Trumbull Canine Shelter

Your female pet will live a longer, healthier life. Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 percent of dogs and 90 percent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.

Neutering provides major health benefits for your male. Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age.

Your spayed female won't go into heat. While cycles can vary, female felines usually go into heat four to five days every three weeks during breeding season. In an effort to advertise for mates, they'll yowl and urinate more frequently—sometimes all over the house!

Your male dog won't want to roam away from home. An intact male will do just about anything to find a mate! That includes digging his way under the fence and making like Houdini to escape from the house. And once he's free to roam, he risks injury in traffic and fights with other males.

Your neutered male will be much better behaved. Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, unneutered dogs and cats may mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering.

Spaying or neutering will NOT make your pet fat. Don’t use that old excuse! Lack of exercise and overfeeding will cause your pet to pack on the extra pounds—not neutering. Your pet will remain fit and trim as long as you continue to provide exercise and monitor food intake.

It is highly cost-effective. The cost of your pet's spay/neuter surgery is a lot less than the cost of having and caring for a litter. It also beats the cost of treatment when your unneutered tom escapes and gets into fights with the neighborhood stray!

Spaying and neutering your pet is good for the community. Stray animals pose a real problem in many parts of the country. They can prey on wildlife, cause car accidents, damage the local fauna and frighten children. Spaying and neutering packs a powerful punch in reducing the number of animals on the streets.

Spaying and neutering helps fight pet overpopulation. Every year, millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized or suffer as strays. These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE!:

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/CT18.html#Adopting

AND you can also visit FOBAS, a rescue group we work with:

Mon.-Fri. 8:00 AM-4:00 PM & SATURDAYS 11 - 3 pm

Animal Control Officer Lynn Dellabianca - ldellabianca@trumbull-ct.org

We are located at 324 Church Hill Road in Trumbull just down the hill from Middlebrook Avenue and the EMS. From the Merritt Parkway traveling South, take exit 50. Right off the exit onto Rte 127 (White Plains Road). Shelter is a few miles up on the left, just past the public works department. From the Merritt Parkway traveling North, take exit 48 Main Street. Left off exit onto Main Street. At second stop light, take a right on Middlebrook Avenue. Follow to end and take a right on Church Hill Rd. Shelter is the next driveway on the right.