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Originally Posted by remus  I asked many people on the street, some relatives and some doctors. Many told me that it is not necessary to do it, and a handful of those said not to do it at all.
Its just for some reason people always listen to doctors or whoever and go do what they are told and never question the authority.
I also think it is not a natural thing to do. If it was, why dont we neuter all sex offenders? Or say abusive husbands, or those who don't want to have kids. You know, for all the good HEALTH reasons? Inhumane you say? Then how is it humane to neuter dogs?
Neutering pets is a profitable, keep that in mind.
So do you own research, ask around. Ask real people on the street who own pets and make your decision upon that.
Maybe its just me, I favor dogs over people and would never want to harm a dog against its will, so neutering a dog and messing with its hormone system is not something I favor.
With that said, I wish all pets and pet owners here and anywhere else, nothing but good health and much happiness one way or another!  |
When you said research, I thought you meant you had read articles by experts in the field, I didn't know your meant you just asked various peoples opinions. You took a poll, you did not do research. If you needed medical advice would you get it through man on the street interviews? I'm really shocked by your reply, the average person is not educated in this, that's why Yorkietalk and other forums are so important, as they help educate the average man on the street. While I respect your decision, to do as you wish, I'm a little disappointed you feel the need to suggest that others do this too, and that they should only listen to "real" people, I think others who are for neutering and spaying are "real" people too, and we are "real' upset about the millions of deaths of unwanted dogs. Your point of "neutering pets is profitable", seems to suggest that the reason people are for this is that the vets want to get rich. Nearly every community has low cost and free clinics for neutering, and vets often volunteer their services for free. If vets really wanted to make money, they would encourage people to have more pets.
I really don't know what neutering sex offenders has to do with neutering a dog. Primary, we are trying to stop unwanted pregnancies with dogs, there are millions of healthy dogs being put to sleep yearly, we really need to do something about the population of unwanted dogs. Part of your research should involve contacting your local humane society and see how many dogs they put to sleep, killed is the more accurate word. Also, find out how they do it, do they use the relatively painless injection or do they use gas, which is painful, and terrifying to dogs, but cheaper. By the way, rape and other sex offenses is not about sex, it's about control, and humiliation, surgical castration and chemical castration has no long-term effect on the behaviors.
We don't do a vasectomy on dogs because that would not stop the behavior of running wild when they smell a bitch in heat, and it would not stop the production of testosterone, which is triggers marking and other unwanted behaviors. We should not compare human needs with animal needs. Your dog is not a human, and will never know what has been done or what he has missed. Death from injuries due to an accident involving a car is the NUMBER ONE cause of death for unneutered males, and unneutered males are much more likely to run away.