Puppies are sooo cute: Why you must spay or neuter your dog

If you have ever watched The Price Is Right (I even tried out for the show once) then I am sure that you have seen Bob Barker tell America to spay and neuter your pets as he concludes his show. So why does Bob care so much? It is an incredibly important campaign to control the population of unwanted pets in America. The campaign seeks to control the pet population so that there aren’t more additions to the numbers of pets currently being killed daily in animal shelters because they do not have home.

Kittens and puppies are both adorable (I’m not much of a cat fan, but I do think kittens are adorable), but it is not so adorable when you see what people do with unwanted kittens and puppies. Unwanted pets are often killed or abandoned. Someone I am no longer friends with told me she drowned her unwanted dog. Can you imagine someone drowning you because they don’t want you anymore? It is incredibly important that you care for the pets you have by spaying or neutering them so that they don’t reproduce unwanted babies.

Alarming statistic: In the U.S. more than 3 million cats and dogs are euthanized (killed) in animal shelters each year.

One of the benefits of neutering your dog is that it will calm him down because you are removing the levels of testosterone. One of the benefits of spaying your dog before her first heat is that it will lower her risk of female cancers.

Can’t afford the surgery? Most animal shelters offer free and low cost spaying and neutering. Call your local animal shelter and they will tell you everything you need to know.

- Mama