The American Society for the Prevention of Accidents encourages pet parents to adopt the practice of spaying/neutering their animals. Unpaid pets are at risk of potentially fatal infections as well as massive swelling. The ovariohysterectomy, which entails the removal of both the uterus and ovaries, is the most commonly performed procedure by veterinarians in the United States. It is critical to understand that a dog cannot be ‘unspayed.’ The surgical removal of reproductive organs is referred to as sperm shaving.
