How to sterilize female dogs

To perform sterilization surgery on female dogs, you need to make an incision of 5-8 cm in the midline of the belly (the size of the wound will vary depending on the size of the dog), and the doctor will cut the ovaries The dog and uterus were removed. After the operation, the dog no longer went into heat. The operation was referred to as OHE (Ovario-Hytcro-Ectomy), which means "ovario-hysterectomy".
Some people worry that after surgery, the dog's skin will become thicker and hair will fall out because it no longer produces hormones. After the age of 10, the lack of hormones will lead to the inability of the bladder sphincter and the inability to control urination. . But this situation is easy to treat. As long as the female dog is given some oral hormones, it will be under control soon.
Because the dog's hormones change, the metabolic rate also changes, and the dog is prone to gain weight, so the owner must control the dog's daily diet.

How to sterilize a male dog

Neutering a male dog means taking out the two testicles of the male dog from the scrotum through surgery.
Some people ask, why can’t we just do a vasectomy? Because the dog's genitals are different from those of humans, the dog's seminal vesicle is in the accessory testicles, which has testicles, accessory testicles, and vas deferens. Its vas deferens also has the ability to store sperm. The vas deferens is very thick and has many blood vessels, so there is a high chance of inflammation during surgery.
The main reason for sterilizing a male dog is that he is afraid that he will run away and disappear, that he will become jealous and fight in a group, or that he will have a bad temper and become disobedient. If only the vas deferens is ligated, her male hormones are still there, but there are no sperms in the semen. Although the female dog will not be pregnant, it will still not help her bad temper, running away from home and other behaviors. Therefore, when sterilizing a male dog, the general approach for animal doctors is to directly remove the two testicles.

Does a dog need to be hospitalized after surgery?

In fact, the sterilization operation takes 20 to 25 minutes for female dogs and no more than 15 minutes for male dogs. The recovery time from anesthesia is about 2 hours. Usually, the patient is sent to the hospital in the morning and can be taken home in the evening.