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Add to FavoritesAs a dog I have to say that it seems a little like some kind of nazi inspired idea. I mean would you like to be spayed or neutered? No thanks! Leave my kibbles and bits alone, please! If you want to offer birth control to dogs that would be fine. A doggie condom or some kind of pill would be ok. Oh and you can forget about cats using birth control because they're too stupid. So go ahead and spay or neuter all of them. Just leave us dogs alone. We might need help putting the condoms on but hey it's still a good idea. Also does anyone have some bacon? but I digress, getting back to the doggie condom I think as long as a human will help a little it would really work out ok. I don't know about other dogs but I have trouble using my paws to pick thing up so I have to use my teeth. I don't think I could put a condom on with my teeth. I noticed when I lick myself (hey you would to if you could) that sometimes my hair gets in the way of the equipment. So maybe a good trim would help. That way the human would have an easier time of getting the condom on me and I would have less hair in my mouth when I lick myself, which I do often. Does anyone have some bacon for me? Sorry about that, back to doing it doggie style. Like I said a pill would also work. A before or after birth control pill for the bitches. No offense intended just to clarify I'm not speaking slang. If I was I would have said hoes but speaking of slang why does Randy Jackson keep calling everyone dog? it confuses me. So does that song "Who let the dogs out?" What dogs got out and where did they go? Maybe someone was trying to neuter them and they ran off. Anyway getting back on the subject I would like to make a suggestion, whenever they get around to making the doggie birth control pills they should definitely taste like bacon, you can trust me on that. Maybe they could even call the pills ru4 bacon. Either way you look at it something needs to be done whether it's doggie condoms or pills because as everyone knows us dogs really like to chase tail. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go bury a bone, if you Know what I mean.
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When people think about animals they think about fuzzy, cuddly pets. Or they think about dangerous wild beasts. Regardless of what you might think about animals in general, domestic animals are another story. Domestic animals were domesticated by humans and we, as humans, must protect them. When we first domesticated animals we took the responsibility of their health upon ourselves. By making spaying and neutering a mandatory law, we can eliminate the unnecessary pet overpopulation. There are many cats and dogs being put down every year because there isn't enough room. There are many cats and dogs starving to death because there isn't anyone who will care for them. These animals deserve more than that. It isn't their fault that we've over bred them and sold them as property. It is a gross reminder of our imperfect world.
What is one of the biggest problems? Backyard breeders. A backyard breeder is somebody who doesn't truly care about the well-being of the animal or its breed regulations. A backyard breeder is someone who doesn't know much about dogs and only breeds them for the money they get in return. Taking care of dogs and being a breeder is not only a very time-consuming job but an expensive one if done properly. To actually make a profit by selling puppies the breeders must not spend much money on the puppy or its parents. The dogs do not have proper medical care most of the time and do not receive the proper nutrition. They are not loved and socialized in ways that they should be. These backyard breeders produce millions of dogs each year when the world is already overcrowded with dogs. If we had mandatory neuter and spay laws then we would eliminate these backyard breeders and instead allow the breeders who truly care about the breed to continue to breed.
Are they practical? Yes. One can only agree that the law would be practical when looking at the current situation. With a law like this in place it would prevent the pet population from growing even larger. It would help only those who were interested in the well-being and advancement of their domestic animal's breed, be breeders.
Would it be enforceable? Truthfully, I don't know. It would be rather hard to enforce that all domestic animals were spayed and neutered. However it could be checked at all of the shelters. It could be checked at the veterinarian's offices. And regardless of its ability to be enforced, if one person was scared into action, it would be a worthwhile law.
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