Advantages of Spaying and Neutering Your Pet
- Reduction in overpopulation.
- Animals lose urge to roam and mate so they stay at home which lessens the chance of harm (illness, fights or injury).
- Increases animals life span.
Females
- Spaying decreases risk of breast cancer, and it is reduced to almost 0% chance if done before first heat cycle.
- Almost eliminates chances of developing serious and potentially fatal uterine infection (pyometra).
- Spaying eliminates the heat cycle, therefore mood swings and bad behavior are eliminated.
- Spayed females do not attract male dogs.
Males
- Neutered males have a decreased chance of prostatic disease and hernias.
- Neutering eliminates chance of developing testicular cancer.
- It reduces territorial behaviors, sexual aggression, inappropriate urination (spraying) and other undesirable male behaviors.
