Why Spay and Neuter?
Health Benefits
- Neutered male dogs live 18% longer than un-neutered male dogs and spayed female dogs live 23% longer than unspayed female dogs.
- Spay and neutering greatly reduces the risk of reproductive cancers or infections (ovarian cancer, prostate disease, testicular cancer, pyometras). This also helps to decrease the chance of developing mammary cancer, which is malignant in 50% of dogs, and 90% of cats.
Behavior Benefits
- Control the urge for your pet to wander or roam, which can increase their risk of getting hit by a car or lost.
- Control the urge to urine mark. In cats, neutering reduces urine marking by 90%, even in cats that have been doing it for a long time.
- Control mounting behaviors.
Control Homeless Animals and Save Lives
- Finally, spaying and neutering also helps to control unwanted breeding. In every community, in every state, there are homeless animals. In the U.S., there are an estimated 6-8 million homeless animals entering animal shelters every year. Barely half of these animals are adopted. Tragically, the rest are euthanized. These are healthy, sweet pets who would have made great companions.
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