Neutering Tips For Your Pet
Neutering comes under the heading of elective surgery literally, surgery that you choose to have done even though it is not necessitated by any direct health problem. Neutering, or castrating, the male dog involves the surgical removal of both testes from the scrotum. It is a simple procedure and presents few problems. It’s done in the veterinary hospital under general anesthetic and the dog can usually go home the next day. Most veterinarians advise that the male dog should be neutered at the age of one year, although it is possible to neuter a healthy dog at any age. Male dogs that are not neutered sometimes have a tendency to roam, and may develop socially unacceptable habits such as “mounting” objects or people (that is, assuming the posture for mating), urinating on the furniture, or being very aggressive toward other male dogs. Neutering usually reduces or eliminates these bad habits. It’s not true that neutered dogs become fat, lazy, and unresponsive. Dogs get fat and lazy because they’re over-fed and under exercised, and an unresponsive dog is usually indicating that his owner is not giving him much incentive to respond.
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