Sentences with phrase «intact pets»

Families with small children and little experience with intact pets may want to spay and neuter their pets.

The full cost of a low - income program could also be paid for by a $ 10 increase in the differential license fee for intact pets.

For example, sexually intact pet store dogs were three times as likely to have owner - directed aggression as were sexually intact dogs acquired from small breeders.

Furthermore, community education, the authors write, is crucial to preventing intact pet cats from joining the community cat population.

The fee is $ 5 for spayed and neutered pets, and $ 10 for intact pets.

Eighty - five percent of dog bites involve intact pets.

Of course breeders are to blame - they are not the same as nonbreeders with intact pets who might have an accident litter once or twice.

And the further the shelter is from an urban area, the more likely it is to be non-compliant, so while the Pittsburg County Shelter in McAlister, Okla., complies with the statute by sterilizing animals prior to adoption, shelters in cities in neighboring Pushmataha, Latimer, Atoka and Hughes counties release intact pets.

Altered pets are as playful and energetic as intact pets.

For the remaining intact pets, 23 million of whom live in poverty - stricken households, affordability and access are the primary barriers to spay / neuter.

Encourage (but not mandate) residents to spay or neuter their pets, since intact pets are more likely to bite, and maybe even charge higher license fees for unaltered animals

Intact pets tend to display more behavior and temperament problems than sterilized pets do.

It is also still a good recommendation for many pets whose owners do not want to deal with messy heat cycles and behavioral issues of intact pets, including roaming, marking behaviors, and aggression.

I \'m guessing that puppy mills have by far a higher responsibility for surplus production of dogs than owners with intact pets.

The Following fees will apply: Impound fee $ 50, Boarding per day $ 10, Rabies Vaccination (if needed) $ 10, Seminole County Pet License ($ 5 for already spayed / neutered pets & $ 25 for intact pets), Microchip upon request $ 10.

85 % of dog bites involve intact pets.

As responsible members of society, we owe it to our communities to proactively protect our intact pets from unplanned breeding at all costs.

Yes, Pet Paradise accepts unaltered or intact pets.

A neutered pet needs 1/3 to 1/4 less food than an intact pet.

Conditions like pyometra, prostate cancer, and mammary cancer all increase in risk in older, intact pets.

Two studies with large numbers of pets (70,000 in one study and 200,000 in another) show that spayed and neutered dogs and cats live significantly longer than intact pets.

Additionally, an infection of the uterus, known as a pyometra, is very common in our intact pets and is life threatening.

Spay or neuter any intact pets in your home.

A volunteer will verify your veterinarian as listed on your application to ensure that your current or recent pets have received regular veterinary care, are up - to - date on vaccinations and spayed / neutered (we will not place one of our dogs in a home where there is an intact pet).

The difference in rabies tag fees in Charlotte County - $ 30 every year for an intact pet compared to only $ 12 for a spayed / neutered pet, will often more than offset the cost of the surgical procedure.

This is especially relevant in male cats, although all intact pets can display undesired behaviors.

These activists promote mandatory spay and neuter laws and other restrictions on breeding as the solution to «overpopulation» and conduct annual drives to convince owners that every intact pet will be responsible for thousands more dogs or cats in its fertile lifetime.

Spaying your intact pet will likely be necessary.

If he / she is willing to sell an intact pet puppy with full registration and no questions asked, it's fairly certain that the future of the puppy and the breed is of little or no concern to this person, and you are not dealing with a conscientious breeder.

Careless owners who let your intact pets roam outdoors, you share the blame.

It will be easy to accumulate statistics that show that neutered pets live longer than intact pets and that will probably be done soon by spay / neuter advocates.

Some of these dogs were on the verge of being relinquished by frustrated owners who were having to deal with inherent issues associated with having intact pets.

Some cats may spray, but usually only if they are unfixed males, which isn't s problem as I don't allow any intact pets whether dogs or cats.