Does getting your dog desexed increase its life expectancy and decrease chance of some cancer?
Completely eliminates the risk of ovarian/uterine/prostate cancers. Spaying is supposed to reduce the risk of mammary cancer, but some say that’s only the case if she’s spayed before her first heat. Spaying statistically increases life span largely due to the fact that the female dog is no longer roaming in search of a mate during her heat cycle, therefore has a reduced risk of getting hit by a car, attacked by another dog, picked up by animal control, or other potentially life-threatening situations. Neutering completely eliminates any risk of testicular cancer and reduces the risk of prostate cancer. Neutering statistically increases life span largely due to the fact that the male dog loses its desire to roam in search of a mate, which reduces the risk of getting hit by a car etc, and reduces aggression problems related to the mating drive, which in turn can reduce the amount of dog bites in a neutered population, which in turn can reduce the number of dogs euthanized for being “vici
