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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  There are health risks and benefits of any medical procedure.
I can say that all my PETS and any dog I'm no longer breeding will be spayed/neutered. Heat cycles are a huge inconvenience when you have intact males in the house. The boys are going nuts, girls are nuts, barking/howling/whining escalates, you have to separate and be extra careful for almost 3 weeks...it's just not a fun time. I do require all puppies I sell to be spayed/neutered because I don't want them bred...there are some owners that are responsible enough to always keep them from breeding, but sometimes even the most careful owners have accidental breedings occur. I know responsible breeders that have had accidental breedings occur.
My spayed/neutered pets are more layed back. Some of the intact Females I've had fought Nd had to always be separated and my intact boys will fight and have to be kept separate. Another situation that's not fun to deal with.
Just my opinion on things... |
I agree that there are health risks and benefits of any procedure but in the case of spaying and neutering, the risks far outway the benefits as far as I'm concerned. Mammary cancer has had a shadow of doubt cast in favor of spaying, pyometra can be treated after the fact (and yes with some risk). I would love to see some percentage data on intact females that have actually developed these "preventable if spayed" diseases. I personally would love to see vets learning how to do tubal ligations and vasectomies opposed to total desexing, then we could have the best of both worlds.
It's just something to look at for people that are on the fence about spaying/neutering vs not spaying/neutering.
I personally have no male dogs so the heat cycle would not be that much of an inconvenience. My dog is an indoor dog and when she is outside it is never alone and never off leash.