning quite straight at only 8 months old (bad breeding), and she was spayed at 6 months old, am praying she will not tear her ligaments as she gets older during one of her spazz moments... http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html
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I don't think I would worry too much about age spayed
Callie my bridge girl is the tallest female I have seen to date she was spayed at 3 1/2 year old,she had a fragile appearance, her hock length was an 1" longer than my males, she had a tiny head for her body size and very narrow build, especially across the chest , and she also tore the cruciate ligament but it occured from a bad hard fall, she was a very rough and tumble girl constantly jumping over the other dogs or the pond at full run even as a senior , she had went thru her racing career without an injury Her description very much matches that of a girl spayed at 7 weeks These pictures in this links shows how narrow she is http://greyhound-data.com/d?showpic=...ime=1114006816 My other girl Maya is 13 lbs lighter at racing weight than Callie , 2" shorter in both length and height , with short hock and traditional build she was spayed at 17 months http://greyhound-data.com/d?showpic=...ime=1114006755 she is no where near the roughness in playing and running around as Callie was, she had no race career and is constantly spraining legs Another thing trainers notice that the greyhound with the short hock lengths had a much greater risks of breaking their hock, as was the case with Sunny, he is a very compact sturdy looking wide chested greyhound, the fall when his right hock shattered resulted in injuring his knee and his back and ended his racing career http://greyhound-data.com/d?showpic=...ime=1114006795 |
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i guess every breed has their "weak points", depending also on the job they do... so many akitas on my forum are tearing their cruciates lately, it's like a plague there is talk about straighter rears (less than desireable angulation) being more prone to weak ligaments, just wondering if breeds whose standard calls for straight rears report more CCL tears than other breeds?
ps: OG, all your dogs are beautimous! i LOVE greyhounds!
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I've read the same article, which has had me thinking carefully about the timing of Amos' neutering. Considering I have an end goal of agility, I am waiting until close to the 1 year mark to have him done.
Luckily, I own a dog and breed that is not significantly affected by puberty in behaviour. It would be an even tougher decision then. Its interesting to wonder after reading that article how much CCL rupture, hip displaysia etc could possibly be prevented? It sure doesn't tak much of a change in angles to through off the ideal balance |
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This is something that I have been told by numerous breeders and owners of Mastiffs is they like to neuter at 15-18 months and spay at 18m to 2 years. They say that it gives the bones and joints more time to form and harden to be able to handle there weight. This may vary with Greyhounds and Borzoi type dogs because there weight is not such a big issue. Akitas can be very heavy and muscular so I would think that even though they are not a giant breed I would think the longer the better as for there developement.
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