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Originally Posted by gemy  I would much rather see healthy pets! And the very real cost of health issues and the huge emotional toll on the future owners not be BORNE by both the dog and the owner. Please let me know how you would feel when your dog was neutered at 6wks old and 1.2 yrs down the road suffers from crippling CHD in both hips? If we had only waited!
The answer is always making an "informed decision", and I will always advocate for the health of dogs. Period non stop.
If certain folks want to "take| this information and run with it, well so be it! I will never advocate irresponsibly a position that puts at risk the health of a dog.
This is what this forum is for. Education. Offering different points of view.
I abhor breedings that don't even come close to meeting the breed standard. I abhor folks who mindlessly adopt a puppy, only to somehow not understand that this is a puppy, and then 2 months later they surrender it.
The answer in my mind is not to "suppress" information, to "suppress" studies on the health risks or benefits; but to educate. To educate in all facets of responsible dog ownership. And that includes when to spay or neuter. It includes how to train a good citizen dog.
We should not hide our heads in the sand. Despite the heart breaking stats on shelter dogs. Health of the dog is foremost in my mind. |
You say surrender like as if puppies are not euthanized daily all over this country. What about that person that allowed their dog to breed, making that puppy and then it's dumped. There's no accountability in allowing your animal to breed. It makes me sick at how irresponsible people are with their animals. I have to wonder if we are even living in the same reality. You speak of hips, knees, testing, breeding while others just let their animals roam free to have litter after litter of puppies.