Don’t Be Stupid: Spay or Neuter Your Pet

Our house is crazy this morning! Yesterday our dog Nakita had spay surgery, and today it is Phoenix’ turn to go to the clinic and have his surgery. Two convalescing dogs for Christmas! I must be nuts right? I don’t see it that way, this is rescue and having an unfixed female and an unfixed male in the same foster home is unacceptable, so as soon as was humanly possible they were both scheduled for surgery.

We don’t take unnecessary chances where our rescues are concerned, and we dearly wish we could get this through the heads of pet owners out there. Spaying or neutering your companion animal is the best thing you can do to help reduce the number of unwanted pets in our country. It is also healthier for your pet.

I hear many of you moaning and groaning about how expensive it is, and how you have better things to spend your money on, but do you really? Let’s look for a moment at this logic. You can spend five dollars every morning on some expensive cup of Starbucks coffee no one can remember the name of, but you can’t afford to take Fido to the vet and have him neutered?

Let’s break down the cost of vetting and caring for an unwanted litter.

1.) Examination of Momma dog by vet before birth: $125.00 (not including medication or treatments which are an extra expense)

2.) Vetting of puppies after birth: $200.00/pup (the last litter of pups we dealt with was a litter of 8 so total vetting costs for puppies $1600.00)

3.) Examination of Momma dog after birth: $125.00 (not including medication or treatments which are an extra expense)

4.) Total cost for unwanted litter $1850.00 (if there are medications or treatment involved that price goes up)

Now let us compare the cost of the unwanted litter above to the cost of spaying or neutering your pet:

Dogs under 20kg. will cost approximately $350.00 to have spayed/neutered.

Dogs over 20kg. will cost approximately $500.00 to have spayed/neutered.

Cats will cost approximately $285.00 to have spayed/neutered.

Now before you tell me it is too expensive to have your dog spayed or neutered, I want you to think of the expense of that unwanted litter, and ask yourself is it REALLY too expensive to spay/neuter my pet?

Don’t be stupid! SPAY OR NEUTER your pet it is the kindest thing you will ever do for them!

Until Tomorrow Remember

BE THE CHANGE YOU SEEK

Janette