How long does a dog spay or neuter take?

Spays can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half, depending on the size and maturity of the dog. A neuter surgery is usually a little shorter because, as I mentioned, you're not going into the abdomen—so that takes about 30 minutes to an hour.

A neuter is a quick procedure, especially since you don't go into the abdomen unless you have to find a testicle that doesn't come down. But for the most part, a routine one is probably about 10 or 15 minutes. Depending on the size of the dog, a spay is anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on how big the abdomen is.

Typically, a dog's spay surgery takes about 30 minutes, potentially up to an hour for dogs in heat or larger breeds. Dog neuters are quicker, usually around 15 minutes.

The length of the procedure depends on the doctor and their experience level, but generally, from the time of check-in to going home, it's around six hours. The actual surgery itself may only take the surgeon anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes for a spay, or 10 to 20 minutes for a neuter. However, the time it takes for us to prepare your dog for surgery and for it to recover afterwards, makes up the majority of the time.

Dog spays typically take around 20 minutes on average. The time varies depending on the size of the dog; smaller dogs take less time, and bigger dogs take more time. Dog neuters, on average, take about eight to 10 minutes, as we don't go inside the abdomen for these procedures.

There are some common misconceptions that they need for female dogs to have a litter of puppies beforehand. This is not true. There's no studies that show that there's any benefit to that. There's also some of the misconception that they need to have a heat cycle before they're spayed. There's no studies that show that this is necessary either. As far as male dogs go, depending on their breed, there are some different ages that we may recommend neutering.