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If you live in Clearlake or the surrounding Lake County area and need trusted Veterinarians and Staff, we are here for you. Dr. Brie Duff and Dr....
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A common misconception is that you should wait to spay your dog until after it's had its first heat cycle....
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No, dogs can go through their lives with their reproductive tracts intact. A spay is an ovario-hysterectomy, and a neutering is a castration....
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This is not an uncommon question. The answer is sometimes....
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A spay and a neuter is a surgical procedure....
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Absolutely....
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Possibly. Spaying in female dogs could help with marking behavior related to estrus, but it's often more behavioral....
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No, your dog's personality will not change after they're spayed and neutered....
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Complications with spaying and neutering are rare, but we do see them occasionally....
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The average recovery period is about one week before we lift restrictions and allow your dog to go back to its normal activity.
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A dog spay is an ovary hysterectomy and it's done under general anesthesia. At our hospital, we invite you to check in your dog in the morning....
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No, your dog will not stop running away because you neuter them....
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The length of the procedure depends on the doctor and their experience level, but generally, from the time of check-in to going home, it's around s...
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Yes, we send all of our post-operative spay and neuter puppies and dogs home with post-operative pain management....
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A dog neuter is a dog castration....
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Depending on how long they've missed their boosters, we may or may not have to restart them....
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The variations include leptospirosis, which we consider a core vaccine here at Blue Oasis because we live in Middle Tennessee....