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What are the benefits of Spay & Neuter?


What Are the Advantages?
*Spayed or neutered animals no longer feel the need to roam to look for a mate, they stay home and have less of a chance of being involved in accidents such as being hit by a car, and lower incidence of contracting contagious diseases.

*Spaying or neutering your pet reduces the risk of certain types of cancer that can be terminal for your pet, not to mention EXPENSIVE to treat.

*Spaying or neutering your pet can also eliminate undesirable behaviors like spraying, marking and fighting.

*Dogs and cats spayed before their first heat (six months of age) are virtually assured of not developing mammary cancer, a relatively common disease in unspayed females.

​*Spayed pets cannot develop the uterine infection called ”Pyometra," which occurs commonly among older, unspayed dogs and cats. Pyometra is a life threatening disease.

*Spayed animals do not go through heat cycles or produce unwanted puppies or kittens. “Heat” refers to the time when female dogs and cats prepare for mating and pregnancy.


Answers to Common Questions:
*Spaying or neutering will NOT make your dog or cat fat and lazy unless they are overfed.

*It is NOT true that a cat or dog should have one litter before being spayed. This only leads to more unwanted puppies and kittens.

*It is NOT true that a cat or dog should have one heat cycle before being spayed.

​*Altering your pet will NOT change your pet's personality. Cats' personalities do not fully develop until about one year of age, and dogs' between one and two years. If your pet's personality changes after spaying at an early age, it would have changed without surgery.

         We are happy to announce that we now offer a low cost Spay & Neuter Program For Herkimer, Montgomery & Oneida County pet owners!


For program details and requirements, contact us on Facebook, by phone or email and an application

 will be mailed to you. 


OR


Canine (Dog) Spay and Neuter Application


Feline Spay and Neuter Application


If you are interested in applying to take part in our Spay/Neuter Program, please contact us at pet-sake@hotmail.com or call us at 315-796-2584.  In your email or phone call we will need your name and mailing address and phone number along with a brief description of your pet(s), such as species (cat or dog), name, age, female or male, and (for dogs) – weight.  Please have that information available.