Sentences with phrase «especially spay surgery»

During that time sterilization for pets remained rare, largely due to the belief that the surgeries were harmful to animals and the fact that (in the days before antibiotics and good anesthetics) the surgeries, especially spay surgery, were somewhat risky.

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Please come by, read our literature and become informed about early - age spay and neuter surgery especially in life - saving adoption or transfer situations involving animal shelters or rescues.

Some owners opt to have a spay or neuter performed at the time of upper airway surgery, especially in younger dogs.

With the grant from PetSmart Charities, we will be able to perform 200 more spay / neuter surgeries and give some much - needed help to cats and pit bull terriers that are especially at risk.»

They have especially been of great support and assistance in helping us to bring Minimally Invasive Surgery to Western North Carolina and their wonderful pet, Noelle is the first dog to have a Laparoscopic Spay in this area.

GRCA opposes mandatory spay / neuter legislation because: 1) there is no evidence to suggest that it is effective in achieving its stated goal; 2) it causes well - documented health and developmental problems in some pets, especially when performed before sexual maturity; 3) it pushes responsible breeders out of the licensing system; 4) it reduces the availability of well - bred healthy, home bred and raised puppies; 5) it encourages the importation of puppies and dogs from less acceptable sources, including foreign countries; and 6) because laws that force owners to perform surgery on their pets without a rational basis for doing so may be unconstitutional.

Preanesthetic blood work for spay / neuter procedures is not required, but it is always recommended to ensure that your pet is a good candidate for anesthesia and surgery, especially for patients over the age of five years.

Free spay and neuter clinics are needed especially in neighborhoods where the cost of the spay / neuter surgery is unaffordable for many.

This is especially exciting because just this week, Emancipet reached an amazing milestone — we performed our 250,000 th spay or neuter surgery!

Spay and neuter surgery is expensive, especially for non-profit organizations working hard to find animals homes.

Some breeds shed excessively after giving birth or after spaying or neutering, especially if the surgery occurs when they are older, said Levy.

Ear - tipping is especially important as it prevents an already spayed or neutered cat the stress of re-trapping and more importantly, an unnecessary surgery.

Spay or neuter surgery carries a one - time cost that is relatively small (especially through our Low Cost Spay / Neuter Program) when one considers its benefits.

We hope to make improvements to our surgical clinics and staffing so as to be able to offer low - cost spay and neuter surgery, especially for cats, to help stem the tide of unplanned litters of kittens.

«Our national grant program gives much - needed help to pit bull terriers that are especially at risk,» said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of PetSmart Charities, Inc. «Through the «Primp Your Pit» promotion and our ongoing efforts to make affordable spay / neuter surgeries available to the public, pet parents can prevent unwanted litters and ensure their pet lives a long, happy life.