Links For Maintaining a Healthy Labrador

The health and well-being of your Labrador Retriever is very important to us! Recommendations are often changing as new scientific studies are conducted making it more difficult to determine just how to maintain a healthy and happy Lab. Below are several links that provide scientific information regarding the proper age at which to spay/neuter your Labrador. This information is intended to educate the Labrador owner and improve longevity and overall health. 

Spay/Neuter Resources

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070019/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25020045/

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00388/full#h2

https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/elective-spaying-and-neutering-pets
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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/dog-neutering-health-risks-for-certain-breeds/594355/