If you do not intend to responsibly breed your dog, consider spay or neuter. Spaying and neutering are routine surgeries that ...

Neutering is a simple surgical procedure that sterilizes a male dog so he’s incapable of parenting puppies. “The big snip,” as some people call it, provides many benefits beyond making sure dogs don’t ...

Q: "I am a senior citizen who is contemplating adopting a 4-year-old intact Golden Retriever. I have had other Goldens, but they have all been neutered. What are the risks of neutering at 4? The dog ...

Neutering debates just got more complicated. An observational study of exceptionally long-lived Rottweilers reveals that male ...

Neutering a dog can be a difficult decision for pet owners. Not only are there costs to consider, but it is also important to understand what neutering a dog does to its temperament, as well as what ...

Neutering, and the age at which a dog is neutered, may affect the animal’s risk for developing certain cancers and joint diseases, according to a new study of golden retrievers by a team of ...

Last month, Multnomah County Animal Services launched a trial using Zinc neutering, a new way of neutering male dogs. The Troutdale shelter is the first agency in the Portland metro area to offer the ...

A short while ago a woman dropped by our dog club on one of the evenings that we hold beginners' dog obedience classes. She wanted to ask me a question about some advice her son had received from a ...

Spaying or neutering a dog can promote a longer life, according to Steven Austad, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In a paper ...