Benefits of golden retriever sterilization:

Benefits for male dogs:

1. It is less likely to get testicular cancer. This is a relatively common condition in older, uncastrated male dogs.

2. Avoid benign prostatic hypertrophy. Because male hormones affect the enlargement of the prostate, this disease can cause difficulty in urinating and defecating in male dogs.

3. Reduce the incidence of anal gland swelling. Anal glands are tumors around the anus, which generally cause inflammation, bleeding, and sometimes difficulty in excretion in male golden retrievers.

Benefits for female dogs:

1. By neutering, the female dog’s estrus period that occurs once every six months or once a year will disappear.

2. The risk of breast cancer is greatly reduced. If the female dog's ovaries have been removed before her first heat, the possibility of disease can basically be ignored.

3. It can reduce the chance of developing diabetes. Neutering as early as possible can reduce the possibility of diabetes in female dogs, because this disease is related to changes in the levels of hormones produced by the ovaries.

4. You will not get pyometra. Pyometra does not occur in an ovarian removed female dog.

5. Reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.

6. After sterilization, the female dog will not run out to find a mate, so the possibility of getting lost or injured is reduced, and she will naturally have more time to stay at home and play with her owner.