Owners Are Willing To Spend More Money On Pet Food – Puppy Love
<p> Despite the recession, it seems pet owners are not giving up on the welfare of their pets. This even extends to their pet food, and in the UK, it has recently been announced that pet owners are showing an increased willingness to spend extra money on the best food for their dogs and cats in 2009.
Benefits of Neutering Dogs
There have been many studies done on the pros and cons of spaying and neutering, and there is some debate about performing this procedure too early.
By neutering your male dog it may make for a better pet because some dogs (50%-60%) will be…
- less assertive
- more relaxed and less aggressive
- other dogs are less likely to show aggression towards them
- easier to handle
- may stop marking territory in the house
- less likely to roam
It also reduces the chance of non-cancerous prostate issues, testicular or anal tumors and hernia.
Spaying your female dog before her first heat will significantly reduce your pets chances of…
- developing mammary cancer
- uterine infections (which are common and can be serious and costly to treat),
- false pregnancies
- unwanted pregnancies
Risks of Neutering and Spaying
- greater risk of hip dysplasia if done prior to 5 1/2 months and bone cancer if neutered before a year old (in larger breeds)
- risk of hypothyroidism
With a female dog there is a greater chance of developing urinary incontinence as she ages, but this can be
treated. And there is a larger risk of prostate cancer for their male counterparts.
Neutered dogs require less food and you need to make sure they are getting enough exercise to prevent weight gain.
Dog neutering or spaying will not change your best friends personality, intelligence, playfulness or guarding abilities. They will live long, healthy and happy lives and be a great pet.
The greater and more important issue here is over-population. Shelters are full and of the approximately 27 millions dogs born each year in the U.S. 5-10 million are put to death because they are unwanted and that does not include the hundreds of thousands that we have no statistics on that are abandoned, neglected or abused. By far the largest cause of death in the U.S. and Canada is euthanasia.
In good conscience should we be bringing more dogs into the world with not enough homes to accommodate them? Do we owe it to our pets to have them spayed or neutered rather than killing them off because they become overpopulated or an inconvenience to us? In just a few short years, one female dog and her offspring can be the source of thousands of puppies and one male running loose could impregnate many females in a short period of time.
If you are not going to show or breed your dog, seriously consider having them neutered and consult with your veterinarian on the benefits and safety of the procedure. There are those (puppy mill breeders who breed indiscriminately and sell in large volumes to pet stores) that will likely disagree with this but spaying and neutering dogs is argumentatively the best way to control the canine population
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