No, two intact dogs of the opposite sex + idiot owner = puppies. When I was growing up we had two intact males with one intact female for YEARS and NEVER had anything happen. Come to think of it, the female actually was from a rescue, and she wasn't altered. Before the city shelter and the humane society merged a couple years ago, dogs from the city were sent out unaltered with like a $50 voucher for having them altered later. My dad worked at the city shelter so there wasn't an adoption fee anyway (actually he was the one who picked the dog up off the street, he was animal control at the time), so the $50 voucher didn't matter.
This. A responsible breeder will make sure they are there for all their dogs/pups anyway, but sadly not every "breeder" is a responsible one.
What I find sad is that even people who are otherwise responsible and would never let their dogs get knocked up anyway (or let their dog knock up another dog) are pushed into early speutering (even if their dog is from a breeder and not a rescue) because people are SO rabid about it. If someone stands up and says no, I'm waiting/not neutering, they're almost always labelled as bad/crazy/idiots at least by their vet if not the general public (seriously, I'd LOVE to work for a vet that doesn't promote early speutering, BYBs, GLs and crap foods...those are my biggest peeves at work). If someone at the clinic brings up health benefits of leaving their dog intact, doc automatically goes into his testicular cancer and mammary cancer speech. Ugh. And instead of going home and researching it, they take their vet's word for it, because a vet should know best, right? (GAG.)
Well IMO telling someone if they don't agree to that little addendum you posted that they are unfit for one of your dogs, that's kind of a (short) checklist, but the point is, the result is the same - an otherwise great home turned down because of one little thing.
This. A responsible breeder will make sure they are there for all their dogs/pups anyway, but sadly not every "breeder" is a responsible one.
What I find sad is that even people who are otherwise responsible and would never let their dogs get knocked up anyway (or let their dog knock up another dog) are pushed into early speutering (even if their dog is from a breeder and not a rescue) because people are SO rabid about it. If someone stands up and says no, I'm waiting/not neutering, they're almost always labelled as bad/crazy/idiots at least by their vet if not the general public (seriously, I'd LOVE to work for a vet that doesn't promote early speutering, BYBs, GLs and crap foods...those are my biggest peeves at work). If someone at the clinic brings up health benefits of leaving their dog intact, doc automatically goes into his testicular cancer and mammary cancer speech. Ugh. And instead of going home and researching it, they take their vet's word for it, because a vet should know best, right? (GAG.)
Well IMO telling someone if they don't agree to that little addendum you posted that they are unfit for one of your dogs, that's kind of a (short) checklist, but the point is, the result is the same - an otherwise great home turned down because of one little thing.
