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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 406356" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Star, you said it all! The more you get in to it, the angrier you become! Back in my parents generation, they really did believe that it was better for the dog to have at least one litter before being spayed ... thankfully we've progressed since then! Now they know that, besides all the other benefits, female dogs that are spayed early, even before the first heat, have a MUCH lower incidence of breast cancer which is deadly in dogs because it quickly spreads to their lungs. The fewer times they come in to heat, the smaller the chances of getting breast cancer become. And I think a lot of MEN have a big problem with getting male dogs neutered too! It's a "macho" thing! They're projecting their own feelings on to the dog. My little Trace was neutered and I honestly don't think he misses'em!</p><p> </p><p>And the "ride in the country" thing? Don't even get me started on that! When I lived out in the country there were dogs dumped just about every day! The yahoos let their dogs have puppies so their kids can play with them, then when the females are about old enough to come in to heat, they take them out and dump them! That's how I got my sweet Ms. Freebie ten years ago! She came in to my yard in the middle of a snow storm starving and almost frozen to death, and so scared that I fed her for two weeks before she would even let me touch her! And even though she does wonderfully here with me, she's pretty much ruined for anything else because of all her fears! She's terrified of storms, terrified to be anywhere else but here, terrified of anyone who isn't ME, and is so protective of me that she can appear aggressive, but it's all out of fear! She wouldn't last a day in a shelter! And the worst part was that even though I took her in, there were new stray dogs showing up every day and I just couldn't take them all in! It just broke my heart! It's not just feeding another dog, a little more food in the bowl! I paid for her spay, her shots, her deworming, her license, her flea medications, and when she needed surgery I paid for that too. All because some irresponsible person was too frickin' lazy to get their dog spayed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 406356, member: 1883"] Star, you said it all! The more you get in to it, the angrier you become! Back in my parents generation, they really did believe that it was better for the dog to have at least one litter before being spayed ... thankfully we've progressed since then! Now they know that, besides all the other benefits, female dogs that are spayed early, even before the first heat, have a MUCH lower incidence of breast cancer which is deadly in dogs because it quickly spreads to their lungs. The fewer times they come in to heat, the smaller the chances of getting breast cancer become. And I think a lot of MEN have a big problem with getting male dogs neutered too! It's a "macho" thing! They're projecting their own feelings on to the dog. My little Trace was neutered and I honestly don't think he misses'em! And the "ride in the country" thing? Don't even get me started on that! When I lived out in the country there were dogs dumped just about every day! The yahoos let their dogs have puppies so their kids can play with them, then when the females are about old enough to come in to heat, they take them out and dump them! That's how I got my sweet Ms. Freebie ten years ago! She came in to my yard in the middle of a snow storm starving and almost frozen to death, and so scared that I fed her for two weeks before she would even let me touch her! And even though she does wonderfully here with me, she's pretty much ruined for anything else because of all her fears! She's terrified of storms, terrified to be anywhere else but here, terrified of anyone who isn't ME, and is so protective of me that she can appear aggressive, but it's all out of fear! She wouldn't last a day in a shelter! And the worst part was that even though I took her in, there were new stray dogs showing up every day and I just couldn't take them all in! It just broke my heart! It's not just feeding another dog, a little more food in the bowl! I paid for her spay, her shots, her deworming, her license, her flea medications, and when she needed surgery I paid for that too. All because some irresponsible person was too frickin' lazy to get their dog spayed! [/QUOTE]
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