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Not quite sure I agree with you there. I have owned a number of dogs and bitches, none of which have procreated. Some have been neutered/spayed, some haven`t.

Isn`t providing a secure environment and keeping it on a leash when it`s out and about the most responsible option for the dog owner?

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Absolutely, that said dogs get out. Far better to instill the idea of spaying & neutering as best defense. Not all drunks kill people whilst driving but, sadly, many do..

It's an odd culture that doesn't balk at drowning puppies but can't bring itself to say the word toilet...:confused:

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A responsible option but neutering a dog is more reliable and likely to make the dog calmer.

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In an ideal world, yes, that should be enough. Dogs, however, do not have the same restraint and common sense that humans display on occasion. How would you feel if one of your fertile dogs tunnelled out of your garden, jumped out of your car or otherwise escaped. It then latches on to the nearest female dog who is either willing or too slow to get away. Puppies ensue. Wouldn't you feel like a right shit? Isn't it along the same idea as not educating a male child, then unleashing it upon the rest of the population?

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i agree to the neutering being part of a responsible dog owner! apart from the unwanted puppies that could possible come about - dont forget that there can be health probs in unspade bitches such as various cancers or pyometria as they age, no false pregnancies either plus the possibility it may calm them - especially males

and also its not very pleasant to have a dog blobbin all over the place either!

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I've only ever had spayed bitches & never even thought about a "mess"... Put me right off my jam on toast....:blink:

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In my opinion, if you cannot afford to pay for your dog to be spayed, you cannot afford to pay for the medical care she may need if you let her get pregnant... And that goes for the puppies she will have as well.

What if she has problems hving the puppies and needs to have a C-section? That would cost a fortune!

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Personally, I wouldn't leave a dog unattended long enough for it to reenact a scene from the Great Escape. I appreciate that some do, not me though:p

Do responsible owners leave their dogs unattended for such periods?

How does lobbing its balls off educate it? If such a proposition is correct, shouldn't it be applied to chavs in the UK so that they then have the education to obtain a job?:p

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It doesn't. Not neutering your dog is akin to keeping your male child ignorant of it's own capabilities. And then saying "But I always know where he is, my Johnny is a good boy".

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My donkey escaped. My dog is faster, though less adept.

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I don't see this at all. Quite clearly, once again, you have demonstrated your superior intellect when compared to mine.

I have no idea whether my dog is sick of the sight of my face or not and, once again, you have demonstrated that you simply do not believe that another person's opinion is valid if it doesn't reconcile with your's.

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Ha! Quite the leap there AC! I love it when people try to tell me what I believe :D We disagree (shocker) and, right off the bat, you try to label me as someone who thinks they are way smart and who disregards other peoples' opinions. People can disagree you know....no one has to be right or wrong. I think you can do better :zzz:

I think you need to go and have a quiet sit down, maybe tell your dogs all about it. Maybe you don't like it that your unneutered dogs can be likened to rampant, reproducing chavs.

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Lets face it, it's not particularly difficult is it.;)

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It's not really a question of braininess though. It's textbook forum passive aggression to react to an opposing opinion by playing the "Oh you must be smarter than silly old me, you don't accept anyone elses' opinion" card.

Oh and cutting off dog tails just ain't right.