Some pet owners are not aware of the advantages of spaying or neutering their pet. A spayed or neutered pet does not become fat or lazy. Their metabolism may slow down a bit but all you have to do to keep that trim look is cut back a little on the food. In addition to the obvious advantage of preventing unwanted pregnancies, there are health and behavioral benefits:
1) Spaying or neutering is foolproof birth control that lasts a lifetime.
2) Spaying or neutering provides relief from such hormone driven urges as:
- Aggression toward other dogs, particularly for males.
- Territorialism, that is, the tendency to be overprotective of the dog's home ground.
- Wanderlust, that is, the desire to escape from the yard and seek sexual adventure inthe outside world.
- Dominance.
- Marking territory with urine/feces.
- Unwanted sexual behavior such as riding, sniffing, licking, arousal.
- Frustration which occurs when the behaviors dictated by hormonal urges cause thedog to behave in a way that is undesirable to the owners.
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