I echo Alin’s post – we had Blue spayed before she was 1 year old; I regret giving in to what the vet recommended, should have waited until she was older. First, it’s been very traumatic for her, tough to recover. She’s 5 year old now, a lot less friendly towards other dogs that in her early days and had few health issues too along the way which could be related to having her spayed so early. If I had to do it all over again, I would not do it at all.