Did you cut the eggs of your dog?

[Silverobama]

My friend bought a dog the other day. Here, dogs and cats are pets and usually cut the reproductive system. I asked my friend:

Did you cut the eggs of your dog?

Is the question natural?

 

[Piscean]

No.

Have you spayed/neutered your pet?

Female animals are spayed, male animals neutered.

 

[emsr2d2]

I believe "neuter" refers to both sexes. Males are castrated; females are spayed. It's handy that there's a word for both sexes because it means you don't need to know the sex of the animal and you can use it for plurals. For example, "It's great that animal rescue centres neuter all animals in their care before they can be adopted".

I don't know about other variants, but BrE also uses "fix". For example, "Have you have your dog fixed yet?"

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, we use "fixed" in AmE, too. We do maintain the distinction between females being spayed and males being neutered.