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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 199982" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>OK, here I go! Stand back!</p><p> </p><p>Susie, for starters, you can tell your brother that careless, irresponsible 'backyard breeders' like him are the MAIN reason that there are thousands and thousands of unwanted pets in the animal shelters! The puppymills, as horrible as they are, are NOT the reason there are so many dogs in shelters. The puppymills subject their breeder dogs to unbelievable misery and cruelty and then sell their poorly bred, overpriced, often sick puppies to an ignorant public through the pet shops. Awful, but different from the 'back yard breeder'.</p><p> </p><p>Getting a puppy is NOT something that anyone should do on the spur of the moment. When you give away a puppy to just anyone that will take it, what do you think is going to happen to that puppy? A lucky few will become much loved family members. But many of these people will decide they didn't really want a puppy after all or they didn't realize how much work they are or they don't have the patience to house train a young puppy - then there is one more little puppy in the shelter, one more that will probably be euthanized! Or they will be dumped on the side of the road somewhere to starve or get run over! The vast majority of the puppies from the back yard breeders that end up in shelters will never be adopted - there are simply too many of them and not enough homes - they will be euthanized to make room for still more and more sweet, loving, homeless puppies that no one wants! And there is nothing <em>funny </em>about that! Not even remotely funny!</p><p> </p><p>And a purebred dog or puppy that is given away to someone you don't know could very well end up living the rest of it's life confined to a tiny wire cage in a puppymill, churning out still more and more puppies! Not all dog registries are as ethical as the AKC - these unscrupulous people can and do "register" just about anything! Or that person getting the "free puppy" could very well be planning to use it as a bait dog in a dog fighting operation. It happens every day and it's sickening!</p><p> </p><p>There is no logical reason NOT to spay and neuter these dogs! It can be done very reasonabley - he can ask a vet how to get discount coupons from the Humane Society. They make fun of <em>women</em> for 'humanizing' dogs, but that is exactly what your brother is doing by worrying about this dogs 'manhood'! He is not a man, he is a DOG! And as a DOG, he does not have hangups about his 'manhood'! After his one unpleasant day at the vets office is over, he could care less that his little 'danglies' are now gone! His little doggie buddies will not make fun of him or make cruel jokes at his expense! He will not have to go into therapy or think himself less of a dog without them! To leave a male dog unaltered and breeding over and over again, producing puppy after puppy, is totally irresponsible.</p><p> </p><p>And having one huge litter after another is just literally sucking the life out of that poor little female! Obviously your brother knows nothing about the heat cycles of dogs, so you can almost guarantee the there will be a third litter after this one, and then a fourth! There is no way you can 'watch them' when they're in heat! Male dogs can and will breed through a fence, through the bars of a crate, or rip through a screen door to get to a female in heat! This poor little dogs health will be ruined. Her bones and teeth willl deteriorate to provide the calcium to nurse all those puppies. And the vets now believe that the more heat cycles a female dog goes through before spaying, the greater the chance that they will develop breast cancer which can very quickly spread to the lungs and become fatal.</p><p> </p><p>It is totally irresponsible to allow these two dogs to go on breeding and breeding. Spaying and neutering your pets does NOT make them fat! It does NOT make them lazy! It does NOT change their personality one iota! There is absolutely no good reason NOT to have these dogs spayed and neutered! If he doesn't care enough about them to do this, maybe he should look in to finding a responsible rescue organization that would take these dogs, see to their medical needs, and then find them a good, loving home.</p><p> </p><p>And believe it or not, that was the SHORT version of my 'spay and neuter' speech! Sorry if I stepped on any toes, but this is something I'm very, very passionate about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 199982, member: 1883"] OK, here I go! Stand back! Susie, for starters, you can tell your brother that careless, irresponsible 'backyard breeders' like him are the MAIN reason that there are thousands and thousands of unwanted pets in the animal shelters! The puppymills, as horrible as they are, are NOT the reason there are so many dogs in shelters. The puppymills subject their breeder dogs to unbelievable misery and cruelty and then sell their poorly bred, overpriced, often sick puppies to an ignorant public through the pet shops. Awful, but different from the 'back yard breeder'. Getting a puppy is NOT something that anyone should do on the spur of the moment. When you give away a puppy to just anyone that will take it, what do you think is going to happen to that puppy? A lucky few will become much loved family members. But many of these people will decide they didn't really want a puppy after all or they didn't realize how much work they are or they don't have the patience to house train a young puppy - then there is one more little puppy in the shelter, one more that will probably be euthanized! Or they will be dumped on the side of the road somewhere to starve or get run over! The vast majority of the puppies from the back yard breeders that end up in shelters will never be adopted - there are simply too many of them and not enough homes - they will be euthanized to make room for still more and more sweet, loving, homeless puppies that no one wants! And there is nothing [I]funny [/I]about that! Not even remotely funny! And a purebred dog or puppy that is given away to someone you don't know could very well end up living the rest of it's life confined to a tiny wire cage in a puppymill, churning out still more and more puppies! Not all dog registries are as ethical as the AKC - these unscrupulous people can and do "register" just about anything! Or that person getting the "free puppy" could very well be planning to use it as a bait dog in a dog fighting operation. It happens every day and it's sickening! There is no logical reason NOT to spay and neuter these dogs! It can be done very reasonabley - he can ask a vet how to get discount coupons from the Humane Society. They make fun of [I]women[/I] for 'humanizing' dogs, but that is exactly what your brother is doing by worrying about this dogs 'manhood'! He is not a man, he is a DOG! And as a DOG, he does not have hangups about his 'manhood'! After his one unpleasant day at the vets office is over, he could care less that his little 'danglies' are now gone! His little doggie buddies will not make fun of him or make cruel jokes at his expense! He will not have to go into therapy or think himself less of a dog without them! To leave a male dog unaltered and breeding over and over again, producing puppy after puppy, is totally irresponsible. And having one huge litter after another is just literally sucking the life out of that poor little female! Obviously your brother knows nothing about the heat cycles of dogs, so you can almost guarantee the there will be a third litter after this one, and then a fourth! There is no way you can 'watch them' when they're in heat! Male dogs can and will breed through a fence, through the bars of a crate, or rip through a screen door to get to a female in heat! This poor little dogs health will be ruined. Her bones and teeth willl deteriorate to provide the calcium to nurse all those puppies. And the vets now believe that the more heat cycles a female dog goes through before spaying, the greater the chance that they will develop breast cancer which can very quickly spread to the lungs and become fatal. It is totally irresponsible to allow these two dogs to go on breeding and breeding. Spaying and neutering your pets does NOT make them fat! It does NOT make them lazy! It does NOT change their personality one iota! There is absolutely no good reason NOT to have these dogs spayed and neutered! If he doesn't care enough about them to do this, maybe he should look in to finding a responsible rescue organization that would take these dogs, see to their medical needs, and then find them a good, loving home. And believe it or not, that was the SHORT version of my 'spay and neuter' speech! Sorry if I stepped on any toes, but this is something I'm very, very passionate about. [/QUOTE]
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