ADOPT-A-PET
Campbell County Animal Shelter
 
SHOULD YOU BREED YOUR DOG?
Making the decision to bring puppies into the world carries with it a lifetime responsibility. You have to be prepared to be with, and care for, those pups until they are old enough to go to new homes, and then you have to make sure that their new home is a valid, safe one where the pup will be able to live out its life. Every year millions of puppies and unwanted adult dogs are put to sleep at animal shelters. These animals are a direct result of people that wanted their female dogs, or their children, to experience "birth" just once. Or they just wanted some puppies to give to their friends, or have something out of their female to remember her by. None of these reasons are valid enough to breed your female dog.


SPAYING INFORMATION
Spaying is a surgical procedure in which the uterus and ovaries are removed from the female dog or cat. The surgery should be performed before the first heat cycle or after the female has turned six months old. One of the main reasons for spaying is for the health of the animal. When a female animal is spayed, you drastically reduce her chances of having certain types of cancer. Another valid reason would be to prevent her from (accidentally) getting bred. A spayed female does not get visited by the neighborhood "Romeo" whose owners have not bothered to get him neutered. 


NEUTERING INFORMATION
Neutering is a surgical procedure to sterilize a male dog or cat, oftentimes called castration. Both testicles are removed so that the dog is incapable of reproducing. The procedure should be done after both testicles have completely descended into the scrotum. By neutering a male before he reaches adulthood or before his male hormones become active, the chances of getting cancer are greatly reduced. Additionally, many male animals that are left unaltered become "aggressive", not only towards other animals, but towards people; including their owners.
 
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