Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Natalya Zahn
.... rescue groups and animal shelters are fighting the monumental task of controling pet overpopulation. This is a HUGE battle in some areas and when you weigh the bodies of millions of cats and dogs put down each year due to careless or accidental breeding, against the number of animals that *may* develop incontinence problems, breast cancer or even bone cancer, it's worth it, in the long run for these people to make abslutely sure they don't leave any doors open that might negate their own tireless efforts - ie rehome animals that still have the capacity to produce more animals. .... in the case of RESCUE animals, until we, as a NATION of animal owners, can get our act together and keep our cats and dogs from multiplying indiscriminantly, I fully support the efforts of every organization who requires the sterilization of their rescues. Sometimes you just have to take one for the team...
I couldn't have put it better. Ask anyone who does any volunteer work in a shelter or for a rescue.....
My rescue just had a litter of puppies. She is a mixed breed. She came to me pregnant so I don't know who the father was. The pups will all be neutered before going to new homes for the simple reason that I can't leave it to chance that the new owners will comply with the rescue's spay/neuter policy. If animal shelters only have a 50-60% neuter compliance rate, why would my puppy adopters be any different. I can't take the chance that my puppies might add to the pet overpopulation problem. Anyway, these are mixed breeds and will be strictly pets, not competition or working animals.
I know there are risks to early spay/neuter, but in my mind the risk is greater that the puppies have puppies who will later come back into rescue or be euthanized simply because there aren't enough good homes.
Adam, you and your girlfriend sound like responsible pet owners. Although my dog's puppies are going to be neutered between 8-12 weeks for the reasons I mentioned above, if I were going to keep one of them I would wait until it was done growing before I had it neutered. Dogs need their sex hormones to tell their bones when to stop growing at the appropriate time. Without the sex hormones the bones grow from 4-7 months longer than they should. I am sure there are other health risks too.
So if you believe you can keep your puppy from being bred, I *personally* would wait until she was about 18 months old.
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Re: Right age to get puppy Spayed??? (spelling)
[Re: Natalya Zahn ]
#154311 - 09/04/2007 02:57 PM 
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