When you spay your female dog or neuter your male dog, you help reduce the number of unwanted dogs entering animal shelters each year. It is estimated that out of the 12 million unwanted animals turned in to Animal Controls each year, 65% are killed.

That is 7,800,000 animals who never find a loving home and who die needlessly. You can help reduce this number by spaying or neutering your dog.

Spaying your female dog eliminates the heat cycle (the twice yearly time when she is able to conceive puppies). The heat cycle or estrus, lasts for 3 weeks of which one week she will have a bloody discharge and attract every non-neutered male dog in the neighborhood to your front doorstep.

Other health benefits of spaying include:

Neutering your male dog, especially before 6 months of age, can reduce the likelihood of him developing hormone-based aggression.