One of the most important health decisions you can make is to spay (remove the ovaries and uterus of a female pet) or neuter (remove the testicles of a male pet) your cat or dog. This is a veterinary procedure that requires a short hospital stay and gives your pet lifelong health benefits.
You can check with ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to find a low-cost spay or neuter program in your area that makes the surgery more affordable and accessible for you. The ASPCA also has a list of reasons why you should spay or neuter your pet:
If your pet is female she will live a longer and healthier life. Spaying helps prevent breast cancer and uterine infections.
Your female pet will no longer go into heat. Female cats can go into heat every 3 weeks during the breeding season. A cat in heat will want to find a mate which causes them to yowl and want to be let outdoors to find the neighborhood Tom cat. This is not fun at 3:00AM every 3 weeks!
Neutering your male pet before the age of 6 months will prevent testicular cancer.
Your male pet will not go looking for female mates that are in heat. A male pet that has not been neutered will try anything to locate a mate including bolting out an open door and digging under fences.
Neutering your male pet will make them a much better behaved pet. Neutered pets are much happier to spend their time with you as opposed to finding a way to locate a mate. A neutered dog is usually less likely to be aggressive.
It is much less expensive to spay or neuter your pet then to pay for unwanted litters.
It will keep your male pets from getting into fights over females.
Spaying and neutering keeps your community from having a large stray population of dogs and cats. Strays can become a real problem by getting into garbage, running into traffic, attacking other animals or people, running in packs and defecating in areas where children play.
Spaying and neutering helps to end the suffering of strays and unwanted litters. Every year millions of dogs and cats are euthanized because they come from unwanted litters or have become strays on the streets. This could be prevented if just more people would spay and neuter their pets.
SPAYING YOUR DOG
Spaying and neutering is not only a great health benefit for your pet but also good for your community. Spay or neuter - do the right thing!
Do the Right Thing - Spay or Neuter Your Pet
Valerie McCune has owned dog and cats her entire life and enjoys writing about them and sharing pet owner tips.
Visit her website at http://www.petsarena.com where you can find quality pet products and a pet blog with more articles.
SPAYING YOUR DOG
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