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| BringYourPet.com Newsletter - January 30, 2007 In This Issue:
The Benefits of Spaying or Neutering Your Pet The devastating effects of pet overpopulation are putting a great strain on our communities. Everyday, animal caretakers are forced to put over 20,000 animals to sleep; and everyday 70,000 more puppies and kittens are born. Because there will never enough loving homes available for all of these animals, prevention is the only humane option. The primary cause of the 6 to 10 million dogs and cats euthanized every year in the United States is the failure of owners to spay or neuter their pets. Because of the behavioral and obedience problems of unaltered animals, these pets are usually abandoned to suffer injury and illness or relinquished to animal shelters where 55% of dogs and 71% of cats are killed. Spaying and neutering is now considered a preventative procedure that can be done on animals as young as two months old. Recent studies have even found that these young animals actually handle the surgery and anesthesia better than adult animals. However, the most common age that veterinarians do the surgery is around six months. Your female pet does not need to go through one heat cycle or have one litter before getting her spayed. In fact, spaying your pet before her first heat will greatly lower her risk of developing ovarian, uterine, and breast cancer. Surprisingly, breast cancer is the second most common malignancy found in pets. Your pet will also not develop pyometra, a life-threatening infection of the uterus commonly found in older unsprayed animals that require an emergency spay operation. Neutering your male dog will not change his masculine appearance, will not affect his ability to hunt, or be a good watch dog. However, neutered pets do tend to be less aggressive, especially towards other males. The risk of developing prostate, perianal, and testicular tumors and cancers is greatly reduced. Also, the usual territorial urine marking will stop and male cats will no longer spray or yowl. Obviously, this procedure will prevent unwanted and unplanned pregnancies; however, there are other, less obvious, benefits. An unsprayed female in heat can have numerous behavioral problems. They will often urine mark the house or even try to runaway in search of a mate. If unable to escape your house do so, you may find many male dogs loitering on your front porch trying to get to your female dog. These male dogs will often fight each other - sometimes to the death - to be the dominant male. Female cats usually cry or howl like they are in pain, but in actuality they are merely searching for a mate. Males tend to be overprotective of their family and territory. Unaltered males must patrol their boundaries while trying to constantly expand them. These dogs are often hit by a car or injured in a fight with another male dog while trying to get to a female. Once he finds a receptive female, he will stay near her house for days on end and may never be able to find his way home again. The only drawback to this procedure is that spayed and neutered pets can be more prone to obesity. However, if you don't over-feed your pet and you make sure she gets plenty of regular exercise; the weight gain will be minimal to none. The
cost to spay or neuter an animal is a bargain compared to the nearly 2 billion
dollars spent annually by U.S. local governments for animal shelters. If you would
like more information on low-cost spay or neuter procedures, please use the following
links: The only reason not to spay or neuter your animals is if they are going to be professionally bred and shown; but remember, purebreds account for nearly 30% of the animals now in shelters. If you are even considering breeding your animal, ask yourself the following questions: Do you have a five-generation pedigree for the animal? Is there a minimum of eight titles (AKC/UKC: Champions, Obedience CD, CDX, etc.) in the last three generations? Does the animal have a stable temperament? Does the animal fit the breed standard? Are the animal and prospective mate both healthy? Is the animal certified free of genetic diseases? Do you have the time it takes to breed? Do you want to invest the money it takes to properly feed and house these animals? Do you want to pay the sometimes exorbitant veterinarian costs? Cutest
Pet Contest Finalists
Announced The BringYourPet.com staff reviewed all the entries it received and selected 8 dogs to compete for the title 'Cutest Pet.' Now it is up to you to vote on who you think deserves to win the contest. For the next month the voting polls will be open. You can only vote once, so make it count. To
register to vote and to see these adorable pooches follow this link: If you would like to submit your pet for our next contest, please fill out our contest registration form. For more information on this contest, click here. New Book Helps Hotels Increase Profits by Becoming Pet Friendly
"Making Your Property Pet Friendly: A How-To Guide" escorts readers through the process of becoming pet friendly from beginning to end. Months of research, hours of interviews and miles of fieldwork with current pet friendly properties helped to shape this essential how-to guide that is the backbone of any pet friendly program... Follow
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Newsletter Featured Charity Gadsden County Humane Society (GCHS) is an all volunteer, nonprofit animal welfare organization in Gadsden County (Panhandle area of Florida) that mainly rescues and fosters animals out of their own homes (they do not have a facility yet) and showcases them for adoption at PetSmart every other Sunday. GCHS also sponsors many local community events and fundraisers to raise money and a level of awareness within the community. GCHS is currently working towards acquiring their own facility, eliminating the terrible practice of dog fighting, and educating the public about spay/neuter programs. Contact
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