Is Your Pet Fixed?

February 26, 2008

Getting your dogs, cats, and rabbits fixed is important to controlling pet overpopulation in shelters and on the streets. Today is Spay Day USA – Spay/USA is a national referral network that can direct pet owners to local, subsidized spay/neuter clinics. North only spent one night in the hospital and sported this silly collar to protect stitches from this quick procedure. My pup got neutered when he was just about 1-year-old, what about your pets?

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2 years 2 weeks

im all for altering animals, however, i also believe that just like humans, animals who have their genitals removed prior to full development have physical growth issues. simply look at what happened to the bodies of castrati - male children castrated before maturity. i will always allow my furkids to become fully adults in healthy way, while still being responsible and avoiding undesired breeding.

2 years 49 weeks

Getting your dogs, cats, and rabbits fixed is important to controlling pet overpopulation in shelters and on the streets. Today is Spay Day USA – Spay/USA is a national referral network that can direct pet owners to local, subsidized spay/neuter clinics. North only spent one night in the hospital and sported this silly collar to protect stitches from this quick procedure. ====================================================== Fixed Rate ISA

3 years 44 weeks

I think spaying an animal just because of population controls is very silly, there are HUGE health risks in spaying an animal. I think people should put more effort in to paying attention to their pets rather then just listening to every person on the block. If you actually train your pet, and take care of them, watch them, and don't let them mingle with dogs during their heat cycle then you should be fine. Its really funny as the 'healthiest dogs' that you see on tv competing for events etc are NOT fixed. There are several reasons why they do not get fixed, including hip displasia(as well as other bone related problems), overweight (and overweight health related problems). They are also known to grow 'larger' then the correct size, Urinary problems, One thing you should remember, EVERY ANIMAL INCLUDING HUMANS MATE! We are born we breed we overpopulate the earth. Then we turn around and put a bunch of drugs in our food etc. Because we need more food to feed humans. Some countries they eat dog, they eat cat. These countries often don't have other types of resources for food. If there was such a huge problem with population, there are several means of fixing it. Including but not limited to: Food,, Stop restricting 'good' pet owners from owning multipule pets, (there are like 3-4different bills that they are trying to pass that will limit the amount of pets we own, example say you have a nice home, 3-4cats, maybe 3-4dogs a couple of horses, a few birds, and goldfish. YOUR BREAKING THE LAW!) Most states only permit a maximum of 10animals even in homes that take care of their animals keeping them happy and healthy. THen they turn around and try and say no your not allowed to have this type of pet, or that type of pet. Example they want to round up every pit bull, rott, and other dog that is used for 'protection'. Even the sweetest ones and euthinize them. Some people feel safer with these animals, Our government seeks to take them away. If the population control is so out of hand, I can name several hundred countries that the 'pets' can be shipped to for 'food' as most dogs/cats are not pumped full of hormones, and other crap. I can turn around and promise you, Instead of euthinizing animals because they are unadoptable, Ship them to a country with no food, kill them mercifully. Not only with that solutions that I have spoken would reduce the number of 'unwanted animals', it would also save millions of lives because food would be available to these people. BTW, I was wondering.. after you put these dogs down round up the bodies, you honestly cannot fool me into believing you just burn them. With absolutely 'nothing' left but ash, most of the time you need 'ACID' or something else strong enough to decay the bones.. Looking at the records of death by fire, there is always the 'remains' left.

erinridgeway 4 years 43 weeks

My little cats are both fixed. Fiona was spayed by the Humane Society when I adopted her, but Eliot had to wait until he was 6 months. He was was a sickly stray kitten when I took him in, so I had to wait until he was stronger. My vet is also kind of old-school in that he prefers that kittens be 4-6 months old before they're spayed/neutered, especially if they're indoor cats.

erratic-assassin 5 years 11 weeks

Canela is FIXED!

foxie 5 years 11 weeks

I realize that cats that are already born to breeders are in need of homes also. But what you're failing to acknowledge is that rescuing a *shelter* cat instead of a *bred* cat would save *future* cats. Contributing to adoption over breeding would cut down on breeding and, thus, save future cats. Please adopt next time!

CaterpillarGirl 5 years 11 weeks

All of my cats are fixed, its so irresponsible not to do so, and i believe its selfish to not fix your pet because you want to breed them, what other reason besides money and superficial reasons are there for breeding a pet? As for shelter vs buying from breeders I cant judge anyone on where they got thier pets, SOme cats have certain personality or physical traits exclusive to thier breed, and people search them out for that reasons. Mandy dont worry about Foxies comments, your a good cat-mommy and every cat needs a good home regardless of where it came from.

MandyJoBo 5 years 11 weeks

See, the problem is that you don't know about specific breeds. Similar characteristics are intrinsic and very common to see in all dogs or cats of a specific breed. It's genetics. If dogs were completely blank slates, they wouldn't be pack animals and males wouldn't have leader insticts. Cats are the same way; ask anyone who lives with a certain breed and they'll tell you the same thing. Some cats actually like water--no, not ALL cats of that breed will hop in a pool with you, but not all brown-eyed girls have brown hair either. Logically, you have a better chance of finding an animal that you can live with in the way in which you want to live by doing research than you can going to a shelter and saying: oooh this one's cute, or, this one came to be first so there must be meant to be. Not to say we can't form bonds with any type of animal, as strongly whether it was researched or not. As for supply and demand, I suppose the cats that have already been born due to breeding should just die then. You don't get it--until people have to stop breeding, there is a similar "overpopulation" problem with bred cats and dogs also. It's just not as trendy and self-righteous enough to say 'save the purebreds'. Luckily for them, not as many people have to 'save' them. Reputable breeders have it under control and are not the problem. Everyone knows that shelter animals need homes. Everyone knows that, IN THEORY, adopting from a shelter is better than adopting from a breeder. The problem is that if people stopped doing one or the other today, many animals across the globe would die. EITHER WAY. It's a balance that needs to be kept, and THAT is what people need to open their closed-minds to see instead of focusing on the obvious.

foxie 5 years 11 weeks

Do you know how supply and demand works? It doesn't matter when you bought them, the fact that you bought them at all means that you're contributing to the demand (not to mention the trendiness). As far as finding out what breed is most suitable for you, clearly this is just about looks (except for something like determining a pet suitable for someone with allergies), because all cats' personalities vary and it's completely crazy if you're trying to say NO cat at the shelter matched the kind of personality you're looking for. Shopping for a certain breed is sheer vanity. Of course you love your cat, no one is doubting that. But do you love *ALL* cats? That's what's important.

MandyJoBo 5 years 11 weeks

There are various reasons that people adopt from breeders instead of shelters. Some people do research to find the absolute best match for their lives, and then cannot find that breed in rescues or shelters. It's nice and noble to want to adopt from a shelter, but until everyone at once decides to stop adopting from breeders, they will still be born. My Cupid was in his mommy's belly when I adopted him, and my Opal had already been born; I didn't pay anyone to create them for me. If I didn't get them, someone else would have and we would have missed out on the greatest, most enriching asset to our lives and theirs. There couldn't be a better match than us to them and vice versa. Our perfect pets don't always come to us by perfect means. I find it incredibly hypocritical to sit in judgment about things one knows little about. I take better care of my cats than 90% of people I've ever met, my world revolves around them. God forbid I research and gain knowledge about what is best for me and two puring creatures and then make it happen. My gosh, what would happen to animals in shelters if everyone were so pro-active and responsible? Oh, there wouldn't be any. Guilty...if guilt always felt this purrfect, the world would be a lot scarier than it is.

JessNess 5 years 11 weeks

Both of my dogs are fixed. Kassie was fixed way to young. They lady that had her got her fixed at 2 months :oy: She was already fixed by the time we got her so we had no choice. Jeffrey was fixed at 1 yr.

DreaAST 5 years 11 weeks

of course my cat is! :meow:

foxie 5 years 11 weeks

I'm just pointing out the obvious. You're encouraging breeding, which takes attention and money away from cats who are in need. Your defensiveness on the subject is just guilt.

Phasekitty 5 years 11 weeks

There are reasons not to adopt that don't just deal with wanting a purebred or not. My bf and I could have cared less about the breed as long as we could welcome a sweet, loving dog into our home. I'm all about rescuing so we checked out several shelters and applied for adoptions. We were declined every time. They looked at us as a young couple (we're 24), who wasn't married (we've lived together for 2 1/2 years), and lived in an apartment and figured we were unfit to adopt. After 6 months or so, we finally gave up and got our pup from a breeder. He's well fed, well loved, well exercised, and wants for nothing. People often give us a bit of a tude when we say he's from a breeder, but what can I say? We tried. I still give money to rescue centers and will hopefully be allowed to rescue in the future. But we really wanted a puppy in our family and this was our only option.

Renees3 5 years 11 weeks

While I have rescued all my pets, I don't think it's fair to judge people that buy from breeders or are breeders themselves. Good breeders care about the health of the animals and bettering the breed. Not everyone wants a rescue, some people want a certai dog. My parents had wanted a whippet for YEARS, searched rescue sites and never found one they wanted. So they finally went to a breeder. She's the love of their life. Are they bad people because they didn't rescue a dog? no. I know there are plenty of deserving animals at shelters (that's where I got B-Bop) but that's not what they wanted. Breeders are not the enemy, people will get what they want, rescure or otherwise. It's the irresponsible pet owners that don't realize how much care an animal needs then just dump them. I don't care if I was HOMELESS, I would not give up B-Bop.

clareberrys 5 years 11 weeks

my 2 cats and my dog are all strays and I can say that I would never buy from a breeder...I live in Hartford and I see SO many stray cats and dogs and I know there are plenty in the shelter...and all 3 of them are neutered!

amers230 5 years 11 weeks

my big dog was fixed right away as we got her from a humane society and i'm pretty sure they required it asap. our little dog was fixed about a year after we got him. my parents didn't think it was a priority since he's male and he's not really in contact with other dogs, excepting our other one, but in the end they couldn't stand him constantly marking his territory so they thought his being fixed would help. as for the purebred/rescue dog thing, personally i will only adopt cats and dogs from rescues but as long as you're buying from a reputable breeder and not a puppy mill than i don't see a problem with it. it's a free country, you gotta do what you gotta do. i think mutts are cuter :) but i know a lot of people who have their hearts set on a specific type of dog. we got our shih tzu from a breeder because my mom had her heart set on a shih tzu and our local rescues never seemed to have any.

JessiShaye 5 years 12 weeks

There are so many purebred animal rescues and with the increase in pet homelessness shelters around the country are seeing more and more purebred animals come in. There is no reason not to adopt. Until the animal population is under control and big cities, like Miami - where I'm from, don't have to kill animals that are rescued, everyone should be adopting. There is no reason a healthy animal should be put to sleep while people are carelessly letting their animals have babies. Check out the archives at the MiamiHerald.com. There was a huge article that made Sunday's paper about how the foreclosure epidemic is effecting pets. It breaks my heart to see how careless some people can be. I'll try to find the link to post.

MarinerMandy 5 years 12 weeks

I agree that it is soooo irresponsible not to fix your pets. I fail to understand why people who are not licensed breeders think they should breed their pets. If you want a purebreed there are plenty of reputable breeders out there. Personally, I would never get a pet anywhere other than the Human Society. But I do understand that some people like their purebreds, in which case there are responsible ways to get them. In fact, there are quite a few purebred rescues out there as well.

runningesq 5 years 12 weeks

Jeny PLEASE PLEASE fix your dog and do not breed him. If you breed him, you are contributing the problem. I volunteer at a shelter and see the effects of overbreeding/ not fixing every day.

ElleJay 5 years 12 weeks

Raja just got fixed the beginning of this month and did NOT like the cone on her head- she ripped it off and destroyed it after 2 days.

Jeny 5 years 12 weeks

No my dog isn't fixed because he's a pure bred american bulldog and I plan to breed him after he's 2.

kiwitwist 5 years 12 weeks

I agree MandyJo. Everyone has the right to buy THEIR dog from a breeder or not. I love all animals and wish I could save them all BUT I buy from breeders. If everyone spayed & neutered, there wouldn't be so many shelters. That is not a good breeders fault.

kiwitwist 5 years 12 weeks

Both dogs & both cats are fixed

MandyJoBo 5 years 12 weeks

Foxie, you can keep your judgment to yourself. What good is coming from you being rude? You don't know my story, and until you are perfect, you are in NO position to pass judgment.

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