Spay & Neuter Explained: Real Benefits, Myths, and What Most Vets Actually Consider

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]There's no blanket statements, although I would say that most veterinarians are recommending spay for everyone. We can talk about timing of that, too.

[00:00:07]Um the main [clears throat] benefits is population control, right? That's one of the first thing. And I think that you have to have a community mindset to obviously buy into that, right? Because you can say, "Okay, it's not my dog that's going to get out and get pregnant, you know, by the neighborhood whatever stud."

[00:00:28]And it And it doesn't normally happen in, you know, most neighborhoods, but of course there are those facets that most people don't keep their dog on a leash.

[00:00:36]There are those neighborhoods where there are dogs running around, and so those are the issues.

[00:00:40]Um so that's the first thing that I would say is benefit. Um the other benefits are that there are hormonally driven diseases that we can