Benefits of Spaying & Neutering Puppies

Video Transcript

"Another thing we should talk about is neutering. Have you thought about that? Are you going to have your puppy neutered? You know, there are lots and lots of dogs in the world. We don't need to have more puppies. As a matter of fact, a lot of healthy dogs are put to sleep every year in America simply because people don't get their dogs neutered. But there are a lot of other good reasons that you should know about why you should neuter your dog. First of all, when they get to be about four months of age, they start showing some aggression. Male dogs will also start lifting their leg on everything. And if you've worked real hard on your house training, he may start urinating inside of the house just because he's left intact. That means he's not been neutered. And so, the other thing, as they get older, they're also predisposed, if they're not neutered, to having cancer and also prostate problems. If they get a prostate infection when they're eight or nine years old, the only way we think we can cure that is if actually we do the neuter at that time. And so, it's so much easier to do a neuter when they're younger and healthier and they handle the anesthetic better. The same is true for females. The female dogs wind up getting breast cancer if they're not spayed at a younger age. And they also start going into heat. And when they go into heat, it can create quite a stir in the household. It's kind of messy, because every place they sit leaves a little bit of blood. But also, all the male dogs in the neighborhood start knocking on your door. And the problem with the female not getting them spayed early is once they do come into heat, you have to wait a whole month and deal with all of that before you're able to spay them. So, I'm glad that you're already decided to do that with your dog. It's good for birth control, but it's also good for the health of the dog. Sometimes, I deal with people that really want to breed their dog, and my feeling is they really shouldn't breed a dog unless for some reason that dog has really super genes. They might be a purebred dog, they're perfect and they won at a few dog shows and those are the kind of dogs we want to pass their genes on. Those are the ones you probably don't want to neuter and spay. Okay? Okay."