Do you think there should be a law on fixing pets?

[jennawing]

Responsible owners would be allowed 2 years to spay/neuter their pets UNLESS the animal has a chance at improving the breed standards then the breeder would also need to be contaced.

A cat could have 90 or more kittens in that time.

LA County is trying to pass laws about spaying/neutering- all unaltered dogs must have a permit- and they can only get a permit if they are active in showing, agilty, etc. or part of an AKC, etc approved breeding program. I think it is somewhat a good idea, BUT it needs to be carefully thought through about what the future of dogs will become. I love my mutts, and the thought of there never being more mutts and breeders charging even more outrageous prices for dogs- there are going to be a lot of people who will never experience the joy of having a dog. When drastic measures are taken, drastic changes occur- and usually goes a lot further than hoped. Laws like this can help, yes- but they can also do a lot of harm.

[cali]

lv4dogs summerized it well, I say no way because the government would never enforce something that extensive, I would agree IF the law could possably get very extensive about who and what dogs, that will never happen therefore I do not agree to mandatory spay neuter, they have no way of determining who is responsable and who is not, the responable people who care about the law will follow it, the resposable people who dont care about the law wont follow it and still wont add to the problem and the irrisponsable people wont follow it regardless.

I dont agree with that LA county thing, it would completly exterminate working bred dogs.

[Suki Wingy]

Yes, if there was a way to get everyone to follow the law or at least be responsible.
I think their should be a Breeding Registry, where your dog has to pass all health tests for that breed and have three refernces from 3 different people who already have registered dogs and maybe a judge too that the dog should be bred in order to be registered. Breeding would only be legal when two registered dogs of the same breed were bred.
Working dog should be registered with a working registration, and if not, then not bred.

[Zippy]

The law whould have to be very very detaled but there should be something done to stop over population whatever there doing know is not working very well.

[dab_20]

YES!! If you show your dogs regularly and are a reputable breeder, that would be an exception. That law would be nearly impossible to inforce though.

[Lady's Human]

Given the literally millions of pages of Federal law, and the hundreds of thousands of pages that each state has, how could it be enforced? Which resources would you divert to do so?

[mruffruff]

In South Carolina, every cat or dog that is brought to a shelter of any kind for any reason (including lost) must be spayed/neutered before leaving. Proof that the animal is a registered breed animal is the only exception.

[lute]

YES! YES! YES! there should be a law saying you HAVE to spay/neuter your dogs unless they are show dogs.

[luvofallhorses]

you bet I do! unless there is a health problem..they should be fixed.

[BC_MoM]

There's signs around the city now that say "SPAY/NEUTER now or PAY later!" And says a bunch of stuff.. I'm guessing it's a law here.

[shihtzulover850]

Snuggles is spayed

[lv4dogs]

Yes, if there was a way to get everyone to follow the law or at least be responsible.
I think their should be a Breeding Registry, where your dog has to pass all health tests for that breed and have three refernces from 3 different people who already have registered dogs and maybe a judge too that the dog should be bred in order to be registered. Breeding would only be legal when two registered dogs of the same breed were bred.
Working dog should be registered with a working registration, and if not, then not bred.

Great point, that would be a must for all dogs allowed to remain intact and to be breed.