I. Four benefits of neutering your dog
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Whether to spay or neuter your pet, how it affects your dog, when is the best time to spay or neuter, etc. can be very troubling to owners. In fact, spaying and neutering pets can do more harm than good. Spaying and neutering can improve the quality of life for the pet’s family; in addition, it is good for the dog’s health. Of course, spaying and neutering is not something to be done lightly, and owners need to be aware of the effects of spaying and neutering on their dogs and take good care of them afterwards. If you have a long term plan for your pet, you can save yourself a lot of worry as they grow up. You won’t have the anxiety of today’s problems and tomorrow’s pain that can afflict your pet.
I. Four benefits of spaying and neutering your dog
1. It gives you a better quality of life. Too many animals make their lives without quality of life, and no one with a large group of pets can treat them all the time.
2. Avoid some of the problems that animals in heat can cause for themselves or others. For example, when a female dog is in heat, it attracts many amorous males everywhere, such as fighting and trouble.
3. Spaying can avoid certain diseases. Such as uterine abscesses, diseases caused by ovarian cysts, venereal diseases, prostate swelling, etc.. The possibility of mammary tumors can also be operated on before the age of one.
4. Spayed and neutered dogs will save a lot of trouble in the home environment. Males will become milder, less wild, and less protective of the field; females lose their normal physiological cycle due to neutering. The physiological cycle of the wolf family is a six-month cycle. If there were no cycle, there would be no blood drops and no contamination of the home.
Editor’s Note: In addition to the above benefits, no one wants too many pets considering the ecology. If you don’t have much time and energy to care for them, spaying and neutering is an appropriate option to avoid an increase in the number of stray animals. II. Eight common diseases in unneutered dogs
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II. Eight common diseases in unneutered dogs
1. Uterine pus occurs mostly in older dogs over 7 years of age, and the incidence is quite high in older unspayed bitches. When the disease first occurs, there are usually only signs of thirst and frequent urination. If a large amount of discharge does not flow openly, the owner will not pay much attention to it. When delayed for a long time, the body tissues can be damaged by absorption of bacterial endotoxins, which can lead to severe and untreatable kidney failure. When the uterus ruptures due to collision or excessive pus, an atretic uterus that cannot drain can lead to peritonitis and rapid death.
2. Endometritis: The uterus is susceptible to infection due to hormonal relationships, clinical discharge is low and can be controlled with medications, but animals in this system are susceptible to becoming cases of uterine pus infection and surgical excision is the once and for all solution.
3. Mammary tumors: common in unneutered older animals and malignant in about 50% of dogs. Once they occur, the chances of recurrence after excision are quite high. The causative agent of this disease has been reported in the literature to be hormone-related and is virtually impossible in animals neutered before one year of age.
4. Ovarian cysts: animals will have persistent estrus and some will have vaginal hyperplasia. Surgical removal of the ovaries can solve the problem.
5. STDs: Most are caused by mating. Sexual organ infections caused by mating, oral infections, skin infections caused by wound contact, nasal infections, and even abdominal …… animals caused by surgical contamination have a bloody odor and are very uncomfortable.
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6. Prostate enlargement: a common disease in older male dogs, manifesting as abdominal pain, difficulty urinating, and even hematuria, is treated by neutering to block androgens and allow the gland to atrophy naturally. This is a very good way to prevent this disease from occurring and to eliminate the possibility of prostate tumors.
7. False pregnancy: some bitches lactate and nest after they come into heat. They appear to be pregnant and about to give birth. This is a pathological reaction to hormonal abnormalities. If it occurs frequently, only spaying can eliminate it.
8. Testicular tumors: When cryptorchid unneutered males grow old, the testes that do not descend into the scrotum often become tumor tissue, and cryptorchidism itself is inherited, so sterilization of such animals is recommended.
Editor’s Note: In summary, spaying and neutering not only eliminates a lot of hassle for owners, but it is also very beneficial to the health of the pet. In fact, 80-90% of veterinarians recommend spaying and neutering pets in the United States. III. Considerations for neutering your dog
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III. Considerations for neutering your dog
Timing of sterilization
When is the best time to spay or neuter? If it is too early, spaying or neutering is said to affect the normal hormone production in dogs, which can affect their development. Therefore, doing this surgery too early can have a significant impact on the body and various parts of the body. But if it is done too late, the owner will endure the trouble of having a male or female in the biological cycle. Therefore, it is more appropriate for male dogs to have the surgery when they are seven or eight months old. It is best for females to endure the hassle of their first heat after their first biological cycle, as it ensures that the dog’s overall growth and development is at a certain level.
Sterilization methods
Males: orchidopexy known as denervation Castration; females: complete removal of the ovaries of the uterus OHE.
Preparation for sterilization
1. Contact a reliable animal hospital in advance;
2. Schedule your work without stress and have time to care for your pet after surgery;
3. Fasting and abstaining from food and water for 6-8 hours before surgery to avoid choking of foreign bodies into the respiratory tract during intraoperative or postoperative vomiting;
4. It is best to communicate with your pet before the procedure to prepare your pet; and to make sure it is healthy and strong.
Editor’s Note: It is important to prepare your pet before spaying or neutering to ensure its safety and health and to avoid unnecessary trouble afterwards. Four questions after neutering your dog
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IV. Four questions after spaying and neutering your dog
1. Neutered dogs cannot be entered in dog shows because one of the beliefs of dog shows is that purebred dogs breed well for pedigree. So your pet plans to be bred to be a good breed for dog shows, so don’t spay or neuter your dog.
2. Dogs may be lazy and obese after neutering. Laziness is not absolute. It depends on the specific dog. Many neutered dog owners report that dogs prefer to sleep; however, there is also a phenomenon where dogs become more active after neutering. Obesity is caused by the dog’s reduced interest in what is around them, making them greedy. These conditions can be adjusted by owner care after the dog is neutered, such as taking the dog shopping and playing; mastering the weight of things distributed to control the dog’s weight.
3. Spaying and neutering in the operating room is a relatively complex procedure that requires general anesthesia and opening of the abdominal cavity. After spaying, the dog needs to be bandaged and the wound needs some recovery time to heal. Females return to normal around the fifth day, and males recover more quickly.
4. After spay/neuter surgery, do not rush it to eat. After anesthesia, the gastrointestinal peristalsis is slow, and the symptoms of gastroenteritis may occur in the rush to eat; after surgery, limit excessively strenuous exercise, climbing stairs, excessive eating, and do not bathe until the wound is completely healed; during the wound healing process, if you find blood and water oozing from the wound, it may be a wound collapse, and you should follow up with the hospital.
Editor’s note: Nothing is absolutely good or bad, it just depends on what the situation and conditions are. Just like spaying or neutering a pet, it can worry the owner, but it also eliminates the possibility of the dog being entered in shows. So owners need to have a plan before they breed their pet: how you will breed it. Rather than making random decisions.
