Castration

The fervor of the canine female is pronounced from the eight to twelve months of age, and the frequency of the cycles is every 6 months, the characteristics of the fervor is bled vaginal, swelling to vulvar and attraction of male dogs.

This period of fervor that lasts approximately fifteen days, causes a series of upheavals in the coexistence of the animal with its owners and neighbors, generally in the city, where the population is denser. The dog in fervor eliminates in his tinkles a called hormone estrogen, that among other functions, back attracts the dogs forming the ?courtship? of the dog, yes this is loose, or are on ?duty? in the door of the house hoping the opportunity of the connection, by all means, all this activity brings prepared a series of disadvantages for the inhabitant of the house and his neighbors, because these ?fiancès? have their ?differences? which wells in the garden of the neighbor are expressed in fights, doing and tinkling by all the zone to mark ?to their territory? and rights towards the female at issue, happening sometimes, alterations by several days in the normal development of the activities of the district, this that sounds a little comedian and express this way so that he is more comprehensible the upheavals, that sometimes, causes a small dog in fervor that does not take care of it as it corresponds or the edilicia structure is not adapted to avoid the contact with the street. In addition she will do all the possible one to escape with her friends.

Another reason of the birth control would be to avoid the increase of the canine population in general or who the owner of the dog does not wish that he has young.
This control can be of farmacológica form, of reversible effect, using inhibiting of the ovulation, whose technical metering and considerations must be specified exclusively by a Veterinary Medical professional, because if there were badly use of the antinconceptivos can bring serious upheavals to the animal.

The other form would be the surgical one by means of the ovarioectomía (castration) that consists of the extirpation of the ovaries, stopping completely the estruales cycles. It has like advantages that the risk of development of mammary and ovarian tumors diminishes, when more early the intervention is made, minor it is the risk, it diminishes the possibility of piómetra and it diminishes the problems of psychological preñez. How disadvantage exists, in some dogs, tendency towards the obesity, apathy that corrects with some considerations given by the professional and diet.

The tie of tubes (sterilization) is also an operation that annuls to the gestation maintaining the normal hormonal activity of the female. This intervention does not annul the estrual cycle, therefore, the female maintains the jealousy normal, attracts the males, is receptive and accepts the connection, but it does not prevent the diseases with the reproductive apparatus since it makes the ovarioectomía. Criterion of the owner is not advisable this intervention by the problems that can produce in the future, but has left and operating professional, the decision that is taken on the matter, of which type of intervention will be advisable in each particular case.

The popular belief that the canine female must have a young before the operation, is a totally erroneous concept and it does not have scientific handle, is only indicated if exists it is desired that the animal leaves descendants.

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