San Francisco Veterinarian Clinic

The Importance of Spaying and Neutering your Pets

Spaying and neutering your dogs and cats has become a widely debated issue with many pet owners. These processes aren’t an option for all pets or owners, but we believe that spaying and neutering your pets will help control the pet population in San Francisco.

Since many people are choosing not to have their pets fixed, the animal shelters are over capacity with abandoned strays from the streets. By having this procedure done, you will help to decrease the number of pets that have to be euthanized because of overcrowding in animal shelters. If you want to help control the pet population, contact the San Francisco veterinarians to spay or neuter your pet.

Each week, hundreds of stray animals are taken to local animal shelters because they weren’t claimed by anyone. After a certain amount of time, the animals are usually put to sleep. Although this seems inhumane, this is often the only way to make room for the animals being born daily. By reducing the stray population through spaying or neutering your pet, you are also protecting your animal from rabies by decreasing the amount of rabid animals on the streets.

The process of spaying and neutering has become quite simple over the last few years. You will bring your pet in the morning to your local San Francisco vet clinic. The veterinarians will give your pet an overall checkup looking for good health, and then they will put your pet under anesthesia. You will be able to take your pet home the same day, and the healing process will begin. Usually, your pet will be back to normal in about a week.

For more information on spaying or neutering your pet, contact the San Francisco vet clinics at www.sanfranciscoveterinarianclinics.com