Benefits of neutering your domestic pets

UP for discussion this week is the advantages of neutering male dogs and cats.

Dogs:

• Has no effect on the dog’s alertness or natural protective instincts.
• Minimises sexual and territorial aggression.
• Reduces hyperactivity and the dog becomes more relaxed in its home environment.
• Lowers the dog’s general activity level, which may be advantageous with certain breeds such as boxers.
• The dog becomes more affectionate with the owner, children and other pets.
• Minimises or eliminates bad habits such as jumping over fences, chasing cars, urinating in the house and so on.
• Minimises the likelihood of having prostate problems.

Cats:

• Neutered cats become more affectionate and less inclined to wander away from their territories.
• Neutering reduces and even eliminates spraying altogether.
• Reduces and even eliminates cat choruses, which are usually caused by unneutered males who challenge each other for females in season or for territory. Hence, it minimises sexual and territorial aggression.

Dogs and cats:

• Eliminates straying when females in season are in the neighbourhood and also reduces the possibility of the male getting into fights or being run over by a motor vehicle, which can prove to be costly in terms of veterinary fees.
• Prevents mating with females in season in the neighbourhood.
• Minimises or eliminates the possibility of the male contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
• Reduces the possibility of the male developing tumours in the anus.

Important to note is that results can be expected to show within six weeks to three months of the operation.
Astoundingly, and of major significance is that a male can fertilise more females in a year than a female can have litters in her lifetime.