3 Reasons To Have Your Pets Spayed Or Neutered

Posted on: 11 April 2016

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One of the single most important and beneficial thing that you can do as a responsible pet owner is to have your pets spayed or neutered. Listed below are just a few of the many reasons to spay or neuter your pets.

Reduce The Stray Population

The single biggest reason to spay or neuter your pets is to avoid adding to the stray population. One reason for this is that many stray cats and dogs will end up living a short and miserable life as they attempt to find enough food to survive, deal with severe hot or cold weather conditions, avoid predators, and avoid vehicles. Another issue that strays will run into is being picked up by animal shelters, which are often overcrowded and have no choice but to put them down if no one adopts them.

However, by spaying or neutering your pets you can help keep the stray population down on a more manageable level. This means that it will be easier for shelters to keep pets around longer and it will be easier to find homes for strays.

Manage Behavioral Issues

Another reason to have a pet spayed or neutered is that it can often help you curtail undesirable behavior. For example, if you neuter a male dog early in his life you can reduce the chances that he will develop a habit of trying to mount other dogs or a person's leg. In addition, neutering and spaying can help reduce aggression in many dogs.

You should also neuter your male dog because it can help you to avoid losing him. Most neutered male dogs will not be as interested in escaping your yard or wandering off than an unneutered dog. One of the reasons for this is that unneutered dogs will typically escape and wander when they are looking for a potential mate.

Avoid Health Issues

Finally, neutering and spaying are great ways to help ensure that your pets live long and healthy lives. For example, spaying a female dog can greatly reduce the risk that she will develop breast cancer or infections in her uterus. With a male dog or cat, it can help reduce the odds of testicular cancer as the testicles will be removed during the procedure. 

Make an appointment with a local veterinarian like Norwin Veterinary Hospital today in order to have your pets neutered or spayed. A spayed or neutered pet can often be a better behaved and healthier pet.