Want to sign the pettition against AB 1634 "The Pet Extinction Act."?

Question

Do you agree with mandatory spay and neuter laws for all pets? Do you think that four months is the appropriate age to have a spay or neuter performed on your pet? Do you think you can chose a puppy/dog that will be a good show or work prospect by sixteen weeks? If NO is your answer to these questions then please vote against this bill.

Read about it here:
http://petpac.net/
http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/CA_action_center.cfm

I believe they are just trying to get as many signatures as possible to help oppse this bill because if this passes in California the government will definitely try to impose this bill in other states.

Even if you do NOT live in California please sign the petition.

I just want to add that maybe it seems that this bill is the perfect solution to the unwanted dogs and cats that are in shelters and pounds but IMO all this will do is is make pets extinct. At $100 to $150 per animal most responsble breeder will no longer be able to afford to breed and the only ones left that will be able to offer puppie will be CB or pupymills because they move dogs on a higher scale. The way to combat the problem is education.
If we ask the government to solve all our problems we may not like the outcome, but then it will be too late.

Answer 1

Bills like this are sponsored (directly or indirectly) by Animal Rights groups like PETA and ALF. Both are dangerous organizations that believe that an animal is better off dead than subjected to a life with humans. These are the crackpots that release dogs from crates or poison them with antifreeze at shows in the name of animal rights. Their agenda is NO MORE PETS. Mandatory spay/neuter will guarantee that no more puppies are produced by anyone without a kennel license, and these licenses are usually affordable only to large commercial breeders, most of which are puppy mills.

If you want to be able to select a dog that was born and raised in someones HOME instead of in a sterile, isolated concrete kennel run, this bill must be stopped. The exemption for show/working dogs ends in 2009 when they too, must be altered thus eliminating show and working dogs and the people who dedicate their lives to raising these dogs with care and goals of healthy, adaptible, tempermentally sound animals.

Even if you spay or neuter your pet, you may not want to do so at the young age of 4 MONTHS. There are numerous health risks to altering so early including structural and temperament problems as well as increased cancer risks in some dogs. The Animal Rights folks want to end dog ownership. Don't be fooled into thinking this bill isn't geared toward that goal.

Even if you don't live in California, sign the petition and learn how to contact Californial legislators to let them know how much you disapprove of the government deciding what you can do with your own pets.

Answer 2

Signed. To all the people out there who keep complaining about cats, dogs, rats and goats being put down every year, do you have the solution? Is it fixing your animals? Stop dreaming. This is not a govnt issue, it is idiots who buy/adopt an animal and then when the fad wears off or after the animal has been treated like a human child and does not respond kindly to the idiot owner, it gets dumped somewhere. To all the bleeding hearts out there, stop thinking that you will prevent morons from breeding crap dogs, will never happen. Even if they passed this law, people will still breed what they want. There will never be enough people in this country to adopt all the animals that get dropped off/picked up by the pounds. A lot have to be put down, but, think of the alternative.... I am not a breeder, never have been, but, I am a working dog handler and I care about working dogs, real dogs with real temperament, well bred dogs that provide a service to humankind. What will happen to those dogs? Has anyone actually ever read the entire bill being proposed? Think and act accordingly, educate your self, do not become blind just because it's an animal involved, think first.

Answer 3

WEll, I do believe that dogs should be spayed or neutered, with a few exceptions. I have a friend that breeds German Show dogs, and her dogs are high quailty German bloodlines. She sells them at $1000 a pop, but they are not breeding quailty dogs. She has a conttract that is inforced that the dogs have to be spayed or neutered. Females at 6 months and males at one yr. However, there are people that just get a dog from people that sell them out of the back of their truck, and those dogs are never spayed or neutered. I do not know if you can tell a good quailty show dog at 16 weeks, but German Shepherds are tested for herding at 8 weeks. They are placed in a pin with sheep to see if they will actually chase the sheep or just stand there, so for the working line, yes 16 weeks is old enough. I am sorry, but I am going to have to disagree with you on this one. Except that males should be neutered at 1 yr not 4 months.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I don't live in California, but I live in Georgia. The city I live in has recently put a ordinance in effect against all "Pit Bulls". Our city decided that all "Pit Bulls" or any dog with resembling features of a "Pit" have to be in a 6ft enclosure with reinforcements on top of the pen and around the bottom; they have to be registered with the city ( $10 fee); they have to be spayed or neutered; they can't not roam in a fenced area unattended; they have to be muzzled while being walked or out roaming your fenced in yard; they have to be up to date with all shots. Even after I have done all the responsible things a pet owner should, my landlord now wants our APBT off his property. I don't think that the government (any form) should be able to regulate what people do with their personal property. I paid for him, they didn't. I do think that all responsible pet owner's should spay or neuter, unless you are a reputable breeder who is not a byb. This is just my opinion which I'm entitled to just like everyone else is entitled theirs.

Answer 6

Thanks for calling my attention to this. If it comes to my state, I will vote against it. I'm all for spaying & neutering your pets to control the population, however, 4 months is too early. And if you have an AKC registered dog you want to breed responsively, it should be your choice (I know I'll hear about that statement). Also, you can't show your dog in most dog shows if they've been altered. This law will increase the puppy mills & the cost of getting a purebred dog.

Answer 7

I wish I could sign, but being from the UK (and hence, no ZIP code) I can't.

I can see some of the points they are making and I'm certainly not going to knock people for trying to come up with laws to eliminate the backyard breeder, but even if this was successful - the loss of working dogs and pets is too high a price to pay.

Answer 8

What will California do next? And I thought here in Florida we had all the idiots in Government!

In some cases, the males testicles haven't even dropped by 4 months, how would you know if you CAN even show him? Most vets, unless it is a low-cost clinic, will not even fix an animal until it is at least 6 months old around here! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Answer 9

I'm not going to bring in my personal opinions, I just thought I'd address the reasons you mention for opposing AB 1634.

Q: Do you agree with mandatory spay and neuter laws for all pets?
A: Not all pets will be spayed and neutered. If the pet meets one of the eight provisions, then fixing the pet will not be mandatory.

Q: Do you think that four months is the appropriate age to have a spay or neuter performed on your pet?
A: I think that it is too early for my two-pound, four month old puppy, and many others will feel the same way. For us, we simply go to our veternarians and ask for a 75 day delay.

Q: Do you think you can chose a puppy/dog that will be a good show or work prospect by sixteen weeks?
A: A dog being considered for work or show would not be required to be spayed or neutered, becuase dogs in training are exempt as well.

Edit: Shepherdgirl, and others, do you have other reasons for opposing this bill?

Answer 10

I think this country has enough say on what we do & don't do. Every year they are telling us something else we can't do. Just like the smoking law that went into effect this year & now they want to tell us want we can & can't do with our pets? I thought this was the country of freedom!!?? Pettition has been signed!!!