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Hmm maybe.. but girls aren't in heat 24/7. Why is it so hard to think that people could (if they wanted to) be a little bit more dillegent during those 4-6 weeks out a year to keep track of their dog?
Not talking about a male and a female that someone owns. I'm talking about wild dogs or a dog that got loose or something like that. An intact dog may slip out the door when you go out to get the mail, or meet someone, and sure you could tell them to 'stay' and they're probably great animals else wise.
But if they get a whiff of an in heat female they may decide to ignore your command and bolt out the door in the few moments you have it open.
It's not just your dogs breeding with each other you have to worry about, but others too.
I'm just going off what you said. That's all you're giving me. Sorry if I didn't pick up on something that you meant to say but didn't or was not as clear as you thought it was.
And I'd have to disagree that a lab runs at half the speed of a dobe. Your lab may have, but I've seen some pretty fast labs. Not all of them have that jaunty lope that they're portrayed as.