24/07/2025
It’s time to modernize how we sterilize dogs.
Newer, simpler surgical techniques like vasectomy and ovary-sparing spay (hysterectomy) prevent unwanted litters and deadly infections like pyometra—without removing the hormones pets need for healthy physical, metabolic, immunologic and behavioral development.
The problem? Most veterinarians were never taught how to perform these easier procedures. That makes them “specialty surgeries,” which drives up the cost—and keeps them out of shelters and everyday practices where they’re most needed.
Let’s fix this! 🙌🏼 2.0 pet parents want to support shelters, but don’t want to adopt the long-term health consequences personal experience and research demonstrates (thank goodness cats have an entirely different reproductive system and are off the hook).
Please sign my petition, below, to teach hormone-sparing sterilization techniques in veterinary schools worldwide. The next generation of veterinarians—and the animals they serve—deserve better. Petition link in comments ⬇️.
