Spaying or neutering your dog
- it's the right thing to do!
Are you thinking about spaying or neutering your dog? Dog overpopulation is a huge problem in the US today. The number of homeless dogs is staggering and between 4 and 6 million dogs are euthanized every year because no one wants them. An unspayed female dog and her descendants can produce around 4,372 puppies within 7 generations. You can do your part to help win the war against this horrible situation simply by making sure little Fido or Fifi doesn't make it worse - in other words spaying or neutering your dog!
Unless your dog is a purebred, of show-quality and lives up to the appropriate breed standard he or she shouldn't be bred. It's not only mixed breed dogs that end up in animal shelters or being euthanized. It's been estimated that up to 40% of dogs surrendered to animal shelters are pure breeds. Breeding dogs ethically and conscientiously is a serious, difficult and sometimes heartbreaking business, not a quick and easy road to profit. It's definitely not something you want to enter into lightly. Spaying our neutering your dog is one very real way in which you can help reduce the number of unwanted puppies and abandoned dogs, that sit sadly in city pounds and rescue centers all over the country.
Spaying your dog
If you have a female puppy, you should plan to have her spayed before her first heat cycle. This is the optimum time in terms of preventing future reproductive diseases and an unwanted pregnancy!Find out everything you need to know about spaying your dog on our Dog Spaying page.
Neutering your dog
As for neutering your male puppy, this should be done around 6 months of age.Neutering a dog helps to reduce the problems caused by marking/spraying (which can be very difficult to handle in an indoor dog) and the tendency to 'wander' the neighborhood in search of a female dog in season. Our Dog Neutering page is full of advice and information on neutering your dog, so check it out right now.
If all pet owners, (who don't plan on showing or breeding responsibly), participated in spaying or neutering, the sad plight of many of today's homeless pets could become a thing of the past.
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