I read that post, and even she admits from an individual standpoint, ie the owner and dog spaying and neutering is not in the best interests of your pet.
From the ARTICLE
But gonads are good! Don’t you deny it!
But WAIT! I know what you’re going to say. You are an educated, informed pet owner and you know all about the research showing that sex hormones do have health benefits and spaying and neutering may not always be 100% a positive thing. You’ve pored over the latest
Golden Retriever neutering and cancer study (I did too. Putting 2 Goldens down in 6 months is not a fun thing.) And you ask:
Why must I be forced into this surgery for my pet?
Why is no one admitting that testicles and ovaries have a purpose and are best left attached to the animal from whence they sprouted? To this I say: I agree.
And to that I add: Will you at least concede, being an educated, informed pet owner, the sad truth that many, many people are not? And while I can say with utter sincerity that I believe you are not letting your pet run amuk impregnating the neighborhood, your less conscientious streetmates are?
So give the full truth, don't doctor it up as it is best for the health of your pet.
Tell the truth that you don't trust this person to keep safe their male or female from procreating
and because it is your calling to try to eliminate pets in shelters you believe they should de-sex their dogs. Despite the health risk to the dogs, which btw you would not offer financial responsibility for.
The pet over population problem is a many factored problem. Many pets surrendered are from pet buyers who quite frankly were not ready or able to care for a pet.
Let the veterinary establishment teach and train vets to do tubal ligations and vasectomies to ensure non breeding... Hey what a concept keep the hormones intact and mayhap the health benefits??????
Let the veterinary establishment have brochures on early intervention if you think your female has been bred accidentally. Let the vet establishment have brochures to show what heat is, how long it lasts, how to protect your female. Let the vet establishment have as another alternative a birth control pill you could feed your female.
So many many options that could be explored and developed without risking the long term health of our dogs.