I neutered my dog today. I am about to go pick him up. I feel awful about it, I really do. I cannot believe we do this to these poor animals. It is so ridiculously mean.
I will cook him a steak tonight.
I neutered my dog today. I am about to go pick him up. I feel awful about it, I really do. I cannot believe we do this to these poor animals. It is so ridiculously mean.
I will cook him a steak tonight.
I hope he humps your leg tonight. That way he can prove he's still a male.
Dog Owner wrote:
I neutered my dog today. I am about to go pick him up. I feel awful about it, I really do. I cannot believe we do this to these poor animals. It is so ridiculously mean.
I will cook him a steak tonight.
Then why did you do it?
I have had 2 neutered dogs. Did not seem to both either one---at least neither complained about it.
I did it b/c Bob Barker told me to do it.
No, I did it because I have two female dogs who live next door and I don't want to deal with being a grandpa so soon.
This makes me wonder how people first came to figure out that you could prevent reproduction by removing the testicles. Who were the first eunuchs and how did they end up that way?
The ancient Sumerians started it I think.
Yeah but who was the douche who was like, "hey, lets cut the balls off all these boys and see what happens!"
And I wonder what people thought balls were for before they knew what they were for. I doubt they could figure out the whole sperm production process or knew anything about reproductive science.
Dog Owner wrote:
I neutered my dog today. I am about to go pick him up. I feel awful about it, I really do. I cannot believe we do this to these poor animals. It is so ridiculously mean.
I will cook him a steak tonight.
Go to your city's animal shelter and watch as they drag dogs off to get gassed.
Most of the time, the reason dogs run away from home is to find another dog in heat. The dog in heat is usually a stray as most people spay female dogs these days. Once the stray drops puppies, chances are many of them will end up meeting their demise in the City pound.
Spaying and neutering dogs is the best thing you can do for your pet and for dogs everywhere.
Precious Roy wrote:
Go to your city's animal shelter and watch as they drag dogs off to get gassed.
Most of the time, the reason dogs run away from home is to find another dog in heat. The dog in heat is usually a stray as most people spay female dogs these days. Once the stray drops puppies, chances are many of them will end up meeting their demise in the City pound.
Spaying and neutering dogs is the best thing you can do for your pet and for dogs everywhere.
Yeah you should spay and neuter you children for the same reason. Most kids who go missing are just looking for another kid in heat.
I've never fixed my dogs, and never will. It is not "the best thing you can do for your pet," it is one of the most cruel and disfiguring things you can do to your pet. It's true that if all dogs were fixed there wouldn't be an overpopulation problem. But that has nothing to do with my dogs, who are either inside, in a fenced yard, or on a leash at all times. No pet lover would subject a dog to that while believing "it's for their own good." No. It isn't. I can tell you 100 ways to make your dog happy and that is not one of them.
Precious Roy wrote:
Go to your city's animal shelter and watch as they drag dogs off to get gassed.
Most of the time, the reason dogs run away from home is to find another dog in heat. The dog in heat is usually a stray as most people spay female dogs these days. Once the stray drops puppies, chances are many of them will end up meeting their demise in the City pound.
Spaying and neutering dogs is the best thing you can do for your pet and for dogs everywhere.
I understand the need to control reproduction. I'm curious as to why the traditional method is neutering rather than vasectomy. Clipping the tubes accomplishes the same thing as lopping the things off reproduction-wise, but still allows for testosterone production, right?
runnersportsman11 wrote:
This makes me wonder how people first came to figure out that you could prevent reproduction by removing the testicles. Who were the first eunuchs and how did they end up that way?
Well, at some point, it was discovered if a boy soprano got "eunuched", he continued to sing with his soprano voice; his voice never changed. Not being able to reproduce was just a side effect.
My question is: does anyone foresee that the neutering of our pets will eventual result in the decline of the species? I'm talking WAAAAAY in the future, but isn't it a possibility? FWIW, our pets are spayed and neutered.
northerner wrote:
I've never fixed my dogs, and never will. It is not "the best thing you can do for your pet," it is one of the most cruel and disfiguring things you can do to your pet. It's true that if all dogs were fixed there wouldn't be an overpopulation problem. But that has nothing to do with my dogs, who are either inside, in a fenced yard, or on a leash at all times. No pet lover would subject a dog to that while believing "it's for their own good." No. It isn't. I can tell you 100 ways to make your dog happy and that is not one of them.
Because dogs NEEEEEEVER get out do they?