Teebs Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Sorry I'm on my phone and it's not letting me copy the whole thing. My vet just sent a link out and I can't remember seeing it here so thought I would share. About a food that can cause your dogs to not have puppies.. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/dog-overpopulation-can-female-dogs-soon-be-sterilized-1-dose-edible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hhhhmmm .... wouldn't want to take your purposely kept entire/intact dog to anywhere it might accidentally eat this "desexing food". Leaves the door open to foul play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 That's scary. Imagine someone giving a neighbours dog, a show dog etc etc a "treat" that makes them sterile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirawee Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hmm, one dose is a bit of a worry... don't like your neighbour's dog? Throw a treat over the fence I also wonder what other side effects a drug which can sterilise in one dose would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Exactly what I was thinking!! All it would take is someone walking around town chucking it over fences... Very scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinay2 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) And while it sounds good, just wait till 'nice' people start giving treats to dogs at dog shows..... So many underhand things that could happen with this.... Edited February 7, 2013 by espinay2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I don't believe their statement or research that says this is safe for the animal. Thinking about it all this has to be one extremely potent drug. I am thinking some kind of radiation therapy/bio genetic drug type. Once it is in the system too late if there is an adverse reaction or side effect. It will make the animal sterile but what else may it do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PL_ Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) I saw that 600milliondogs thing (I'm sure it has a PETA guy running it) ages ago, the site didn't have much info at the time but I got the impression that it was going to be used for feral populations and street dogs that are rounded up and culled as a means of population control. Not as something freely available to anyone who wants to desex random dogs. eta: apparently if it works by triggering the animal's own immune system response it's a possibility. I'm sure someone on DOL told me that. Edited February 7, 2013 by Powerlegs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'smum Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Wonder if there's one for people :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PL_ Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Here 'tis old thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Wonder if there's one for people :laugh: This I just didn't want to be the first one to say it :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) And while it sounds good, just wait till 'nice' people start giving treats to dogs at dog shows..... So many underhand things that could happen with this.... That is where my mind went to. Although I wish they could develop one for kanagaroos, to avoid the need for culling of 'trapped' populations. Edited February 7, 2013 by Diva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Assuming they do figure it out, I have no doubt that something like this would require a vet visit and for the treat to be eaten in the clinic, with the vet present, rather than taken home to be fed to god-only-knows-who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 My impression is that PETA would happily eliminate most, if not all, pet dogs. If such a drug can be developed it needs to be highly regulated. Show dogs aren't the only concern. I could imagine the stuff being used as a 'humane' alternative to 1080. Say goodbye to wolves in the wild. And I wonder why they chose dogs rather than cats. Feral cats are an ecological disaster. See, eg, http://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170588511/killer-kitties-cats-kill-billions-every-year?ft=3&f=122101520&sc=nl&cc=sh-20130202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Assuming they do figure it out, I have no doubt that something like this would require a vet visit and for the treat to be eaten in the clinic, with the vet present, rather than taken home to be fed to god-only-knows-who. That's what I assumed. I can't see them making it available at the supermarket if it ever did come about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 I think it says they did dogs over cats as there was already research on it, so less work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I think it says they did dogs over cats as there was already research on it, so less work. Yeah, it said they are looking at cats too but dogs would come first due to the research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Assuming they do figure it out, I have no doubt that something like this would require a vet visit and for the treat to be eaten in the clinic, with the vet present, rather than taken home to be fed to god-only-knows-who. That's what I assumed. I can't see them making it available at the supermarket if it ever did come about. No, but those who want to use something like this for nefarious means will still get hold of it somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Taken from the original link. Tragically, Carnation's birth control dog food appears to have been torpedoed. It mysteriously and quite literally disappeared and has never been made available. (The New York Times article about Carnation's announcement can be seen at www.600MillionDogs.org). Maybe in the back of our minds we have an inkling why it was shelved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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