No wonder female dogs are sore during recovery from conventional spay surgery – removal of the ovaries and the uterus requires the veterinarian to physically manipulate and cut away quite a bit of tissue. Removal of the ovaries alone is faster and less traumatic, and the patients recover more quickly.
A New and Safer Way to Spay Your Puppy
Fewer complications result from removal of only the dog’s ovaries.
Making a fresh look at the things we take for granted can be wonderfully enlightening. Sometimes, the little light bulb overhead begins to sizzle and sparkle, illuminating a new and better way of doing things. Consider this example: When some savvy veterinarians took a fresh look at performing spays, a surgery we’ve been doing the exact same way for decades, they came up with a revised technique that accomplishes all of the objectives of the spay surgery with fewer complications. How cool is that?
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Orthopedic Equipment for Dogs that Increase Joint Support and Overall Mobility
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Jean Donaldson’s Prep Training for Orthopedic Brace Casting
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Identifying and Treating Skin Conditions that can Affect Your Dog
Subscribers Only — Yikes! What happened to Fido’s nose? And what’s wrong with Fluffy’s paw pads? The possibilities are... -
Treating Your Dog's Corns and Warts
Subscribers Only — Corns and plantar warts may be common on human feet, but they’re rare in dogs – unless the dog is a... -
New Treatment for Pituitary-Dependent Cushing’s Disease
Subscribers Only — A surgical procedure used on humans to remove brain tumors that cause Cushing’s disease is now becoming... -
Bone Marrow Transplants Offer a Promising Treatment for Canine Lymphoma
Subscribers Only — Exciting news regarding bone marrow transplants for dogs with lymphoma has recently emerged. North Carolina State... -
Comfortable Dog Cone Alternatives
— Are the classic plastic cones really all that bad? It depends on which dog you ask. Some dogs seem to accept the... -
Treatment and Prevention of Kidney and Bladder Stones
— Canine kidney and bladder stones may be painful and life-threatening, but an informed caregiver can help prevent... -
Don’t Villify Surgery
Subscribers Only — We received the following long – but very informative – letter from Evelyn Orenbuch, DVM, the vice... -
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