Not Spaying/Neutering is Selfish IMO
My girls are both spayed. Trouble was spayed at 6 months. We had signed a contract with the animal shelter when we adopted her promising to spay her and put up a spaying deposit that was returned after she was spayed (we would have done it anyway, but the deposit helped cut the cost).
All of my dogs for the last nearly 40 years have been female (my own, not my fosters) and all have been spayed.
Coco was spayed when my mom adopted her...much too young and she now has the medical problems that go with that. Would have preferred the rescue either leave it to us or we could have put up a deposit as they did with Trouble. Our vet blew a gasket when he saw a 7 wk old puppy having been spayed. Now he and I deal with the consequences.
Why spay/neuter? Running the risk of sounding like an arogant b...I consider myself a responsible pet owner. I love my girls and don't want to take even the remote risk of their suffering because of my action (or lack thereof). I think anyone who doesn't spay/neuter is a selfish...well, we'll leave it as selfish.
My girls are both spayed. Trouble was spayed at 6 months. We had signed a contract with the animal shelter when we adopted her promising to spay her and put up a spaying deposit that was returned after she was spayed (we would have done it anyway, but the deposit helped cut the cost).
All of my dogs for the last nearly 40 years have been female (my own, not my fosters) and all have been spayed.
Coco was spayed when my mom adopted her...much too young and she now has the medical problems that go with that. Would have preferred the rescue either leave it to us or we could have put up a deposit as they did with Trouble. Our vet blew a gasket when he saw a 7 wk old puppy having been spayed. Now he and I deal with the consequences.
Why spay/neuter? Running the risk of sounding like an arogant b...I consider myself a responsible pet owner. I love my girls and don't want to take even the remote risk of their suffering because of my action (or lack thereof). I think anyone who doesn't spay/neuter is a selfish...well, we'll leave it as selfish.