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Spaying or Neutering Your Dog

When you spay or neuter your dog or cat you aren’t just helping the pet population, you are also assisting in your pets’ wellbeing.

Pets that are spayed do not have the need to wander and look for possible mates.  This results in many benefits; less fighting among loose dogs, fewer opportunities to contract contagious diseases and less stress for you in trying to keep your dog confined to your yard or home.

Spaying or neutering your dog has added health benefits for your best friend. Dogs that are neutered have a decreased chance of developing prostatic disease and hernias.  Neutering also eliminates the chances of your dog developing testicular cancer.  Dogs that are spayed have a decrease in the incidence of breast cancer (this goes down to almost zero if your dog is spayed before her first heat cycle).

And of course, spaying and neutering helps to curb the animal population. A lot of whom end up being euthanized in shelters.  Most people assume that dogs that are euthanized are unwanted pets or diseased animals who can’t find homes.  However, most pets that are euthanized are very adoptable and friendly pets (and more often than not, pure bred animals).  The shelters cannot afford to keep animals for very long and euthanize these pets even though they are completely adoptable.

If you decide that you must breed your pet, please be responsible and make sure you know who your puppies are going to.

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