SPAYING FEMALE DOGS… Eliminates medical expenses for puppies. Eliminates owner’s need to find responsible homes for puppies. Eliminates heat cycles and accompanying bloody discharges. Eliminates expense and inconvenience of confinement during heat cycles. Prevents occurrence of false pregnancy (25 to 50% of unspayed dogs suffer from false pregnancy). Eliminates visits by unwelcome and aggressive male dogs. Eliminates possibility of infection of the uterus (a common and frequently fatal disease in unspayed dogs called pyometra). Greatly reduces the chance of mammary cancer which is responsible for ½ of all cancers in female dogs. If spayed before the first heat cycle, they face only 1% of the risk of mammary cancer as unspayed dogs. For dogs spayed after the first heat cycle, the risk is still only 8% of that of unspayed dogs. NEUTERING MALE DOGS… Reduces tendency to roam, particularly if altered at an early age (twice as many males as females are injured or killed by automobiles). Eliminates hazard of testicle tumors. Greatly reduces occurrence of prostatic problems and perianal tumors. Reduces the desire to mount other dogs. Reduces frustration which allows him to be a more devoted pet.
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