Why spaying/neutering is important
Thursday March 31st, 2011
Many folks hesitate to spay or neuter their pet, fearing that it's painful and wondering what the actual benfits are. Here is a discussion of the procedure and why you should consider it for your dog.
What is it?
Both operations are performed while the dog is under anesthesia. Your veterinarian may want to keep your dog under observation for anywhere from a few hours to several days. The length of the stay is dependent on your dog's age, size, and health. Do not leave your dog overnight at the vet's office if they do not have techs in attendance.
Certain procedures will require that you bring the dog back in a week to ten days for suture removal. Your veterinarian will be glad to answer any questions you may have about spay or neuter procedures, as well as help you determine the best age at which you should sterilize your dog.
Spaying or neutering is good for your dog
- Spaying and neutering helps your dog live a longer, healthier life.
- Spaying and neutering reduces, or can eliminate, a number of health problems that are difficult and/or expensive to treat.
- Spaying greatly reduces the chance of mammary cancer, especially if your dog is spayed before her first estrous cycle, and also eliminates the possibility of uterine or ovarian cancer.
- Neutering will decrease the possibility of prostate disease and eliminates testicular cancer.
Spaying and neutering offers benefits for you too
- Spaying and neutering makes your dog a better, more affectionate companion.
- Neutering dogs makes them less likely to spray and mark territory.
- Spaying a dog eliminates her heat cycle, which lasts an average of six to 12 days, twice a year. Females in heat can get blood on your furniture, exhibit nervous behavior, and attract unwanted male dogs to your home.
- Dogs that are not sterilized often have more behavior and temperament problems than dogs that have been spayed or neutered.
- Spaying and neutering can make digs friendlier, less likely to bite.
- Neutering makes dogs less likely to wander looking for females or get into fights.
Spaying and neutering are good for your community
- Communities spend millions of dollars to control unwanted dogs.
- Irresponsible breeding is the root cause of most vicious dog bites and attacks.
- Animal shelters around the country are overburdened with surplus dogs.
- Stray and homeless dogs get into trash containers, urinate and defecate on private lawns and/or public property, and frighten or anger people who do not understand their misery or needs.
- Some stray dogs scare away or kill wildlife and birds.
The cost to spay or neuter your dog is relatively low if you consider all the benefits you and your dog will reap over his lifetime, as well as the satisfaction of knowing you are doing your part to prevent the birth of even more unwanted animals.
Source: Adapted from the HSUS
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It is disingenuous and dishonest to suggest that this is a one-sided issue. Remaining intact confers as many or MORE potential health benefits as being altered does. De-sexed animals have a higher rate of hemangeosarcoma, osteosarcoma, cruciate ligament ruptures, hip dysplasia, thyroid issues, canine cognative dysfunction, prostate cancer, and others. De-sexing animals in the U.S. serves primarily as a convenience to owners who will not practice the increased responsibility of supervision required to live with intact animals. De-sexed animals are NOT better companions, they are simply easier to live with... this ease is often acquired at the cost of the health and longevity of one's animal. As with any medical procedure, an informed decision can only be made if all of the pertinant information is made available. You (and vets) do people a disservice by presenting this issue as one-sided. about 2 years ago by Anonymous |
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i have a 5 year old male staffordshire bull terrier. he has not been neutered and up until recently we have never had a problem with other dogs. bitches he is fine with, but on two occasions he has shown dominance towards another dog with has led to him becoming aggressive towards them. we are responsible, we keep him on a lead and if need be let a fellow dog owner know he is not very good with them. however if another dog off leash approaches him he goes into fight mode and recently a stray akita ran towards him and my dog flipped it over and grabbed a mouth full of fur. my dog will not get the exercise he needs kept on a leash and i do not wish for him to wear a muzzle. will neutering my dog eliviate the problem? we do not stud him and we have only had him for 18 months but because his temperament has always been brilliant, especially with our children we never felt the need.
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My dog is an Australian Shepard and Blue Heeler he is approx. 8 years old he is not neutered we had no problems until we moved to the country and there is all sorts of dogs running loose. Now my dog is acting like he wants to run with the dogs and whines all the time I thought it was because his brother passed away about a month ago but now I am thinking it is because he is not neutered. Can someone give me some insite on this? Will it be safe to have the surgery done with him being 8 Years old? I would call my vet but it is saturday night.
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