I had two female dogs once. I went to work and one of the dogs made a way out of the yard. She was hit on the back and when I came home I seen her in pain & took her to the vet. They fixed her up but said she won't be able to have puppies anymore. I was hurt.
My other dog soon got pregnant & had her babies. I was observing all of them together and the one who got hit by the car would go by the puppies & lay down so that they can drink from her "milk". It was so sad to see. It was like she really wanted puppies of her own. She helped raise those puppies and they soon found good homes.
I don't think that it is fair to fix your animal. I know that it is more trouble caring for the animal becuase when they are in heat they act as rebelious teenagers, & when they have their puppies you want to look for the perfect family for them, & sometimes it doesn't work out for that animal. It is sad to hear that one of the pups you raised didn't end up in a good home.
I just don't think that it is fair for the dog because they can't tell you yes spay me no don't spay me, but then again I do understand when unexpected pregnancies occur.
Once the puppies are here though they are such blessings from above. It's a cycle that just happens. Just like animals in the wild. They have babies & prey eat them or the mom gets killed & can't return to her starving pups. It's life people. Yea for people who don't care for the pup just the buck that is bad, but what can y

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I'm not sure if anyone else thinks so, and I can see that spaying/neutering prevents the killing of unwanted puppies, but it seems a bit unfair to the dog. If someone of another species altered my ability to produce offspring, I'd be rather put out about it. If the male dog is put on a leash when outside the home, and there isn't an available potential mate for him at home, then what's the risk of not neutering him? Any thoughts? (Esp. if the dog is already an adult when you have him, and he's used to being an unaltered male dog? I'm not sure about female dogs.) Thanks for any info... (BTW I don't have a dog, although I like them).

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I've kept bitches all my life and a beautiful cat has joined us as no one else wanted her. I have always thought it would be lovely to have one of my bitches have just the one pup, but nature doesn't work that way. I can only keep the 2 bitches and the queen so all are neutered for their sake, my sake and the sake of the other dogs and cats all desperately looking for homes!

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Thanks for letting more people be aware of their responsibility of having God's wonderful creations, it seems like the neuter and spaying calms them and they are more loveable and protective, from my point of view.

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Thank you Lilly! And as for your comment cecily w, I could give you the same 24,768 reasons why humans could "benefit" from being altered or fixed, but at least here in the states and most free countries, we would never even consider it! Hey less kids to grow up and be thrown in jail! Woman wouldn't get cancer as easily, we would have less people starving....Ridicules isn’t it, the thought of altering a human child to prevent us from reproducing? Yet we don't think twice about doing it to our pets... and even more it's considered the "right thing to do" yet we wouldn’t think the same for ourselves...

Don’t criticize me for choosing to keep my dogs intact and not causing them undue pain. My pets are part of my family and loved very much. I wouldn't have allowed my son or daughter to be "fixed" and I love my pets just as well. Hey they don't talk back or argue even! I pray my pets stay healthy... along with all my family.

Bottom line people who don't care or are irresponsible shouldn't have pets. We don’t adopt children out to people who can barely take care of themselves, why are animals suffering at our hands!

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i would love to hear from other people who have had the same problem

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A stray dog had 5 puppies behind our neighbors garage, one was found ripped apart by a roaming dog. I was trying to help by feeding the mother as no one wanted her or the pups our SPCA was flat out. One night she was attacked by another local female dog (it's something about females trying to be the alpha female in the area) Her neck torn open the SPCA had to come and get all of them. There was a small pup that would try to find me behind the fence, dig under the gate and lead the charge of pups to my door, I went to the SPCA and toke her home with me. I was scared to get her into serious surgery for neutering but did the research and also every other female 'old' dog I'd ever known had been neutered. If you can keep your animal safe during heat seasons then you should be fine but if you can't and can't afford to keep tons of puppies it should be an option, it's not just about cancer people it's about keeping your dog safe.

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Continuation, that if you dont get them spayed before the first heat period once the female hormones have gone through them, it dosent matter they can still get the same thing that Emily had cancer ,well that was two months ago and i just got Maggie a friend , she did not like her at first but now they are great buddiesnow i dont know what to do ,i dont want to see this new puppy go through what Emily did,i named the new chihuahua Chloe,and we just love her but Emily will always remain in my heart for ever.

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Hi 7 years ago i bought two puppies, one of them was a chihuahua, and the other one was a yorkie phoo, both females , all my dogs have always been females. when they were puppies and went to get their shots my vet asked me then if i was going to get them spayed , i told him i would think about it but deep down in my heart i knew that i was not going to do it,they were both tiny dogs 4lb and 10 lb ,my main reason at that time was friends of mine who had gone ahead with the spaying, there dogs were gaining weight, and i wanted to keep my babies nice and slim,i had no intentions of breeding them,on their last check up last Spring, my vet said now that they are getting older watch for lumps by the nipples, well this March Emily the yorkie phoo did, i was playing with her one day and i was giving her belly rubs when i started to feel little lumps by her nipples , i was so upset and scared i made an appointment to take her in , after the examination my vet who i trust and have been going to him for about 15 years said he would advise surgery to remove them and at the sme time take a look inside to see what was going on,she survived the surjery, but the stress and everything elsewas two much for her and she died 5 hours after she came home , my chihuahua was so upset and lonely she would not eat or come out from under her blanket , that was two months ago , and now i got her another chihuahua puppy also a female ,and now i dont know what to do , i have been told that if you

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I can give you 24,768 reasons to spay or neuter your dog or cat. In our four county area--plus one home rule city--113 animal shelters, impoundment facilities, contract kennels and rescue groups had to put down 24,768 dogs and cats during 2008.

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