Benefits of neutering male dogs

Most male dogs have a 63.4% chance of suffering from prostatic hyperplasia after the age of five, and this disease will increase the chance of prostatitis. Gradually develop prostate diseases, such as prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cysts. 7% of male dogs will develop testicular cancer. Male dogs that have been neutered rarely develop this type of disease. Male dogs that have not been neutered are more than 14 times more likely to have the disease than neutered male dogs. Neutering male dogs may reduce the risk of diabetes; reduce the risk of other non-cancerous prostate diseases; reduce the risk of perianal fistula; and eliminate the risk of testicular cancer and death from testicular hyperplasia.

Benefits of neutering for female dogs

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in female dogs, with a 3.4% incidence rate, and more than half of female dogs have breast cancer. It's vicious. Unneutered female dogs are 7 times more likely to develop breast cancer than neutered female dogs, and they are also more likely to develop cervical tumors, ovarian tumors, breast tumors and other diseases. 15.2% of unneutered female dogs will develop pyometra before the age of 4 years, and 24% will develop the disease before the age of 10 years. When female dogs are neutered before 2 and a half years old, the risk of breast cancer is greatly reduced; the risk of pyometra is almost eliminated, which has a prevalence of 23% and a fatality rate of about 1%; and the risk of anal fistulas is reduced ; Eliminates the risk of uterine, cervical and ovarian cancer.

The best time for dog neutering

Foreign recommendations suggest that the best time for neutering is 6-9 months after the first estrus, but the specifics still depend on the physical condition of each dog. Dogs that happen to be in heat should not be neutered. The cost is probably a few hundred to thousands of yuan, and the price varies in each city.
If the owner has decided to have the dog neutered, please prepare an Elizabethan collar to prevent the dog from licking the wound. You can take a bath 1-2 days before the operation, because you will not be able to take a bath for the next 20 days. He had to take anti-inflammatory injections for several days and apply iodophor to the wound every day. Avoid exposure to water and strenuous exercise after surgery.