Stop with the HSUS bs propaganda already and give us the truth, backed by facts and data. Okay?

Spay/neuter of unwanted dogs is good for society and dogdom in general. But it is NOT necessarily good for your dog if you are a responsible owner, especially your preadolescent dog. The following references at all current.

Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete - http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

Long-Term Health Risks and Benefits Associated with Spay / Neuter in Dogs - http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/longtermhealtheffectsofspayneuterindogs.pdf

Behavioral and Physical Effects of Spaying and Neutering Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris) - http://www.caninesports.com/SNBehaviorBoneDataSnapShot.pdf

Determining the optimal age for gonadectomy of dogs and cats - http://www.avma.org/avmacollections/spay_neuter/javma_231_11_1665.pdf

Rottweiler study links ovaries with exceptional longevity - http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/mar10/100301g.asp

These links are broken

Dear Sir(s) ,
I got a female rescue dog who is around 2/3 yr . Now she got on her heat cycle . Should i spay her during the estrous cycle or after ?

Tks in advance

Renato

what a bunch of bunk..you should be ashamed to print things like "gets blood on your furniture" as if bitches in season are constantly pouring out blood.. perhaps you should think about "spaying" young female humans as well .. and young teenage boys do tend to roam.. so off with their testicles.
stray and "homeless dogs" can be castrated.. they STILL get inot the trash.. having a set of testicles does not make then any more of a garbage eater..
how does "irresponsible breeding" lead to dog bites?? that is quite a stretch.. as if not purpose bred dogs ever bit anyone.? A dog that kills or chase wildlife does not stop when his testicles are removed.. and studied show spayed bitches are MORE likely to be aggressive..

just how stupid do you think your readers are?

Could you spout any more lies in this article? There are a TON of reasons to reject sterilization, and health and temperament are the most important. You neglected to mention ANY of the well-documented problems with spay-neuter.
There was just a JAVMA report about a year ago that documents 30% LONGER lifespan for intact bitches or those spayed after age six.
30% of spayed bitches develop urinary incontinence. Studies have shown that sterilization INCREASES fearfulness and aggression. Spaying multiplies the risk of a multitude of cancers....several times over. Dogs are more likely to develop bladder and prostate cancer, hemangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, mast cell tumors. Sterilized pets have higher risk of hypothyroidism and vaccine reactions. The list of problems goes on and on.
Maybe that's why in some European countries sterilization is frowned upon unless medically necessary....and in Norway it is ILLEGAL to sterilize your pet without a medical reason.
And really, surplus dogs? In many states now the shelters and rescues have to IMPORT dogs from outside the continental US so they can have dogs available for adoption.
"VetMD?" I think not! You are clearly ignorant about the many problems with spay and neuter.
Check out the many articles on spay-neuter at www.time4dogs.blogspot.com
It is insane that you would print such blatant lies promoted by the criminals at the HSUS. Get a clue, would you?

I live in Fresno,CA and I felt the need to repond to your post not because I disagree or don't respect your opinion/choice,but because one statement you made. In Fresno and other cities near us, the stray numbers are absolutely horrendous. In my city, the SPCA has to uthenize up to 60 animals DAILY. Over crowding is a huge problem here and they don't "ship" the animals to other cities. I wish this was the case, but unfortunately it isn't. There are a lot of cities with this problem. In Visalia, a city near mine, every household would have to adopt 3 animals every year to stop the over crowding problem. I am an advocate of spaying and neutering animals because they are being murdered here because of ignorant people who keep letting their dogs/cats get pregnant and dump them off when they can't take care of them. Then the strays keep mating and more and more animals populate the area, without anyine willing to adopt them. I have no problem with resposible breeding, but there is such a thing a irresponsible breeding and I live in a place that is filled with these idiots. I don't disagree with your other points I just felt passionately about that one issue.

Discussion: In the current study, spayed female dogs were at a
substantially increased risk for developing MCT compared with intact
females, whereas castrated males had a possibly higher risk than
intact males. The reasons for this are unknown. Receptors for
estrogen and progesterone were found in canine cutaneous MCT in one
study, but another study failed to document estrogen receptors in
canine MCT.15,16 The potential protective role of sex hormones
against MCT requires further investigation in a study in which age at
the time of altering can be determined. The role of sex hormones in
the development of certain types of neoplasia has been demonstrated
in other canine tumors. Although it is known that spaying at an early
age greatly decreases the risk for mammary cancer, neutering has been
reported to be associated with an increased risk for development of
prostate cancer.17–19 Similar to the results reported here, Ware et
al. (1999) showed a risk for cardiac hemangiosarcoma .53 greater in
spayed females than intact females and a slightly elevated risk in
castrated males compared with intact males.20 Another study showed
the risk for bone sarcoma was influenced by age at the time of
neutering, with male and female dogs who underwent neutering before 1
yr of age being more likely to develop bone sarcomas than sexually
intact dogs.21 An alternative interpretation of these findings that
the risk for certain cancers is elevated in spayed/neutered dogs is
that pet owners who have their dogs spayed or neutered are also those
who pursue biopsy of tumors. A third potential explanation for this
result is that spaying and neutering may be a surrogate marker for
another MCT risk factor, such as obesity. For instance, spaying and
neutering have been previously established as risk factors for
obesity. In turn, obesity has been linked to an increased risk for
certain types of cancer, including MCTs.22–26 The well-documented
health and behavioral benefits of spaying and neutering will need to
be carefully weighed against the potential protective role of sex
hormones in the development of MCT described here and the increased
risk of developing certain other cancers described elsewhere.

From: Cutaneous MCTs: Associations with Spay/Neuter Status, Breed,
Body Size, and Phylogenetic Cluster Authors: Carrie R. White, DVM,
DACVIM, Ann E. Hohenhaus, DVM, DACVIM, Jennifer Kelsey, PhD, MPH,
Elizabeth Procter-Gray, PhD Journal of the American Animal Hospital
Association (JAAHA)2011; 47:210–216

The full text of this paper is not readily found online, however,
your veterinarian, community librarian, or local university should be
able to obtain a full text copy for you.

that is what MCT stands for. and really "adapted from the HSUS" the animal rights organization? BUNK BUNK and more BUNK.. if you are going to write an blog at least TRY to be honest..

sorry.. that is what the post was referring to..

Is spaying and neutering good for your pets? Yes and no. This is an extremely biased article -- not surprising since it was adapted from a Humane Society of the United States article. HSUS opposes all breeding of domestic animals, no matter how responsible the breeder is. Spaying and neutering most definitely has health benefits, but there are also risks. The majority of pets do just fine when they are spayed or neutered, but we can't ignore the fact that it is still surgery. There are risks associated with anesthesia and cutting an animal open. A spay is an open abdominal procedure. It should never be thought of as something as benign as a nail trim. Certain types of cancers may be less common in spayed/neutered pets, but other types become more common. There is also evidence of a variety of orthopedic problems that may become more likely in a spayed/neutered pet. As for behavior, an aggressive dog is going to be aggressive whether it's neutered or not. Neutering may lessen the problem to a degree but will NOT eliminate it. Male dogs (and sometimes female) mark their territory if you let them. I currently have two intact males in my home. They have never marked in my house, even when there was a female in heat in the same house.

The over population of pets is something HSUS loves to yell and scream about. That fact of the matter is, not all shelters are overburdened. Many shelters, primarily in the north east and west coast, have been importing strays from foreign countries to fill their empty cages. This has been going on for over a decade! Many of these strays bring diseases with them -- distemper, parvo, even rabies has been reported.

Spaying and neutering pets is the best decision for many pet owners, but it should never be assumed that it's best for all pets.

Why decline spay or neuter? Why? a few studies suggests that increases risk for MCT ostheosarcomas...blah blah blah... You need to take a walk around the world to see how many dogs are abbandoned in the streets to suffer hunger, cold, be beaten, be run over, be neglected to die alone... If you just hold on to those reports, then your eyes are shutt down, and nothing that gets in your ears would change your mind. I work in a veterinary Hospital in Chile and wittness euthanasia of intact female old dogs because of complications of mammary gland cancer which is much more common than MCT. We don't spay and neuter to be cruel to a pet, how could you think that!! but to save lives from getting ill in their golden years, and prevent the birth of unwanted dogs and cats. If you have a better idea of how help to reduce the number of stray dogs other tan spay and neuter, post

YOU make the decision.. it is surgery..it has risks.. want to castrate very street dog.. be my guest.. they are not MY dogs.. the point is that the decision to castrate your pet should be YOUR choice alone.. not by government mandate. I have had two bitches live to 15.. both had small mammary tumors removed.. we don;t spay every female who "might" get breast cancer so why do that to an owned dog? Street dogs?? fine.. they are not the property of anyone..but as has been discussed ad nauseum.. pets are PROPERTY.. so the choice to castrate them should be yours alone.

"If you have a better idea of how help to reduce the number of stray dogs other tan spay and neuter, post"

called a leash.. and a fence and an owner

Of course surgery it's an owner's choice!! But don't enhance other people that are not as responsible owner as you to avoid surgery, because the reality is that a HUGE percentage of owners don't care about letting their bitches in heat or their intact males in the street and then get rid of the litter. That's how it is. I wish it was as simple as a leash and a fence, belive me. In Chile it's not a government mandate but I firmly belive that some people should not have the right for holding such a "Property".

which is why so far we prefer to live in a democratic country instead of a socialist one. The USA is not Chile.. Chile needs to solve its problems its own way. Our "shleter numbers" have dropped dramatically in the last 15 years ..
We have over 311 MILLION people in the USA.. we euthanize 3-4 million dogs AND cats per year.. Cats being the operative word.. most of the shelter "kill numbers" are feral cats owned by no one.. I am not sure if this will copy.. but here is a graph from Maddies Fund showing the dramatic drop in kill number in the USA:

It will not copy so check out the stats at Maddies Fund.. 12 animals per year per 1000 American were killed in 2010.. in 1970 over 112 per 1000 were killed killed Projected figures for 2015?? 2 per 1000 people and as i said this includes ALL cats and dogs..ferals, sick, injured and old.. so looks like the USA is doing a very good job managing the pet population regardless of what the HSUS/PETA types tell you
You know what they say.. "figures don't lie but liars figure."..
Thankfully we still have the right to hold "such property" in our country. yours is entirely different..

in many areas here in the us they are pushing for trap, neuter, return for feral cat colonies...the theory is natural reduction of cat numbers....they trap, give vaccines, spay/neuter and clip the left ear tip...then release them back in their home environment...it keeps them from reproducing, and keeps other cats from moving into the area...

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The reason why I joined up here was because I was flabbergasted by the exceptionally biased, agenda driven and very partial view that has been written here and not because it's a well balanced and good view of the subject and wanting to know more about other subjects from the sources it came from. At the point, in the registration form, where we decide what information we want to be sent to us, I will actually be pleasantly surprised if I get emailed good well balanced non agenda driven articles, lets see.

It seems that this has been written to convince uneducated, unquestioning people, this is actually what this type of article wants to encourage, shortsightedness, exeptance of ignorance and obedience. I would like to know what the person who wrote this feels about this comment, and the other comments, people of a similar feeling toward the article left. I would be interested.

The reason to get a dog or a bitch neutered are quite different and then there are also many reasons why in the same gender it would be necessary to neuter a canine. It is not something that should be done as a blanket rule, mainly, especially in a female dog when they come of a certain age. A bitch shouldn't be spayed out of convenience to avoid unexpected or unwanted puppies. As people have also mentioned there are very serious negative health consequences for a bitch or dog without it's reproductive organs and these important parts of the endocrine system, they aren't just there for reproduction, nature had other intentions also.

Please, please, be responsible, please, whoever you are, thankyou.

i had my previous german shepherd spayed at about 6 months old...after which she had urine incontinence for the rest of her life...she passed away at 10 years due to pancreatic cancer....so my current shepherd i was reluctant to spay, and now, at 9 years old she developed a mammary tumor....the vet, removed the tumor and spayed her at the same time to hopefully prevent it from returning...
there are good reasons for both to leave intact, and to spay...it is a personal choice, between a responsible owner and the pets veterinarian...however, before it is performed, people should be informed of all of the risks associated with it...i have had many cats/dogs altered..(currently have 7 cats and 4 dogs all but 2 are fixed). and i have never ever have a vet tell me the health risks to the surgery at all....