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How Much Did You Spend to Spay or Neuter?
Depending on where you live, this average price can vary (as with any other services from daycare to dog walking). Regardless, there's a huge difference between "low-cost" spray/neuter options and ones at a private veterinary clinic. Whether your pet stayed overnight or was out in a flash for laser or stitched procedures, how much did the total package cost you?
Do Tell: Weigh In on Mandatory Spay/Neuter Laws
Even if your furry friend is fixed, how do you feel about being told to do so not just by vets or animal behaviorists but by the government!? Last week, a statewide mandatory spay/neuter bill (SB 250) passed the California State Senate and is off to the Assembly to quite possibly become law.
In order to keep an unsterilized pet, you'd need a license or else your animal could be taken away from you.
Have You Spayed or Neutered Exotic Pets?
It's no surprise that I love baby animals, but I wouldn't want to just wake up one morning to a slew of new pets! Especially since I recall a childhood pal who went from having Roxy and Foxy to having five Guinea Pigs – quite a mysterious result when her mom (thought she) had purchased two girl pets – and how sad we were when her parents told her she could only keep one baby.
Now, I never gave "fixing" much thought in the scenario but a recent article brought this practice to my attention.
When Was Your Pet Fixed?
My pup was fixed shortly before his first birthday, much later then many of our doggie pals – when was your pet fixed?
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When Was Your Pet Fixed?
Before five months
Between five and seven months
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Between 10 months and one year
Over one year
It's Okay, Lil Guy: Ricci's Ramon Gets Neutered
Even though Ramon doesn't have a cute outfit on this time, he is sporting that telltale neckpiece. I'm guessing this conehead just got his lil snip snip done. I love that Christina Ricci cuddles her smooshy Frenchie close as they leave an animal hospital in West Hollywood – sometimes even the cushiest of carriers won't do!
Would You Opt For a Vasectomy Over Neutering?
When I spotted this piece on Dolittler about canine vasectomy, I was a bit stumped. I mean I had certainly never heard of this process for a pet, and, I admit, found the concept a bit fascinating. The client mentioned wanted this procedure done to her show dog so he'd be "safe" around her other dogs, but wanted to keep his energy and testosterone for maximum ring performance at competitions.
Is Your Pet Fixed?
Getting your dogs, cats, and rabbits fixed is important to controlling pet overpopulation in shelters and on the streets. Today is Spay Day USA – Spay/USA is a national referral network that can direct pet owners to local, subsidized spay/neuter clinics. North only spent one night in the hospital and sported this silly collar to protect stitches from this quick procedure.
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It's Feral Cat Day — Have You Ever Seen One?
Today's National Feral Cat Day to honor those felines that live in the wild. Before you start wishing they all could be rescued and adopted, know that many of these kitties are better-accustomed to living on their own terms in the wild. In areas around the country where this is common, Trap-Neuter-Release plans are enforced to keep a handle on the population.
I Need Your Help . . . Dealing With Aggressive Dogs on Walks
Nothing turns a walk time from rad to bad quicker than a foul-tempered pooch. I'd hazard a guess that very few, very lucky pet owners have never encountered an aggressive dog while out and about — even an attempted lunge is scary stuff — and what if it continues on way too far? Community member Beaner explains:
We've been going in the woods off-leash ever since we had our dog and, last weekend, the same dog went after him for the third time.
9 Hero Dogs Who Deserve a Bone: In the LINK of an Eye!
- 9 doggie heroes, up close and personal — People Pets
- Visual tale of the cat tails — The Cat's Meow
- Enter to win a Komfort Pets climate-controlled carrier — Paw Nation
- Could chicken embryos produce dinosaurs? — Discovery News
- New CT scanner is faster, better, and smaller — PetMD
- Chicken + tissues = hilarity — Urlesque
- All about "Trap, Neuter, Release" for birds — Dolittler
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