by Francesca Grace

Created on: January 04, 2011

There are people who truly enjoy the view of a pair of hairy testicles swinging in their face as a male dog rises from the sofa and leans his front paws out to stretch his aching back. There are dog owners who actually enjoy running down the street chasing after their male dog when he's caught the scent of a female in heat three blocks away, or he's caught the scent of a squirrel anywhere, or he's caught the memory of the scent of a tennis ball he saw in a yard two miles back on the walk you took him on yesterday.

Is there a soul amongst us who doesn't enjoy the heart stopping on foot, and then in the car and then to the pound search for your "naughty boy" dog when he's run away, again? The anticipation around every corner that you might find him under the wheels of a passing truck he didn't see when he was hot on the trail of the neighbors cat is every adrenaline junkie's dream!

There are certainly individuals who find it "entertaining" when their male dog wraps his front legs around Aunt Ginny and humps wildly on her leg when she's a guest at your home for Thanksgiving dinner. And who doesn't find it "hilarious" when visiting a friend and their 90 pound male dog knocks your five year old child to the ground and out comes the "red lipstick" as he begins the mating ritual with your son in the center of the living now filled with guests?

And who can forget the delightful vision of Rex lifting his leg on the Christmas tree and delivering a stream of pee to it's shiny ornaments, and the carefully wrapped presents beneath it, and your hardwood floor that you just had sanded and waxed and resealed for $550.? It's completely, utterly, side- splitting funny!

If all of that doesn't convince you to rush right out and find a cuddly little boy puppy then perhaps the charming sight of Old Yeller as he sits sprawled on the floor giving his testicles the hourly, and obviously much needed, very loud and thorough tongue bath as the family sits down to dinner just might do the trick. It's a Hallmark moment for sure!

And can we take a moment to touch on the subject of removing those same testicles, making male dogs safer for the community of dogs? The debate that ensues when the topic of neutering is brooched is treated like a court ordered human public castration by many men who own male dogs. They treasure their dogs testicles as if they truly are the family jewels and see the sensible and safe neutering of a male dog they never intended to breed

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