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Originally Posted by cj125  My post wasn't meant to be cold hearted. I do feel really bad for anyone who looses their pup. My point was to address comments she's made. #1 - about never being in the situation where an unwanted pregnancy would occur. She has an unaltered male in a house with 2 unaltered females... you don't think that's setting up a situation for a unwanted pregnancy?  The one female had a pup that they thought was a red leg... I don't think that dog should be bred - do you? #2 - about people letting their dogs be "unattended" which wasn't the case and isn't always the case when a dog gets loose - like she was saying. Yes, it can happen with both altered & unaltered dogs but she acted like it just couldn't/wouldn't happen with her - but it did - and unfortunately with a terrible ending - not just an unwanted pregnancy. #3 - I know neither one of you agree with this law, and that certainly is your purgative, but from what I'm hearing, it has more to do with "your right to breed" than the right of the dogs "not to be". If you really don't think this law is in the best interest of you and/or your dogs I hope that you get involved to find a better way of taking care of these thousands of animals sitting in shelters. I don't think the law is perfect - far from it - but until someone comes up with a better way to help these animals - it's a good start. Oh, one of the reasons this law came about was that someone left an unwanted dog at the shelter and unbeknownst to anyone - it had parvo! They had to *put to sleep* almost all of the animals that were there! It was HEARTBREAKING! They had NO chance at a new life. Not to mention that it took up ALL of their funds to clean the shelter and they couldn't take in any more unwanted pets! What's this have to do with spay/neutering our pets.... EVERYTHING! I don't believe the ratio of deaths from being spayed/neutered outweighs the the survivors. I know you and I don't want to be the ones it does happen to - but sometimes, sadly, it's just what was meant to be. |
I am not going to beat a dead horse here. So we will just have to agree to disagree because we are not going to convince each other of anything. And that was never my intention anyhow.
But you have no right to tell people what they can and cannot do, or what they should do. What animals she, or I or anyone else have in their home is just none of your business.
You just don't give people enough credit. I have intact male and females dogs in my home and if I do not want them to breed, it does NOT happen! I have never had an accidental litter, ever!
I stand firm in CHOICE! PERIOD.
Have a wonderful day..I know I will
