Exactly, its about how YOU feel and what YOU want, not about what is best for your dogs.
It doesn't matter if you cannot breed your current dogs, its
the fact you think this way and are certainly considering
it in the future.
Did I ever say it was best for my dogs? Did I ever say I was going to do it in the future? Sorry I never recall mentioning these assumptions your making about me. I'm not a breeder, or have the knowledge or money to be a breeder. I was raised with a pet dog, beinging it yours, and watching movies/shows/people around me/society, it was normal for YOUR pet to have puppies, like in 101 dalmatians, lady & the tramp, ect. There was nothing never wrong with doing so, if anything encouraged. Who hasn't been asked to of breed your dog with theirs, or hopes to get a puppy from your dog? Of course participating in dog forums it made me think twice about breeding.
And although I did touch some spots on breeding, the topic was about s/n and if it really is that important to do for a pet, if its not a sugery needed for the benefit to their health, but just to prevent possible possibilities. I understand it PREVENTS possible health problems, but things of that nature just happens sometimes, and I don't think it would outweight the possibility of beinging killed on the table.
Just like I've heard horror stories about breeding and experience it, I've also heard horror stories of s/n gone wrong...........and just like the horror stories of breeding made be change my mind............why can't I feel the same about s/n?
Just there's a slight chance, but there's also a slight chance your dog might die from breeding as well. When you think about how many dogs breed and don't die, and how many pets get s/n and don't die, they are about the same. But just as you don't take the risk to losing your bitch from breeding.........why not the same for s/n? I just never want to put my dogs in the spot of that ''slight chance''.
With Didi's eye removal sugery its different though. If we don't get it, she'll lead a life of misery. This is when I
need to take that risk of losing her. So I rather much her not make it on the table, then put her to that. My fear of sugery is not going to heal her, so I have to put my fear aside of losing her for her own well being.
But Princess who's a healthy dog, no health problems, no need for sugeries, still has a lot of life in her. I don't want to risk her youthful healthy life just so that she won't have the
possibility that she'll get pregnant.
And people tend to also rationalize and think people who don't s/n add on to the problem of pet population. When people have own dogs in the past and never have bred their dogs.
Not against s/n, just not so fond on the bashing and needy rush to get your pets s/n, like if you don't get them done asap, its like you've done something criminial.