What is spaying and why to spay my cat/dog?
Spaying is a routine surgery done to female dogs or cats to remove their ovaries and uterus, or only the ovaries. This surgery will make your female pet non-capable to produce puppies or kittens. The incision is usually very small (1-5cm depending on the size of the animal) and the recovery time usually is 1-2 days. After the operation a buster or Elisabeth collar is given to prevent the pet from licking the wound.
Spaying prevents very serious reproductive diseases like pyometra, uteritis etc and prevents the appearance of mammary gland cancer (which is very common in pets and often malignant) if done in young age. Additionally, we avoid the exhausting “heat” seasons that are very frequent and loud in cats and quite messy in dogs.
The prevention of unwanted puppies and kittens and the contribution to the reduction of stray dogs and cats are as well great advantage of spaying our female dogs and cats.
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You have mentioned 7-8 months as the ideal age for neutering dogs. Is there a certain amount of risk associated with neutering an older dog? What are the chances of behavioral changes, if any?
In general we are not that strict with the age of neutering male dogs, However some times the territorial behavior might persist even after the neutering or possible aggression.