Spaying or Castrating your Pet
Spaying (ovario-hysterectomy) surgically removes your pet's reproductive organs including the ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes of the female animal.
Castration surgically removes the testes preventing male dogs and cats from reproducing.
Spaying and Castrating Facts
- Female and male pet's should be spayed or Castrated between 8 weeks and 6 months of age.
- Spaying can be performed on a female animal in heat or pregnant but it is a more costly and difficult procedure.
- Older animals can be spayed or Castrated if they are in good health.
- All animal sterilization is performed under general anesthesia by our licensed veterinarian.
Health Benefits for Spayed or Castrated animals:
- Spaying and Castrattion your pet will make them more relaxed and affectionate.
- Spayed/Castrated pets no longer feel the need to roam in order to seek a mate, so they are at less risk of being hit by a car, getting hurt in a fight or contracting contagious diseases from other animals.
- Castrated decreases the chance of prostate disease and hernias and eliminates testicular cancer.
- Castrated reduces territorial and sexual aggression, inappropriate spraying and humping in males.
- Spaying decreases the risk of breast cancer and fatal uterus infections.
- Spaying eliminates messy spotting, mood swings and the attraction of potential mates during the heat cycle.
Common Myths About Neutering and Spaying
Irresponsible pet owners use many excuses in order to get out of spaying or neutering their pets. As responsible pet owners and animal lovers we have a responsibility to all homeless animals. Remember that with every new litter that an unsprayed or unCastrated pet produces, more loving homes are taken away from the millions of animals currently in shelters and facing euthanasia.
Some common excuses for not spaying and neutering:
It is too expensive to spay or neuter my pet.
Spaying or castrating your pet is a small price compared to the cost of vet bills, food and care for a pregnant mother and her litter.
My pet will get fat if Castrated or spayed.
It's true that pets settle down a bit once Castrated or spayed, but pet's only become overweight when their owners are too lazy or busy to provide proper exercise or when they're fed too much people food.
My children should witness animal birth.
Mothers are more likely to give birth at night and in seclusion.
Castration will make my male guard dog cowardly.
A dog's aggressive personality is genetic or learned, it has nothing to do with his sex hormones. Castration your dog will not affect his loyalty to protect your family.
