Pets Behave Better When Spayed or Neutered

Spaying or neutering your pet is unwittingly a choice, but responsible owners should first look into the advantages such a simple and common veterinary procedure can provide. This choice is not only for the pet, but for the owner as well. Other than the impossibility of having litters, which are unwanted most of the time, this medical procedure has no disadvantages in terms of the health of a pet or of the behavior of a pet. Following a spay or neuter surgery, recovery is almost immediate. Furthermore, the long-term benefits of spaying or neutering also include a positive psychological impact on the behavior of a family pet.

In addition to all the health-related benefits of spaying or neutering, most pets act better afterwards. For instance, neutered males become less agitated, more docile, and calmer when they sense a female in heat. Neutering also prevents male pets from escaping their homes and wandering off when they pick up a scent and thus, it prevents them from getting hit by a car or being lost. The fact is that the main cause of losing a male pet is due to it running away in search of a female in heat, since they can scent the female from miles away. Spayed females become less protective of their toys, which they consider to be their babies in case of false pregnancies, thus lowering the chances of small children getting bitten.

Moreover, without the hormonal burden on their minds, pets, both males and females, become equally more playful, more interactive with their families, more obedient and more affectionate. Furthermore, male pets will be less inclined to get into dog fights over a female and acquire nasty fight wounds. The owner-pet relationship will be thus far improved, with positive consequences on the quality of life of both.

Also, spaying and neutering promotes the improvement of proper training, because the pet will be more attentive and focused on the owners commands and more in-tune with the owner on the emotional level. In terms of getting along with other pets, spayed and neutered dogs and cats are more inclined to accept and play with other dogs and cats in their household or when walked, on the street or in the park. Males and females alike become more loving, friendly, emotionally well-balanced and have more time at their disposal to interact with their family members, now that the only thing left to chase is their own tail.

To put it in a nutshell, owners should choose to have their pets spayed or neutered, because, in addition to lowering the chances of suffering from breast cancer, pyometra, ovarian cancer or testicular cancer, pets act better when spayed or neutered.