Top 10 Reasons to Spay & Neuter

Altered pets are less prone to a variety of diseases. Spayed females have a lower risk of breast cancer (90% fatal in cats. 50% fatal in dogs) and life–threatening uterine infections. Neutered males have no risk of testicular disease and a lower risk of prostate diseases.

Neutered males and spayed females have fewer tendencies to mark their territory or attract the opposite sex by spraying. That means no yellow stains on your white couch and a lot less air freshener.

Your spayed female cat won’t writhe and yowl her way through ten months of heat cycles. Your neutered dog will be less likely to embarrass you by riding your boss’s leg during that important dinner meeting. You won’t have to worry about keeping all those annoyingly arduous males away from your equally arduous females. Your pets will stay content at home instead of trying to outsmart you to get out and find a little action.

Altered pets have fewer tendencies to roam and are therefore less likely to annoy your neighbors, get hit by cars or fall prey to wild animals.

Fights between unaltered pets can be serious, causing deep wounds and transmitting deadly diseases. Neutered males tend to be less aggressive to both animals and people, particularly if altered at an early age.

Pets who aren’t fretting about their sex lives become more focused on the humans in their lives.

One unspayed dog or cat can have as many as 10 unwanted births in the first breeding season. Do you really have that many friends?

​Female cats can breed as early as 4 months; dogs as early as 6 months! To avoid those "accidental" litters, talk with your veterinarian about pediatric spay/neuter (8 – 16 weeks of age).

Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters nationwide every year. Every home found for one of your pet’s offspring takes a home away from an animal waiting in a shelter.

Approximately 800,000 adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized each year in shelters. In addition, countless homeless animals, who never make it into shelters, will scratch out a meager existence on the streets – often becoming threats to public health and safety. This makes pet overpopulation the major cause of death and suffering for companion animals.