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Originally Posted by feminvstr Kim you own neutered dogs NOT intact!! you have no experience living with and or training intact dogs!!! Buy a stud Kim and then give your opinion, until then you have no experience to share on this subject! Dealing with a neutered dog is far easier than a stubborn determined stud
One can spend hours and thousands on training a stud BUT all of that goes out the window once he smells "the ladies in heat" !!!! Have two studs in the same house its twice the problem! |
I have lived with several intact dogs in my lifetime and I have lots of experience in training them. My current dogs were intact for many months before they were neutered so
I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE living with and training intact dogs.
So what you are saying Kimberly is that it is okay for
you to have a stud dog who are your companions but no one else should do it? I think if a person is aware of the drawbacks and negatives they can make those decisions for themselves as all of the breeders here have. You, txshopper73 and Yorkiesmom1970 have decided you can handle the drawbacks and you have intact males...while gazou has decided it is not for her.
My current vet does not belive in neutering or spaying as a matter of course if you are not going to breed. He feels it is irresponsible in fact to alter a dog unless there is a valid reason to do it. He feels that
dogs should be "left with all their Parts" unless there is a good reason (not just human convenience) for removing any parts. Surgery is risky and painful and I will seriously consider not neutering my next male. I have decided at this point that, unless a valid reason arises that makes it in their best interest, I will not spay my females although they will never be bred.
I have read all the research about increased risks of mammary cancer and uterine disease and I agree with my vet. That risk is not outweighhed by the risk of surgery. My girls are tiny, they are with me 24/7, they wear panties when they are in heat and I can protect them from getting pregnant. I can put up with the personality and hormone issues as I would prefer not to have them go thorugh an unnecessary surgical procedure.