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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr Thank you for this Cindy as I had not read of the increased risk of parvo virus in early spay/neuter puppies.....that is pretty scary. Parvo is awful as we all know.
I had read that there was concern that the surgery may interfere with vaccination effectiveness but I guess this new study proves it ...at least where parvo is concerned.
It may be fine for shelters and rescues to practice ESN due to pet over population but I think pet owners who can responsibly prevent unwanted pregnancy should make their own choices for for their fur family members. IMO it would not be fair to impose this practice on the typical pet owner who knows how to properly contain their yorkie. Yorkies are mostly indoor dogs and the issues of roaming, etc., are really not as big a concern as they are with bigger dogs who are outside a lot.
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Kim, you missed my point on the thread where I posted two links regarding ESN and the top vet schools endorsing ESN and disputing many of the "why you should not spay/neuter" a dog and you picked the one thing "parvo in puppies" to endorse your theory. I am sorry I cannot agree with you at all about the typical pet owner who knows how to properly contain their Yorkie. Every week someone posts an "oops" on here and again we add to the pet over population. Just today a member wrote that her little girl is going through her first heat and asked if she should keep her male away from her. We can all guess what will happen there.
The question I have to ask is where is your social responsibility. How can anyone sleep at night knowing 5 MILLION dogs and cats are euthanized every year. I have been in the room with dogs piled high in garbage bins, DEAD because of the over population. This includes small dogs which will only get worse because of the popularity of small dogs. I really wish you would go to the pound day after day and see the results of people not neutering their animals and you would understand the passion I feel along with many people in rescue and yes most vets because they understand the real harm of not spaying and neutering and it is an early DEATH. Every reputable Yorkie rescue group that I know endorses spay and neuter because they love Yorkies and they love dogs. Even Dr. Pitcairn's believes in spaying and neutering your pet.
I felt the two threads I posted would show that many of the concerns you talked about were very slim compared to the bigger picture and in fact some of it disputed some of the facts you stated.
You know I never had children but I have always felt a social responsibility for all of the children of this country and in fact my taxes pay for many services for children. I believe we are all responsible to help each child and I don't complain about my taxes spent on them. I also believe as dog lovers we all have a responsibility to protect as many dogs as we can, be it through legislation or as simple as spaying and neutering our dogs.
While I can respect your position for your dogs, I cannot understand why you keep trying to push this on people who you don't know will be responsible pet owners. Were you aware of these statistics:
•Only 38% of all dogs and cats will remain in their first home for their entire lives.
•Nationally, over 50% of all adopted animals are no longer in their adoptive home after just the first year.
We have had YT members be part of these statistics so we cannot assume that every member on YT will be a "responsible dog owner" and protect their dogs from breeding again. You have scared many young members into believing they are doing the wrong thing by spaying/neutering their dogs.
You know I love my dogs as much as you do and maybe even more because of the rough start they had in life. I didn't buy them but earned their love through my rescue efforts. I took the throw away dogs and gave them a home, security and love but as someone who has compassion for the millions killed every year because of the pet overpopulation, you are darn right I spayed/neutered every rescue who came through. We have got to stop what is going on in this country as we are losing our souls.