It’s important to spay or neuter your cats and dogs.
That’s the focus of Spay Day, which is taking place today.
Owner and Vet at the Dauphin Vet Clinic, Dr. Roxanne Neufeld, shares why it’s good for female pets.
"There’s lots of health benefits to spaying and neutering your pets. For female cats and dogs, it reduces the change of developing pyometra, which is an infection of the uterus. It also prevents, if we do it early enough, we can significantly reduce the chance of developing mammary cancer. And the big one, of course, is to reduce the chance of unwanted pregnancies."
She continues by explaining why it’s also beneficial for the males.
“It there’s also excellent benefits in behaviour, reduction in the risk of testicular cancer, prostate problems, and things like that. As well as dogs roaming and getting other dogs pregnant.
The Dauphin vet clinic does surgeries Wednesday through Friday, and they typically do 4 per day with today being extra busy.
“We’re averaging eight to 12 surgeries a week. But then for Spay Day, we’re putting a particular focus on that, and we’re filling up our schedule. It’s jam-packed with five cat neuters were doing two dog spays, two cat spays, and two dog neuters.”
