The decision to spay or neuter your dog is an important (and necessary) one, but when’s the best time to actually get the procedure done? The Dodo spoke to Dr. Corinne Wigfall, a veterinarian working ...

Getting your dog spayed (or neutered) is one of the most important things you can do for her, her health and the overall dog population. While it might be scary to think of your BFF going through ...

I know it’s not polite to stare, but ever since I started working in animal welfare, I can’t help but notice when male dogs ...

A new study has highlighted how more research is needed in order to demonstrate the effect of neutering timing on dog health. Effects of neutering on female dog health have been reported in previous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: JulPo / Getty Images) Many folks hesitate to spay or neuter their pet, fearing that it’s painful and wondering what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That said, shelters still euthanize hundreds of thousands of dogs each year in the United States due to overpopulation. Every dog ...

More than two-thirds of American households owned pets in 2021, up 3% from the previous year, according to the National Pet Owners' Survey. As more pet owners work from home post-pandemic, there's an ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have updated their guidelines on when to neuter 40 popular dog varieties by breed and sex. Their recent paper in Frontiers in Veterinary Science ...

Source: Chris and Yoon Choi/Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In North America, between 70 and 80 percent of dogs are spayed or neutered. This is done to prevent the overpopulation problem that has forced many ...

Well, this is a bit of a surprise. A newly published study found that dogs that are neutered may actually have a slightly shorter lifespan than intact dogs. This finding was based on a recent analysis ...