it dosent matter but if ur thinking about the health of ur dog then it will be fine they dont need to have puppies before, i have a 5 month old american eskimo chihuahua mix i got her fixed when she turned 4 months

No. In fact, your pet will be healthier if she never sexually matures. Her personality will not improve either. She is just as likely to become less social and more aggressive after having a litter, as she is to become calmer and gentler! Any veterinarian will tell you this.

Make or female, each dog is unique and will respond differently to spaying despite the age. My experience has been that in both sexes, if the dog was well-behaved and energetic before spaying, they retain those characteristics afterward. Having a litter seems irrelevant as well. The main difference you see when an animal is neutered is that while retaining a desire to breed, they will lack the ability to reproduce and at breeding times may not be as dtermined to find a mate. You will still see an attempt to mate, but perhaps without the fervency. Spaying a female dog seems more to effect the male dogs around her as she is not giving off the intense "scent." But I have seen nature take its course where a neutered male still attempts to mate even with a spayed female. Now, that is safe sex!

no it is actually healthier if she has been spayed. it can cause depression if she is allowed to have one litter and then have no more pups. Dogs have actually gathered little stuffed animals in their bed from this because of the maternal instinct that has now been unleashed. If you are not going to use you dog as a breeder get her spayed.

Auntie Em has nailed this answer almost 100%. I would like to add, since it was mentioned by another poster, that dogs in general, male and female, DO NOT CARE if they ever have puppies or not, even if they have had a single litter. Even the "best mother" never gave the having or not having of puppies one single thought, at any point in her life. Once in heat females want to be bred, because they are being hormonally driven to have sex, and males want to breed for the same reason, they smell the bitch and are driven to go for it! Dogs do not possess the mental agility to form the same complex thoughts or feeling WE HAVE about having babies. The best dogs are ones loved enough to have been well trained with positive reinforcement (+R) training so that they are welcome friends where ever they are taken. These dogs are well socialized, intelligent, happy and willing to listen to their human partners. If they are never going to be shown to earn titles and points to show them as ideal to their breed, breeding dogs and bitches, then THEY ARE SPAYED AND NEUTERED so as to prevent accidental breeding (adding to that sorry case of so many great dogs and pups put to death daily) and to successfully seek to prevent the cancers Auntie Em has mentioned. Neutering also does not harm the males but helps to prevent cancer of the testis.

No. But really, even if it WAS true, it doesn't outweigh the moral question for me personally... I would still spay the dog. A "slightly less good" dog is still worth having, and I would feel better about not edging X-number of puppies out of a chance to live. Just my own personal perspective there, for what it's worth.

It's my understanding that you shouldn't breed a dog before she's at least two years old. While she may be able to get pregnant when she's younger than that, her body is really not ready for it and she and the pups will suffer. That being said, there are too many dogs out there already. For every person born there are something like fifteen dogs and forty cats. It's insane. Here's an excellent website: http://www.spayusa.org/

This is an old wives tale....it is not necessary to breed either a male or female dog/horse/cat before spaying (dogs and cats) neutering (dogs/cats) or gelding (horses). With so many UNWANTED dogs and cats being put to sleep...KILLED...each week...it is best to not contribute to the over population of "surplus" animals. FYI....with the changes (which I am happy to hear of) of meat factories no longer being allowed to slaughter horses in the USA...horses are fast becoming a concern as well for being over bred. Although they are still shipping horses to Mexico... worse and worse for the horses....that too may become illegal in the future...I hope it does...BUT...what about horses that were being sent to auction and being bought for Slaughter? What will happen to them in the future? Horses are expensive to keep, more so than the average dog or cat, and they require a lot of work, to keep them healthy, happy, and trained so as to be a pleasant addition to your family. How do we get the indiscriminate breeders, and those breeders who are looking for that "perfect" champion racer, event, or show horse to STOP contributing to the "surplus" of unwanted horses? There are over One Thousand Dogs KILLED weekly here in the USA...because no one wants them...dogs and puppies...then there are the cats killed for the same reasons..... That's a lot of really nice animals, who would have loved to have had a good home, with loving people...that are just plain DEAD NOW... Please do not contribute to this...SPAY and NEUTER... it's just the right thing to do.

I wouldnt breed them again. It really isnt good for a female dog to be bred. And with a second little they can have up to 16 puppies (mine had 11 ouch). There is a really big over population of animals out there. Unless they are purebreds with papers i wouldnt do it, at least purebreads are almost guaranteed a decent home their whole lives because they cost so much.

IT ACTUALLY SAFER TO HAVE THE FEMALE BIGGER, THATS REALLY SAFE, BUT SHELL BE FINE.

i don't care about studies. from personal experience, yes i believe female animals are better, sweeter, more protective etc. after being fixed. males however are opposite in my opinion, once they are fixed, they are less protective, weeker, anf more pitiful. this may be sexist but it is kindof degrading for them in my opinion

This is absolutely false. There is no bearing on health or temperament getting better if you allow her one litter. And you would be bringing in more dogs in an already dog overpopulated world.

It dose nothing for there health. BUT I think they should!! Ever girl dog I have had that has not had pups gets really crazy with a ball or a teddy or somthing or hums other girl dog, also they can be a bit wild. and the onces that have had pups seems to be really carm and happy. I think its really good for them.

No, thats not true. Assuming by "better" you mean have a better tempermant. It can actually make them behave worse sometimes because they can become overly protective of their litter and if not corrected that trait might stick long after the pups are gone. Also some bitches have a hard time dealing with having their litter taken away from them and will go into spells of depression, anxiety, and obsessive behavior. Honestly if the dog is raised the right way, she should already be a balanced dog by the time she is old enough to breed and should not exhibit any major or lasting effects afterwards either. However, there are lots of potential health risks assosciated with breeding dogs, and like other people have said, already too many dogs so to breed a dog just to try to improve her attitude is not a good idea at all. Spaying her is.

No.

No its not true at all!!

No,there are risks too having puppies.our female got bred by accident and she was very sick because one of the pups didnt come out.we had a huge vet bill.