To Have Twinkle Breed or Not?

I’m sipping my first try of happy lemon while thinking what to blog about Twinkle. I passed by Fully Booked bookstore at Eastwood Mall to read scan some books and found one for Shih Tzu. 

It reminds me of my conversation with my office mates, teasing me to breed my twinkle. I told them, “no, I don’t want to! I don’t want my twinkle lose her virginity ever!”. An office mate replied, “your shih tzu might die at an early stage if you don’t have her stud. Besides, you’re like depriving her happiness”.  Since I was already convinced that I don't her to get stud by another shih tzu, a breeder advised me to have her spayed.

On a perfect timing while scanning the Shih Tzu book, I saw this page telling “Why it’s not best to breed your dog”. If you don't want your dog to litter there’s a surgical procedure which involves abdominal surgery to take the ovaries and uterus for female dogs called “spaying”, and “neutering” for male dogs.  It’s similar to ligation and vasectomy for us human beings. 

The main objective is to avoid unwanted litters. Let me share the few key benefits which I have read from having your dogs neutered or spayed:

For Bitches (Female Dogs)

• Owners avoid heat cycles for dogs, which includes aggression and dominance behavior.
• It reduces risk of cancer such as mammary cancer, pyometra and uterine cancer
• Of course obviously, it prevents unwanted pregnancy

For Male Dogs:

• It abstains male dogs from desiring to roam around and pick a fight with other dogs
• It reduces risk of cancer such as prostate and testicular cancer
• It helps reduce leg lifting and mounting behavior (This is when a male dog bumps his organ something)

The reason, why I’m considering have my shih tzu spayed is the risk of losing her and her future puppies. My shih tzu is relatively small in nature and I was advised by the vet earlier that she’s not advisable to breed. I’m not yet decided whether I’ll have her go thru the rape process and later on have her own puppies. I'm just thinking advance, anyway she's still 6 months so let’s see :)