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Originally Posted by Zoeberry  We just operated on a very sick 6 year old basset hound that had pyometra which is literally pus in the uterus. Not a pretty site for sure and the dog was extremely sick. Almost always it is emergency surgery. We are fairly inexpensive but some places charge over a $1,000. |
We just went through this with a 6 year old Doberman. She was bred for the first time last spring, didn't take. We repeated the breeding this spring, didn't take. Instead, she developed an open pyometra followed by a closed pyometra followed by an emergency spay at the Ontario Veterinary College and nearly $4000 in vet bills (leading up to the surgery and the surgery itself). Jessie's uterus weighed over 8 lbs at the time of her surgery. Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous! A rupture would have meant all that pus in her belly.
Jessie was bred so late in life because of a decision to let her co-owner pursue (and accomplish) her obedience title (and therefore her ROMC) before having a litter.
Pyometra is no laughing matter, and if you put off spaying for a silly reason like possible incontinence, well, there is just no comparison between incontinence and almost losing your dog to something like pyometra that could have been completely avoided with spaying.