Quote Originally Posted by Roxyluvsme13 View Post
I read through this whole thread, and you honestly have no right to be so rude to everyone here. Most people here are pretty knowledgeable with animals due to owning animals most of their lives, going through multitudes of vet visits for varying diseases, and going through the spay and neuter of several pets. YOU ASKED FOR OPINIONS. Yeah, you did. So don't you dare come back and post that "you don't understand the subject matter." You could have fifteen degrees from Harvard and be a world-renowned surgeon and there are people on this forum that would still have a better knowledge base than you.

I, myself, am a college student majoring in Animal Science with a pre-veterinary medicine concentration.

I think spaying or neutering is a responsible thing to do. Accidents happen, they do. You may think you can control your dogs, but one day, for all you know, a female in heat will be wandering through your neighborhood and your dogs will run off because they aren't neutered. I'm glad you think you can control your dogs, but why would you risk it when this is such a simple procedure?

As for the cancer thing, it's better to take as many preventative measures as possible. They may or may not develop cancer if you alter them or not, but cancer is a horrible disease. I watched someone very close to me die from it, and I wouldn't put anything or anyone through that. So what if there isn't a 100% proven theory that states "if you do not remove the testicles, then your pet has a higher chance of developing cancer." There IS some linkage to cancer and the presence of testicles. If they don't have testicles, then you don't have to worry about testicular cancer, pretty common sense there.

I'm sorry I don't have "medical research" to back up my statements, but any person with a little bit of common sense can figure some of this out.

Obviously you're still going to do whatever you want in this situation, so I don't understand why you bothered asking for our opinions anyway.
Well said, Bri.... well said.

This is a pointless argument. I am also in the veterinary field.... you stated that your dogs' veterinarian doesn't know what she is talking about and is wrong. Well, your veterinarian went to school to become a doctor in veterinary medicine. You on the other hand, did not. So she is right when she lists the many many pros of spaying and neutering. You are not. I for one believe that absolutely no human being on this earth should be breeding animals. EXCEPT for those who know what they are doing, and I don't say that lightly!