Male Neutering: Maybe You Shouldnt
The directive seems simple enough. Spay and neuter your pet dog by the age of 6 months or so, and not only will you be reducing the risk for various medical conditions, you will also be playing an important role in canine population control. For female dogs, the evidence for that line of thinking is clear and irrefutable. Dogs spayed before their first estrus, or heat, have only a 0.5 percent risk for developing cancer…
Neutering May Increase the Chance For More Than Certain Cancers
Along with appearing to increase the odds for bladder cancer, prostate cancer, bone cancer, and cancer that attacks the spleen, some research suggests that neutering also appears to raise the risk in dogs for rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament (similar to the anterior cruciate ligament in a persons knee).
Giving Injections At Home To Your Dog
If you told me last year that I would be giving my dog shots of fluid every day, I would have said you were crazy, comments Cathy Park of Worcester, Massachusetts. Im very needle phobic. But injecting her 10-year-old white Lab, Bunson, is exactly what Ms. Park does each evening.
Dealing with Needles in the House
Its an undertaking for people to get used to having syringes and needles at home, says Armelle de Laforcade, a veterinarian at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at the Tufts Cummings School. You have to make sure to keep the needles away from small children, for instance. Thats a pretty reflexive safety measure for most parents. What households often have a harder time wrapping their heads around is safe needle disposal. People who inject medicine…
