Had mine done in Wick vets, price depends on the weight of the dog, it cost me £79 and he weighs 16.6 kg.
To have a bitch snipped is about £140, I think that's if she weighs between 15kg and 25kg.
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Had mine done in Wick vets, price depends on the weight of the dog, it cost me £79 and he weighs 16.6 kg.
To have a bitch snipped is about £140, I think that's if she weighs between 15kg and 25kg.
I would recommend giving him the homeopathic remedy Aconite along with some Rescue Remedy for his 'nerves' and Arnica to help reduce any bruising.
It would also be worth taking him along to the Vet just for a couple of visits to let him get used to being there so that the first time he is taken he isn't just left as this could really put him off going to the Vets in the future.
Good luck!
Emma, why does your dog need doing? Has it been recommended by a vet? I have kept dogs all my life, pets and working, I can't understand this latest trend to neuter dogs without a medical reason and I'm surprised the local vets are carrying out these ops, must be a right good earner.lol.
I got my dog from Balmore too and was advised to neuter him - it never cost me anything as it was included in the fee I paid for my dog when I got him. I can see why centres like the SSPCA would do this - they see numerous unwanted pets come in on a daily basis and if neutering them is the only way they can see to limit any more, then it should be done. Not everyone is responsible - otherwise there would be no need for SSPCA to be in existance. Unwanted pets have to be bred somewhere. As far as I am aware, all cats are also recommended to be neutered.
If my dog liked cats I would have one and it would be neutered and I fully intend to get a cat or 2 once his day is past - I will be going back to balmore to get them as last time I was there, they had at least 20 kittens that were 'unwanted'. Had the cats been neutered, this would not be the case. [evil]
I did have a GSD who had prostate problems when he was 10 years old and had to be castrated, but I still wouldn't had put him through an operation when he was young "just in case".
To me thats just messing with nature, where does it stop?
I'm a responsible dog owner, but it didn't stop someone opening my garden gate so that he could get out. I know it wasn't me that left it open as it was a gate that was never used - when I renewed my fence, I did away with the gate.
However, I do accept your point and I would hope that everyone that rehomed any animal would be responsible, but if people had been responsible in the first place, no pets would need rehomed. I do not know the plus sides or negative sides to neutering and have a feeling that it was a requirement rather than an option when I got my dog. I was also led to believe (not by SSPCA) that neutering calmed dogs down, but I can assure you, neutering my dog had no affect whatsoever. I must say though, that if I had a bitch, I doubt I'd get her neutered as I know its a more complicated process. None of my family have their dogs neutered - between them they have 4 and none have had any problems - male or female.
Nice one Henry, glad you got the fence sorted.
It's keeping dogs as pets where the messing with nature starts, if we didn't do that there would be no need to neuter.
Dogs have feelings too, they have instincts, they have urges and they get fustrated just the same as humans do. Nature has bred into every dog capable of breeding the urge to breed, to pass on their genes to the next generation, that is what life is all about.
If you don't intend to let a dog get rid of its pent up fustrations the natural way then it is only kind to have them removed surgically.
Fred, as I said I've been around dogs all my life, I've never known an adult dog to get sexually fustrated except obviously when he's near a bitch that's in season and thats easily sorted by removing one of the dogs.
If we're going humanise dogs by saying they have feelings, how undignified would it be for him to walk around with no balls.
Fred as you say, keeping dogs as pets is messing with nature?, then thousands of years ago when man first domesticated dogs, were there people like you running around cutting there bits of? No!. So the wee experiment of messing with nature has stood the test of time, without the vets help??