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Originally Posted by CouversMom  So are you saying that responsible pet owners do not value their pets?? Couver is my child, and I am offended that you are inferring that I do not love him as much as you simply because I chose to have him neutered.
I see this from a different angle; I would never want my dog to have to go through the painful and uncomfortable process of birthing puppies, so I choose to spay and neuter. I do not see my animals as breeding machines, so I get them fixed.
I am truly offended by this statement  |
This. Winston is neutered because I grew up with my parents fostering greyhounds, greyhounds who normally would have been euthanized. I've volunteered at animal shelters, I've seen hundreds of poor animals. I can't tell you how many purebred dogs I've seen be surrendered. MANY with AKC pedigrees and other things. Those dogs your two may father? You can't control what happens to them when they leave. Unless you keep them until they're old enough to be fixed - you can't prevent them from fathering more dogs. In six years, just ONE of those puppies can in the grand scheme of things create of 60 THOUSAND dogs when you figure in how many other dogs their puppies will potentially create. People's lives change, those loving puppies can end up on the street, be abused, become breeding machines. You never know - because you never know what goes on behind closed doors. Spaying or neutering your pet has NOTHING to do with how much you care. If anything - you can say its the opposite, because you can say "I care enough about you to make sure that
no other dog has to unwilling live a short or cruel life by breeding you simply for my short benefit."