do you think that fixing dogs/cats is humane?i think its terrible what do you think?

Answer 1

Both of my dogs are neutered.

1. Your female dog or cat will live a longer, healthier life.
Spaying—the removal of the ovaries and uterus—is a veterinary procedure performed under general anesthesia that usually requires minimal hospitalization. Spaying a female cat or dog helps prevent pyometra (pus-filled uterus) and breast cancer. Treatment of pyometra requires hospitalization, intravenous fluids and antibiotics. Breast cancer can be fatal in about 50 percent of female dogs and in 90 percent of female cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.

2. There are major health benefits for your male animal companion, too.Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering your male dog or cat—the surgical removal of the testicles—prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age.

3. Your spayed female won't go into heat.
While cycles can vary greatly, female felines usually go into heat four to five days every three weeks during breeding season. In an effort to advertise for mates, they'll yowl and urinate more frequently—sometimes all over the house. Unspayed female dogs generally have a bloody discharge for about a week, and can conceive for another week or so.

4. Your male dog won't need to roam away from home…
An intact male in search of a mate will do just about anything to get one! That includes digging his way under the fence and making like Houdini to escape from the house. And once he's free to roam, he risks injury in traffic and fights with other males.

5. …and he will be much better behaved to boot!
Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, unneutered dogs and cats may mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Indoors, male dogs may embarrass you by mounting on furniture and human legs when stimulated. And FYI, a neutered dog protects his home and family just as well as unneutered dog--and many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering.

6. Spaying or neutering will NOT make your pet fat.
It's no use to use that old excuse! Lack of exercise and overfeeding will cause your pet to pack on the extra pounds—not neutering. Your pet will remain fit and trim as long as you continue to provide exercise and monitor food intake.

7. Spaying or neutering is highly cost-effective.
The cost of your pet's spay or neuter surgery is a lot less than the cost of having and caring for a litter. It also beats the cost of treatment when your unneutered tom escapes and gets into fights with neighborhood strays…or the cost of cleaning the carpet that your unspayed female keeps mistaking for her litter box, or the cost of…well, you get the idea!

8. It's good for the community.
Stray animals pose real problems in many parts of the country. They can prey on wildlife, cause vehicular accidents, damage the local fauna and scare children.

9. Your pet doesn't need to have a litter for your children to witness the miracle of birth.
We've heard this one a lot. But you know what? Letting your pet produce offspring you have no intention of keeping teaches your children irresponsibility. Anyone who has seen an animal euthanized in a shelter for lack of a home knows the trust behind this dangerous myth. There are countless books and videos available to teach your children about birth in a responsible manner.

10. It packs a powerful punch in the fight against pet overpopulation.Millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized annually or suffer as strays. These high numbers are the result of unwanted, unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering.

Answer 2

I breed dogs, I've never really cared one way or another whether people spay or neuter thier pets. But today I visited my local shelter and there were just so many unwanted pets. Two pups have been there since July! They have lived thier whole lives in a 4X6 kennel. How sad is that? And the cats....I bet there were 45 cats unwanted! Yes, the parents of those animals should have been spayed! You never know what the life of a pet will be like and if some day down the road, your little puppy ends up having 6 litters of mutt dogs and developing ovarian cancer or being underweight and hungry because she keeps having to nurse pups. I do think it's humane.

Answer 3

Yes, it's more humane then contributing to the already millions of unwanted pets out there. What is more humane, preventing unwanted animals or having unwanted animals put to sleep? I would think that killing them unnecessarily is MUCH more inhumane than fixing them. It's a minor surgery anyhow and prevents other problems (cancers, etc) down the road so they can live a longer, happier life.

If you think fixing animals is so inhumane then I hope that you are a vegetarian as otherwise you would also be a hippocrite.

Why don't you do some research before you ask a question regarding a topic that you obviously don't know too much about?

Answer 4

everyone is right here. Erica says it best. I do hope with all the facts now, you can see how it is humane. I work as a trainer at a Petstore. On the weekends, the rescue groups come in. They don't have any more room to take any more animals. That breaks my heart because that means many will go to the pound and will probably get put down. Maybe you should take a trip to the pound sometime and look into all of the eyes of all the animals, knowing pretty much what their fate is. Is it still more humane to not fix them? I agree with the last person with how I wish more humans got fixed too. ; )

Answer 5

Actually I have bought purebred dogs and mixed breed dogs and I had them all spayed and neutered. The reasons for that are many. I can tell you the most important aspect of it though is that the dogs were all a lot happier since I was not going to breed them and breeding them would have put them more at risk for complications.
I do believe it is best if you are able to, to wait until they are at least six mos. old. That is what my Vet recommends.
I think fixing dogs is not only humane but a great thing to do for the dogs.
I am wondering why you think it isn't a good thing? I wouldn't dream of telling everyone it is what they SHOULD do. I wouldn't tell anyone that their mixed breed dog should not have puppies but only pedigreed dogs should procreate either.
I do think there are an abundance of dogs, an overpopulation and that causes more pain and death for the canine population than anything.
Cats breed very frequently and have litters that have litters in a very short period of time, their exponential growth rate is astounding. I can't tell you how many abandoned and thrown away cats I have seen around my city. Yes, I am pro spaying and neutering and believe it to be the responsible and humane thing to do.

Answer 6

De-sexing is great. I am a resisted breeder of Jack Russells. there are too many that don't desex their dog, they acidently get pregnant or get another dog pregnant, the owners don't know what to do.. the dog is at risk (if some thing goes wrong you can loose the dog and the litter!) and these are pups weren't planned (not like responsible breeders do).The pups are probably flicked off to any home that will take them and the cycle continues! Most of these dogs are not worth breeding from! By desexing your dog you are making there life better they don't go through the stress of coming into season and not being mated or not being able to mate with a female dog when she is in season. Also there are medical pluses too but that list is too long! I wish I could desex my dogs but because I breed and show them I can't. There are so many pluses! Also they are less likely to fight.

Answer 7

I want you to take one day and go volunteer at a dog pound. If you think it is so terrible to have you animal fix after you see what all happens there then there is something very wrong. Not only am I working on people getting their dog spayed or neuter I am working on vets to lower their prices so people can get that done. So many unwanted dogs being born. So many dogs and puppies being killed because some people like you think it is terrible. Go volunteer then ask yourself the same question. I think after you experience what all goes on there and look into their little sad eyes as they are lead into the gas room. You would think different.

Answer 8

Many people have already given you plenty of details so I won't bother.

Short answer- declawing a cat or docking a dog's tail are cruel procedures. Spaying and neutering dogs and cats is the responsible thing to do. It puts a huge strain on a cat or dog when they go into heat continously without being able to breed, it is also hard on them to have multiple consecutive litters.

The best thing anyone can do is adopt pets from animal shelters or rescues and make sure that they are "fixed".

Answer 9

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Answer 10

It is humane and best for the animals. Fixing them protects them from certain health problems and prevents the birth of unwanted animals which would end up being euthanized.

It is a far better thing to do than allow a cat (for example) to have 6 kittens, which would each produce 6 kittens in a year...and so on.

Answer 11

I think you are out of mind. Altering dogs and cats is the only humane way to control out seriously out-of-control pet over-population crises. Did you know that, on average, American shelters euthanize 2,009 dogs each and every day?
Altering is a simple surgery to remove either the male's testicles or the female's ovaries.
It is simple and nearly painless these days.

Unaltered dogs have behavioral issues, crazed hormones, bad temperaments, unruly dog park behaviors, and not to mention the potential opportunity to produce hundreds of litters through their pups.

Do you still think altering is terrible? That worries me greatly