You have your male and female dog neutered. Is that animal cruelty? How can they express their true natures?

Question

It seems like I'm preaching to the choir here!

Answer 1

oral sex

Answer 2

To me that is sorta considered animal cruelty, BUT i do how 3 male dogs all neutered. The only reason why animal owners, spay or neuter their dogs is to either have them calm down, or to make sure that they dont start humping everything in site. Also a dog can still express their true nature even without their reproduction organs. They just wont express how they really feel when they see the other gender of a dog. They will still bark at squirrels, and rub their butt on the floor, but they just wont reproduce. so dont feel bad about it in any way. Just remember that everytime someone spays or neuters their dogs or cats, its 1-10 less animals being put down. :) so just cheer up and forget that you even got them spayed or neutered, because in time, they will too!!!!! : )

Answer 3

No, it's not cruel. It's better than euthanizing a whole bunch, or being kept in cages in the animal shelter.

If they weren't pets and they lived in the wild, then they don't need to be spayed and neutered because nature has its own way to balance things(predators, sickness, disease, famine from being incapable). In the wild, the any animal would have to be strong in order to survive(survival of the fittest), and the weak are naturally killed off.

However, now that they are domesticated, there isn't as much factors to limit the population of dogs(and other domestic animals). Humans have given them food and water, shelter, protection, vaccinations and vet care. So the chance of young surviving to adulthood increases drastically, thus causing an overpopulation of the animal. Euthanizing may be cruel, but it is the humans' way in doing what nature does naturally, except it's not always the strong that survive(thus defeats the purpose of survival of the fittest). So which will lead us to neuter and spaying pets, so that the number to be euthanized will decrease.

Because of human involvement, nature is unable to keep certain animal populations from overproducing, and so, humans must find other ways to control it.

Answer 4

It is not cruelty at all. It is preferred by all vets/animal shelters. It is a way to control the population of dogs/cats so they don't breed themselves to death. Unwanted litters of kittens/puppies have a more potentially cruel life if they cannot find a home. It is a simple procedure usually done in a day. Drop it off in a.m. and pick up in p.m. I work in an animal hospital and see every day pups and kittens who can't find a home spend their lives in a kennel. Which choice is really cruel? They live long happy lives being spayed/neutered.

Answer 5

In the wild only the top pair of animals mate! How can a pack animal kept alone express it's true nature? It's cruel to keep them 'whole' because being kept singly is putting them into a position that they might never reach in a pack! The poor things all think they are leaders of the pack.
People complain quick enough when we allow cats to express their true natures even when we stop them mating, so I doubt they'd want all the local dogs roaming the area in packs!
Know what the true nature of the beast is first before you decide what is cruel and what isn't!

Answer 6

God gave people intelligent thought and reason so that we could make decisions on the behalf of animals to the betterment of all His creatures. It's called being a "steward" of the earth.

Animals, just like humans, can be their "true selves" with or without sex. Indeed, some people are most complete and healthy when they choose celibacy for a variety of reasons. Sex does not reveal a "true nature", and nor does celibacy conceal it. We are always ourselves regardless of the situations we find ourselves in, and only our own choices can change that.

As intelligent people, you and I know how genuinely cruel people behave, how they abuse their spouses, children, and pets, and the suffering that is caused by too little food for too many mouths. We are responsible for determining the best way to prevent those situations from occuring every chance we get. Spaying and neutering our pets prevents unwanted offspring, puppies and kittens that we are unable to care for and which might end up in the hands of unkind people or on the streets. It is analogous to putting teenagers on the pill in order to prevent them from having babies they cannot possibly provide for. Like parents, pet owners are duty-bound to make the best choices on the behalf of others who do not have the capacity to do so.

Answer 7

I had male and female dogs that were both fixed and still managed the "act". It isnt cruel to have them fixed because otherwise there would be an even greater number of unwanted,starving,sick animals left roaming the streets and in shelters. When animals are also not vaccinated this leads to an increase in disease which can cause health risks to humans also.

Answer 8

It would be easy to think of neutering and spaying as cruel if you're not really familiar with the species.
Animals don't think of mating all the time; only when its time to breed. A female only thinks of mating when she's in season, and a male only when he can smell a female in season. At other times they are thinking abut other things.
They only miss it once they've had it and are then denied; so its far more cruel to let a dog of either sex breed once.
If they never do it they never miss it. They're not like people; they can't pine for something they've never had. And they can't mate and breed out of season.

And it is especially cruel to let a female have just one litter of pups. It awakens the maternal instinct and they can crave them for the rest of their lives, even adopting inanimate objects to use as puppy substitutes.

Answer 9

Don't know what one of your other answerer's is on about that you can't neuter female dogs????, Neuter is the general term for both male AND female dogs/cats, whatever! (not people though)

In answer to your question, it's actually more cruel not to neuter dogs (males especially, though it's important to neuter bitches as well), imagine going around with all these sex hormones raging and not being able to do anything about it? it's a large part of why you get aggression in dogs, it also takes away dominance in both dogs and bitches so they are better and easier to control and it makes them happier and healthier!

Answer 10

The dog is essentially altered to keep it as a child all it's life. This changes their habits and desires from what they would have been as an adult dog. In the end it removes a lot of worries the dog may have (imagine how much more fun you had aged 10 than when you were 15 and trying to get a romantic date).

Answer 11

Try again.

Spay and neutering is crucial for the control of the animal population. Is it cruelty when there are thousands upon thousands of animals euthanized because there is no room for them?

Dogs aren't human. They don't have intelligent thought to distinguish between hormones and procreation.