I'm so sorry to hear you lost your little girl. :(

I think it's wrong to put the whole blame to spay... Your baby was probably allergic to the aneasthesia, and if she hadn't been spayed that could happen later, while she was having her teeth cleaned or anything else done that required putting under. I'm very sorry for your loss

i personally think you are wrong in saying that only responsible pet owners spay or neuter their pets; you can believe that people should, but not that they arent responsible if they dont. i love my baby more than anything but i have chosen NOT to neuter him because i dont feel it is necessary, why not just let them be who they are? human parents have the choice of having their sons circumcised because its "healthier" but it is a choice as a parent you make for your son. so your son or daughter humps a lot, you would cut off their reproductive organs to prevent it? isnt the human population overcrowding, too? sure they're animals, but they have just the same rights.

people talk about the good, but there are a lot of risks doing it as well. have you heard all the tragic stories of people who did and lost their baby or had horrible complications afterwards? if you are responsible to watch, well train and take good CARE of your pet, maybe all the "unhealthy-ness" of not neutering wouldn't apply.

i just feel insulted you chose to say only responsible pet owners spay/neuter because that's just not true.:mad:

if you listen to every vet and doctor there is in the world and only believe what they say, where do you come in as a parent?:thumbdown

and to original post, i think its purely up to you. i wanted to breed my baby boy too, but i heard after they do it once, like humans, they'll keep wanting it more. :animal36 but i agree with others, to breed, you must know what you're doing to decide that. for me personally, it would be too painful to see my baby go into surgery and during the healing process.

good luck, and you'll make the right choice for your furbaby! :thumbup:

Let's not compare neutering and spaying our pets to having our boys circumcised - or thinking about removing part of our children's reproductive systems.

This is not a good analogy --- The reasons we might neuter our male dogs - would not apply to our sons. We're not worried about our sons running around the neighborhood getting little girls pregnant..and the babies ended up in a people pound because there are too many unwanted babies in the world. We aren't worried about them getting loose and roaming or running away and getting lost - or running out in the street and getting hit by a car. We wouldn't neuter our son because we're afraid he might get testicular cancer later in life....or to keep him from marking or humping everything in sight.

I agree with some of the reasons some of you have chosen not to neuter or spay your pets -- but I wouldn't go so far as to compare them to our children. Other than the health risks - I do think that we can usually get away with not neutering and spaying our little dogs because they are house dogs and are more closely monitored 24/7.

But - I still occasionally read posts here about "my dog accidently got pregnant." However, I think most of us can fairly easily keep this from happening if we work at it.

But - again - how do all those unwanted puppies end up in the pound. I think they are probably more often the result of larger dogs that spend more time outdoors - and, don't we know that a lot of these dogs get loose once in a while..... I see dogs running around loose all the time -- but rarely small house dogs.


Carol Jean

I just posted about this the other day, I am going to go ahead and get it done. Kodak is 2 years old and just started doing everything I heard he would do younger. He's humping his toys now, and his peterpecker comes out so long he can't walk straight.:eek: He's also becoming more agressive like the vet and others here have said they would. I'm going to do it.:(

I agree with WaBa
 

Oops, make that SnowWa, Sorry

I congratulate you on your decision to have your little boy neutered. I also feel very strongly that almost all of our pets should be spayed or neutered and all of the animal care professionals that I have ever talked to recommend it. My vet particularly quoted the health reason of preventing mammary tumors in females.

All of the rescue centers I know require you to have the pet spayed or neutered or do it themselves before allowing the animal to leave.

I just don't feel that it is in the best interest of that animal or any of the hundreds of puppies that can come from an unneutered pet not to have your pet spayed/neutered. I feel that if you allow your animal to remain intact you are responsible for any future animals that may come from your dogs puppies or the puppies those puppies may have and so on down the line.