Did you know more than 4 million pets are euthanized in U.S. animal shelters each year simply
because they have no home.
Many are puppies and kittens less than 6 months of age.
Help stop this needless loss of life.
Please spay or neuter your pet.
Spaying your female pet(ovariohysterectomy):
Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus.
Ideal age is 4 to 6 months.
• Eliminates unwanted pregnancies.
• If spayed before the first heat cycle, your pet has a less than 1 percent chance of developing breast cancer.
•If spayed after one heat cycle, your pet has an
8 percent chance of developing breast cancer.
•If spayed after two heat cycles, the risk increases to 26
percent. After two years, no protective benefit exists.
• Pets with diabetes or epilepsy should be spayed
to prevent hormonal changes that may interfere
with medication.
• Eliminates the risk of ovarian and uterine cancer.
Spaying your male pet(neuter):
Surgical removal of the testicles and spermatic cord.
Ideal age is 4 to 6 months.
• Eliminates the risk of testicular cancer, the second most
common tumor in male dogs.
• Greatly reduces the risk of prostate cancer and prostatitis.
• Reduces the risk of perianal tumors.
• Reduces roaming and fighting.
• Eliminates or reduces spraying or marking in males neutered
before 6 months of age or before the onset of these behaviors.
• Eliminates the risk and spread of sexually
transmitted diseases.
• Eliminates unwanted litters.
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