Spay & Neuter
Spay & neuter surgery protects pets from serious health problems like infections, cancers, and prostate disease, while also helping reduce unwanted litters. These procedures can minimize behaviors such as roaming, marking, or heat cycles – without affecting your pet’s ability to play, learn, or love. Some pets tend to be better behaved following surgical removal of their ovaries or testes, making them more desirable companions.
Click the video to see why spaying or neutering is one of the most important steps you can take to protect your pet’s health and support a longer, happier life.
Why Spay or Neuter?
Spay & neuter surgery helps prevent serious health problems, may reduce many of the behavioral issues associated with mating, and can help prevent unwanted litters.
Removing a female dog or cat’s reproductive organs eliminates heat cycles and generally reduces the unwanted behaviors that may lead to owner frustration. Removing the testes from male dogs and cats reduces the breeding instinct, making them less inclined to roam and more content to stay at home.
Spaying female dogs and cats can help protect them from serious health problems later in life, such as uterine infections and breast cancer. Neutering your male pet can also lessen the risk of developing benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate gland) and testicular cancer. Spay & neuter surgery has no effect on a pet’s intelligence or ability to learn, play, work, or hunt. In fact, some pets tend to be better behaved following surgical removal of their ovaries or testes, making them more desirable companions.
Surgical Steps
Pre-Surgical Testing​
Monitoring
Post-Surgical Follow Up​
Want to Learn More About Spaying and Neutering?
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) provides trusted, expert-reviewed information on the benefits of spay/neuter procedures, how they support long-term health, and what to expect during recovery.