hi i'm jamie curott all from beach house
veterinary center in Surrey and I'm here
to talk to you about dog breeding how to
prepare for spaying your dog of course
you don't stay a dog you stay a
most important thing is to make sure
that she's fit and healthy and that of
course comes down to feeding her the
right diet because one of the things
which can happen when a is spayed
she can put a bit of weight on but this
can be easily offset by reducing the
amount that you feed her beforehand and
by being prepared to feed her a diet
that's designed specifically for
neutered dogs you need to get in touch
with your vet to arrange a date for the
surgery and most vets will want to
examine your beforehand to make
sure that she's fit and healthy for the
procedure because she has a full general
anaesthetic and woody is major surgery
the vet will cut down into her tummy and
remove both the ovaries and the uterus
so it's major surgery if a person was to
have this it really knocks them for six
but amazingly with modern anesthetics
and good veterinary care bounce
back fantastically and this is one thing
that is really important you mustn't let
her over exercise because she's got to
heal having the appointment with the bed
will run through all of this and it'll
also give you the opportunity to ask any
questions and have any concerns that you
might have answered so that you feel
happy and confident it's what you want
to happen the best time to have your
spayed is at five or six months of
age or eight to ten weeks after her
first season this gives her the most
benefits with regard to reducing the
opportunity or the chance that she'll
end up getting mammary cancer later on
in life the vet will tell you that your
needs to be starved before the
operation I always tell my clients that
the best time to take the food
at nine o'clock the previous night they
can still have water overnight and then
we admit them into the hospital and run
through some questions and make sure
that she's still fit and healthy and
again it's a perfect opportunity for you
to have any questions answered and make
sure you give your contact details
because they'll want to contact you when
the procedure is gone and as a result
reassure you that everything's happened
but similarly if something isn't going
quite right they want to be able to
contact you to let you know and find out
what you want to happen