Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1421941)

I am not at all familiar with any kind of spaying other than the method that has been around forever.

But I am familiar with pyometra in dogs.......

I had never heard of this potentially deadly uterine infection until a sweet little dog I know gave everybody a big scare. She was 10 pounds and 14 years old and had never been spayed because her owner was all about natural ways.....

Everything turned out OK. Warning signs were caught very early and the little dog is still with her family, after having a very late-in-life spaying.

If you choose to read more about this infection, that can lead to sepsis, you will see that hormones enter the picture and theoretically, I suppose, if the ovaries are removed, there go the hormones. But I know I would worry about leaving the uterus behind if that is what this laproscopic spaying does. (I still am not clear, from the post above, whether the uterus remains, or not.)

Any medical decision requires weighing risk vs. benefit. It sounds like your mind is made up, but I thought I would share this little story in case you are unaware of potentially life-threatening uterine infections in dogs and want to learn more. Of course, Risk vs. Benefit is not seen in the same way by everyone.

(This info might be of interest to others who have older female dogs who have never been spayed.)