Psychology Today: Early Spaying or Neutering Often Leads to Frail Older Dogs Neutering dogs is still often seen as a quick fix for unwanted behavior, health care, or animal welfare. But recent studies show that sex hormones regulate much more than just reproduction–they ... New data, which is bound to fuel the controversy over the benefits versus the health costs of spaying and neutering dogs, has just come out of the Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies at the ...

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