carameldog

oops cats are done at about 6 months. Bitches were always done after their first season, and yes Chloe and Tuppence had their first seasons at 6 months. Boys were done when both testes had descended.

I've always liked my pets to be about 6 months old before desexing. Guess it goes back to my early vets not desexing before physical maturity. ( going back more than 30 years )

Lovin all these pics everyone. Do these count as my current pack or should I say pride ? Stumpy is a princess Mugwai Pixie Alpha

Amos ( r.i.p ) Chloe ( r.i.p ) both want the same treat.

Beagles make great kids pets, German shepherd, Staffy or most of the bully breeds. I'm a sucker for pound pups myself.

Hoping for good news.

Thanks for the link I have signed and passed it on to my friends and other forums I am on too.

So sorry for your loss.

If you are happy with the level of care given the money should be a secondary consideration. We are extremely happy with our vet and while we pay more for some things we also get great service ( even in the middle of the night. )Payment options are available for big costs, and when we had our 4 cats desexed we got group discounts for doing it all together. $300 for 3 toms and 1 female including microchipping. It's been 16/17 years since we had the dogs desexed I don't remember the costs for that now. But when our Chloe was having seizures at 2 in the morning the vet met us straight away at the surgery, we didn't make it. The vet didn't charge us. Over the last few months with Amos we spent a lot of time and money at the vets, but for that last visit again there was no charge.

For a more accurate picture why not put a few questions about our pets on the census forms ? How many do we have ? what sort of pets do we have ? Pure bred or x ? Where did we get them from ? It wouldn't take a lot of time and a more accurate picture of pet ownership would emerge.