Spay and Neuter, Separating Myth from Fact

"FREE to good home"... the "wonders of birth" come at a high price for the animals AND our communities

MYTH ONE : “My pet will get fat and lazy.”

The truth is that most pets get fat and lazy because their owners feed them too much junk food (canned or dry) and treats loaded with HFCS, and don’t give them enough exercise. A run around the yard is NOT exercise. Consider switching our animals to a raw diet, which will keep them healthy, happy, lean and your visits to the vet at a minimum.

Read our blog about why Let’s Adopt insists feeding our animals a raw diet.

MYTH TWO: “It’s better to have one litter first.”

Actually, science indicates just the opposite!!!
In fact, evidence shows that females spayed before their first heat are typically healthier. The best time to spay your female dog or cat is before her first heat. Early spaying greatly reduces the incidences of mammary cancer.
Both pregnancy and birth can be very stressful for the animal.
Animals giving birth sometimes die from complications.
Many veterinarians now sterilize dogs and cats as young as eight weeks of age.

MYTH THREE: “I’ll find good homes for all the puppies and kittens.”

You may find homes for all of your pet’s litter (in Turkey chances are YOU WON’T) . But each home you find means one less home for the dogs and cats in shelters who need good homes. Also, in less than one year’s time, each of your pet’s offspring may have his/her own litter, adding even more animals to the population. The original problem of crowded shelters is created by just one litter at a time.

There’s no need to breed – PERIOD!
This must stop!

orphaned kittens under the age of three weeks are euthanized on arrival at a shelter near you.... too much work, too little resources.

MYTH FOUR: “But my pet is purebred.”

So is at least one out of every four pets brought to animal shelters around the country. There are just too many dogs and cats; mixed breed and purebred.
Your purebred’s testes aren’t any more valuable than those of a mixed breed. They’ll contribute to the same problem.