Why Neuter a Dog?

I think male dogs should be neutered and female dogs should be spayed. Why neuter a dog? I'm not sure the exact number of dogs killed every year in the United States by euthanasia, but I believe 5 million was the last number I read.

This breaks my heart. Two of my husband's friends have intact males and my spouse gets mad at me for trying to talk them into neutering their dogs.

He says its none of my business but I am wracked with guilt because both dogs in question are a result of my husband's dog Moo, not being neutered. One is Moo's son and one his grandson.

The only reason I am confessing this lack of good canine ownership, is to make you think better than I did. If you are asking, why neuter a dog, here is what can and probably will happen if you do not.

• At some point, in the blink of an eye, your dog
  will mate with a female;
• That female will have 3 to 13 puppies;
• If one of those puppies has 3 to 13 puppies;
• And one of those puppies, puppies has 3 to 13 pups;
• You are looking at between 169 and 2,197 births in just three years!

Staggering isn't it?

Here are two other people I know who watch their dogs.

In both cases, all the puppies found homes but there's no way of knowing if they were kept, neutered or spayed.

Won't he Get Fat and Look Odd?

You've heard he will be less likely to roam and get hurt, but what about weight gain and those missing parts?

The only reason a neutered dog gains weight is from too much food and lack of exercise. In 35 years of male dog ownership, none of my neutered canines (or cats) ever got fat.

If you feel neutering your dog will have a negative emotional impact, get him implanted with neuticles and
save needless deaths.

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