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Why should you bother to spay or neuter your pet?

January 22, 2015 by Amanda McGrath

 

 

 

The advantages of spaying or neutering are huge, not only for the pets but for the people that live with them!

A spayed female will not have  heat cycle. If a dog is not spayed she will come into heat about every 6 months, lasting for 3weeks at a time.  This can be a very messy time for a homeowner.  Often dogs do not like to wear any type of “diaper” and will pull them off, making it possible to stain all of your furniture and carpeting.

A cat that is not spayed will come into heat randomly.  It will not be messy in your house, but noisy.  A female cat in heat generally spends most of her time “calling” for a boyfriend.  It can be humorous at first, unless you intend to sleep at any point!

Dogs that are not neutered are more likely to “mark” in your home,  lifting their legs on anything they would like to claim as their own.  Another characteristic of an unaltered male dog is to roam.  Any chance they get to “find a girlfriend” they will, male dogs can smell a female in heat from very far distances.  At our hospital almost every single hit by car emergency is an unaltered pet!

Dogs and cats that are not spayed and neutered generally have more aggression towards other pets.  Hormone changes in female dogs during heat can trigger aggressive behavior. Cats are much more prone to fighting as are male dogs.

If you want the stress free life for both yourself and your pets, spaying and neutering are the best choices.

 

 

 

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Ring in the New Year

January 1, 2015 by Amanda McGrath

 

 

 
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Ah the New Year! A blank calendar, a fresh start and plenty of resolutions.  If we had to pick the top three resolutions that should be on every pets list they would be:
 
1. Weight Loss –  over 50% of cats and dogs in the US are overweight.  All those extra pounds add up to an increase in some serious side effects.  Pets that are overweight have an increased risk of diabetes, an earlier onset of arthritis and higher risks of heart and metabolic diseases.  So in this new year instead of reaching for the treat bowl throw fidos’s favorite ball instead.
 
2 .Better Dental Care – Imagine if you will, that you have never brushed your teeth. Gross right?  Sadly this is the case for most pets. Dogs and cats need proper dental care to keep them at their best health.  Our office sells flavored tooth paste & tooth brushes. Stop in today and ask one of our trained staff to demonstrate how to properly brush your pets teeth.
 
3 .Get spayed or neutered – Every year it is estimated that 5 million pets are placed in shelters, of those 3.5 million are euthanized.  It is a hard fact that there are not enough homes for every pet.  Spaying and neutering is a sure way to lower those statistics.  Besides the moral reasons for the surgery there are countless other benefits including lower risk of cancer, less roaming and no messy heat cycles to deal with. 
 
Stay tuned in to this months blog posts as we dive in a little deeper on each of these topics.

 

 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: dental care, neuter, spay, weight loss

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