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Originally Posted by Goldfields
I must say I find it interesting that the fact this dog is not desexed is an issue. I have 5 dogs here not desexed and they're just fine, particularly now that the girls are desexed. What exactly concerns you ? I honestly don't understand the problem. Is it that you are scared of males escaping to hunt down intact females?  If that happens it only means your fencing is inadequate and you shouldn't have dogs at all. I think this poor lady has enough to worry about without you getting on your soap box wanting her to desex this boy when she doesn't want that. Give the poor woman a break. I'd take on that dog in a heartbeat if I was there, just to set her mind at ease. Wouldn't even worry that he might want to kill the cats. My cats know to keep clear of our dogs. |
Well I guess it has to do with the following
-The majority of dogs hit by cars or that escape are not altered. Getting hit by a car is not good.. and if the dog lives the medical costs can be quite expensive
-The incidences of tumors and other cancers in unaltered dogs. I've seen so many myself I couldn't even keep count. Cancer is not a fun thing to deal with, and it's generally not cheap to treat... I know of anal tumors being VERY common in older unaltered male dogs and they require surgical removal in the majority of cases because the testosterone causes them to happen & grow and grow and grow until they can cause serious problems... including rupturing where a dog could possibly loose quite alot of blood.
-The behavior problems that come with unaltered male dogs. I've dealt with this alot too.. even in older dogs. I know of quite a number of dogs that were highly aggressive to the point their owners almost put them to sleep and instead we were able to neuter them and in conjunction with some behavior modification it made a world of difference and saved quite a few dogs lives...
-The problems with unaltered male dogs marking their territory, especially with an older male dog needing to be moved to a new place ASAP people will often be less inclined to take him on knowing he is not altered because the idea of him marking is very unappealing.
-The problems related to older unaltered dogs and prostate problems.. I've seen alot of this too from working in a spay/neuter clinic.. they get hormonal imbalances that cause prostate problems which make it difficult to urinate properly. Obviously being able to urinate is generally considered necessary for living.
Generally much cheaper to pay a one time upfront fee to have a dog neutered than all the problems that happen later in life. Maybe you don't have problems now, but if you constantly want to preach about how awful we are for being concerned for the health consequences of not altering an animal, when a few years from now your dogs have health or behavior problems, prostate/anal cancer or tumors etc. I hope I don't have to see you crying about it on here. Just my
& have a nice evening.