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Not looking for ole wives tales or what Grandpa Joe told you about it in 1979. Looking for first hand seen with your own eyes experiences with spaying a healthy female. Any changes in body type, hunting style, disposition, ability ect ect. Thanks.

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Registered: May 2016
Location: Kentucky
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About 10 years ago I had to have a female spayed and like you I heard nothing but bad about it. The female in question was great but after two still born litters/ c sections the vet advised me it maybe my best choice. She didn’t slow down a bit. (Both litters where two different sires). She lived til she was about 11

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Washington, NC
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I have had several spayed and would again. Only real change I noticed was they did not come in heat and cause problems.

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Registered: May 2017
Location: Greensburg,KY
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I had to have one spayed due to her prolapsing every time she came in heat. It has been several months since the operation and the only change I have seen with her is she is a little bit more prone to gain weight if you don’t hunt her hard. She still gets deep when she needs to. She averages about 3 1/2 - 4 mph speed when she is hunting. Her temperament is still the same. I would love to have gotten at least one litter of pups from her but other than that I don’t see that having her spayed has hurt anything but her weight.

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They more then likely will get mammary cancer. If your not doing it for a heath reason I wouldn't do it. There has been a lot of Lab research on it. As far as hunting, it changes nothing.

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Registered: Jan 2012
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I have had 2 that I didn't get spayed and they both got pyometa. The short of it is they were never bred and they had a bad uterine infection and then emergency spay to clean out the infection. According to my vet it happens more times then not with a intact female that doesn't get bred. I lost 1 from complications at 6.5 the other passed a year later at age 8 from other issues. The one that survived was fine after recovery hunted great was still good with the kids.

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I spayed all of my beagles after a litter. Probably a dozen times. They hunted just as hard and I didn’t have as much trouble with my males.

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Registered: May 2008
Location: lenoir nc
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No changes in them at all just have to hunt em or they'll gain weight easily.

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Not a change at all

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Registered: May 2019
Location: Ohio
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No changes. She lived to eleven. I have been told it helps prevent tumors.

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Registered: Oct 2015
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Originally posted by bearhunter747
No changes in them at all just have to hunt em or they'll gain weight easily.

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