tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post5761998844148636326..comments2023-11-05T03:25:46.897-08:00Comments on The Pet Museum: the lives times art and history of our pets: history of spay/neuter?curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-56071435500912409392015-05-07T19:32:07.323-07:002015-05-07T19:32:07.323-07:00I was wondering recently about when spay and neute...I was wondering recently about when spay and neuter became common. When I was a child in the mid 60s, almost none of our pets were fixed. I remember my parents got one of our dogs spayed, and I recall it being thought unusual. Neighbors came to see her (very long) incision. So I wondered if it was a new thing then. But when I searched online I found references to pet neutering being done in the 1900s. And I'm pretty sure it has been done for well over a century on farm animals such as horses and cattle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-80407053969469467202012-12-12T09:24:10.502-08:002012-12-12T09:24:10.502-08:00I've heard that at least one of George Washing...I've heard that at least one of George Washington's lady hounds was spayed.little gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586496670612861469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-77634557584885638512009-05-14T23:20:00.000-07:002009-05-14T23:20:00.000-07:00I know this is kind of off-topic since you're aski...I know this is kind of off-topic since you're asking about spay/neuter practices in modern times, but the earliest reference in English to spaying is from 1410. No kidding, the middle ages. From the Oxford English Dictionary:<br /><I><B>c1410</B> Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xi, And bycause {th}ei shuld not lese her tyme, men make hem yspayed, saue {th}ose men will kepe open to bere whelpes.</I>I have no clue how people did surgery on dogs in those days...must have been awful for the poor bitches!xenobiologistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781983279242647376noreply@blogger.com