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[PyrNet-L] Re: breeding question
<<Lene, with respect, we are going
to invoke a coat change over say tumors,
cancers, etc., over -population,
euthanasia, rescue, temperaments etc.,
etc., etc.? Well okay, but I
must admit.....that is one I would never
consider.
Cindy.<<
Cindy, you said you know of no
negatives to spay/neutering, so I mentioned one. You may not agree, for me it is
a negative.
When some one
go to a breeder to buy a dog, there is a good chance they see only intact dogs,
so I think they should be told, if they spay/neuter their dog will end up with a
different coat and one more difficult to care for.
But I also
said: >>I am not saying that this outweights the many benefits from
spay/neutering, but I think it only fair that it should be
mentioned.>>
The
overpopulation of dogs in US is a terrible problem, but you seem to equal having
an intact dog to breeding it, for me there is a huge difference. Most people in
Denmark have intact dogs, and most of them don't breed them.
It is true that the health survey
show a longer life for spayed/neutered dogs, so that is one of the benefits, but
when you mentions cancer I have to say that in 20 years involvment in the breed
I have known many pyrs die of cancer but hardly any was due to cancer of the
reproductive organs, so spay/neutering would not have made any
difference.
I am not against spay/neutering. It
is a good way to deal with overpopulation, but I find drawbacks as well, and see
no reason they should not be mentioned.
Lene Nielsen
Denmark