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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 280624" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Thanks Fran.</p><p></p><p>The hormones are basically like what you would find in the ones used for menopause in humans, only formulated for dogs.</p><p></p><p>We have to remember that a "spay" is actually the removal of both the uterus and the ovaries, e.g. a complete hysterectomy.</p><p></p><p>Just as some human females have problems after a surgical menopause (or especially one that takes place before puberty, say due to some sort of birth defect), some female dogs just need a little help with this.</p><p></p><p>One nice thing is that the dogs don't really have to worry about some of the icky side effects to hormone supplementation that we humans do. They do really well with it. (of course, they don't smoke, drink, eat too much salt, etc.)</p><p></p><p>To put it in perspective. I had a huge malamute and who knows what (might've been Pyr, she was cream colored with "biscuit markings" on her ears, but had a lot more fur).</p><p></p><p>I had her spayed when I got her at an estimated age of a year or so.</p><p></p><p>She developed leakage problems after about three years. I had her put on the hormones at that point and all went well until she was in her mid-teens.</p><p></p><p>I did wind up putting Lady down but due to crippling arthritis and uncontrollable pain (this was before arthritis medications for dogs). The wetting never came back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 280624, member: 1963"] Thanks Fran. The hormones are basically like what you would find in the ones used for menopause in humans, only formulated for dogs. We have to remember that a "spay" is actually the removal of both the uterus and the ovaries, e.g. a complete hysterectomy. Just as some human females have problems after a surgical menopause (or especially one that takes place before puberty, say due to some sort of birth defect), some female dogs just need a little help with this. One nice thing is that the dogs don't really have to worry about some of the icky side effects to hormone supplementation that we humans do. They do really well with it. (of course, they don't smoke, drink, eat too much salt, etc.) To put it in perspective. I had a huge malamute and who knows what (might've been Pyr, she was cream colored with "biscuit markings" on her ears, but had a lot more fur). I had her spayed when I got her at an estimated age of a year or so. She developed leakage problems after about three years. I had her put on the hormones at that point and all went well until she was in her mid-teens. I did wind up putting Lady down but due to crippling arthritis and uncontrollable pain (this was before arthritis medications for dogs). The wetting never came back. [/QUOTE]
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