Kerstone Shepherds - Seven Good Reasons...

Seven Good Reasons To Spay or Neuter Your Pet

1. For every baby born in the United States, seven puppies or kittens are born. Obviously there can never be enough homes for all of them.

2. A male dog can smell a female in heat up to seven miles away. Unaltered males are frequently lost, stolen, or hit by cars as they travel in search of females. Neutered males are less likely to roam and fight.

3. Spayed and neutered pets live longer, healthier lives. The risk of prostate, breast and uterine cancer is reduced or eliminated. Spaying or neutering does not make your pet fat or lazy or change their temperament.

4. Eight million pets are put to sleep each year in animal shelters across the US. Even if you find homes for your pet's litter of puppies or kittens, that means less homes available for many other unwanted pets.

5. In six years, one female dog and her offspring can be the source of 67,000 dogs! In seven years, one female cat and her young can produce 240,000 cats.

6. Spayed and neutered pets are better, more affectionate companions. Altered animals are less likely to bite or have temperament problems. Neutered cats are less likely to spray and mark territory.

7. Few things are sweeter than the face of a young puppy or kitten. Yet only one out of every five animals born will not find a permanent home. Most end up at animal shelters after their owners grow tired of them or find them too inconvenient.

To help solve this ever growing problem please have your pet spayed or neutered and let others know of the pet overpopulation problem. Every litter prevented means more homes for the dogs and cats that already exist.

Some people think it's better for a female dog to have a litter before being spayed which really isn't necessary! In fact, your bitch will more likely be healthier and more enjoyable later in life if she is spayed before her first heat cycle! Spaying before her first heat cycle will reduce the risk of breast cancer and tumors.