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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  Vets approve lots of things that turn out to be not so great for dogs... |
My thoughts exactly...lots of vets not only endorse, but they also sell Trifexis and that has killed dogs!!
Personally, I don't see any reason to use a stud stopper. It just seems unnecessary. The easiest solution is spay/neuter OR to separate the dogs using crates in separate rooms where the doors are shut. Letting the dogs run around together with a stud stopper or a belly band or a diaper is risky, IMO. If the dogs somehow work around the contraption, you have an unwanted pregnancy...and dogs seem to be very good at getting around the road blocks to prevent them from mating...just look at all the "oopsies" in the breeding section.
The best way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy is to either a.)spay/neuter or b.) keep the female in heat completely isolated from any in tact male dogs.
While I can appreciate the "out of the box" thinking and am grateful there are other alternatives, I just am not convinced that this is the best way to prevent a pregnancy.
Since you've tested the product, how many times has there been a slip. Even human condoms and birth control aren't fool proof. I can't imagine this would be 100% fool proof either.
If I ever used the stud stopper, I'd never even think about leaving the 2 dogs unattended just in case it slipped...but I have a feeling that there are people that are out there that would buy this thinking that this is a way they can leave their two dogs unattended together...and that's when the oopsies could happen.