hi just wondering what opinions are out there on spay methods, Arya is going to be spayed at some stage this month and our normal vets whom are excellent offer normal spay method only.

However there is another clinic near by specialising in laproscopic spay method (keyhole) which is far less invasive.

It depends on how much you want to spend. The ligaments that hold the uterus in place have to be 'popped' with both procedures, so she'll be sore no matter what. And the recovery time is about the same; 7-10 days. It depends on preference.

We did the laproscopic spay with Snow and she had the same recover time as our other female dog did that had the tradtional spay....the only differences I noticed were in price and the size of the actual incision. Snow's spay was quite pricey compared to the other one.
Either way, have fun keeping her from jumping all over the place that first week!!