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Are there advantages to neutering other then eliminating the bother of isolating and caring for a bitch in heat a couple times a year? You decide. License fees for spayed females are reduced because it is generally recognized they are less likely to be a nuisance than other dogs. Vet fees over the years should be reduced because organs that frequently become disease have been removed. Spayed bitches show little inclination to pick fights and rarely will any dog attack them, there-by eliminating unpleasantness, concern, possible injury to both dog and owner and the resulting coats. Roaming and running off is minimal or non-existent. So there is no cost for recovery efforts or for damage done while a dog is on the run, to say nothing about the worry and grief dog owning families suffer when a well-loved pet is missing or permanently lost. Spayed females are not leg lifters. You can keep nice looking shrubbery in your yard and they don't attract males to spray an invitation or challenge to the resident canine, thereby urine-burning greenery and impregnating wood and masonry with odor. Stray and neighborhood dogs aren't camped in the front yard twice a year, making a ruckus and causing damage as they try to get at a confirmed bitch in heat. In the house, there is no mess or odor, as in the case with the bloody discharge that drips from a female during estrus. Spaying bitch owners are free from complaints from neighbors, either angry because your bitch is upsetting their males or threatening to sue because your male scratched up their door or broke a basement window trying to get at their bitch. This is part one of two, this article will be completed in the Dec/Jan issue. New London, WI |
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