Spay/ Neuter Ethics and Zoophilia

[littlejohn]

Currently, the available research shows early S/N to be detrimental to the animal's development and longevity.   Some individual breeds have studies which showlater spay neuter is detrimental to dogs and may or may not be harmful to bitches.  I leave it to the reader to hunt up the studies, the best probably being on Golden Retreivers.  There's also a large amout of time being spent on Berners and several other breeds.




 




Around here, cats are spayed/neutered because as someone said whole cats make lousy house pets.  Only one of my dogshas been neutered by me, for medical reasons.  The two bitches are spays, the rescue they're from spayed them... fortunately both as adults.