De-sexing Debate

[Staranais]

One female dog (12 months old), entire.

One adult male and one adult female cat, both desexed.

[MolassesLass]

Those of you who voted and posted on this thread how many of you own entire pets or desexed pets?

I don't see any reason not to desex and would prefer if most people did. I support the higher registration costs for entire dogs and think it's even better what my council has implemented (cheaper pound release fees for desexed dogs and dogs that are desexed to be released).

I'm an ANKC breeder but 3/4 of my dogs are desexed and the 4th if just waiting for me to allocate the money. One had 2 litters and I didn't have anything to go on with so I felt that was her chance. I have two of her pups from the second litter, had the bitch desexed as soon as I decided not to breed from her, male is waiting. I also have a male of another breed who was shown for a while but then I retired him and he was desexed when he needed a GA for something else.

I particularly don't understand why anyone would keep a bitch entire with no intention of breeding her!!

[sandra64]

1 18MTH OLD MALE DESEXED AT 13MONTHS, I CAT DESEXED AT 5MONTHS. 1 ENTIRE 12MONTH OLD FEMALE, AS SHE IS SHOWN