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Originally Posted by OwnedByJezebel  There are few things crazier than an intact male that smells a female in heat and can't get to her. They become single-minded. To me, it is cruel to make them deal with that, unless they are breeding quality and are going to be used for responsible breeding. |
I will never own a male unaltered, or a female unspayed.
We had a Golden Retriever who my dad never spayed and for one... she made a mess during her heat. There'd be blood spots all over the kitchen floor. I remember constantly wiping them up as a kid. She obviously didn't keep herself clean by herself
she took really long to calm down, but I don't know if that was related to spaying or not. She ended up having to get an emergency spay when she was 9 years old because some major things went wrong with her... she almost died. Lived another year and a half after the surgery before passing away.
My dad now fixes all his dogs!