Are female dogs spayed or neutered?

A: Spaying or neutering is not going to affect your dog’s desire or ability to protect your home or protect you. Guard dogs are trained to be guard dogs. Their behavior is a function of genetics or instinct, environment, and training. read more

For example, your female dog should NOT be spayed at 6 months old. We'll talk about that in a moment, too. First, let's look at the positives – the advantages of spaying your female. read more

The incidence of mammary tumours in un-spayed female dogs is 71% (of which approximately 50% will be malignant and 50% will be benign), but if a dog is spayed before its first heat cycle, the risk of developing a mammary tumour is reduced to 0.35%—a 99.5% reduction. read more