This seems to be the common in rural areas, or so I am finding. I live in a very rural area and my -sorry-I don't mean to offend anyone, but- red neck neighbors are the same way. Every time I look around there's a new dog roaming the neighborhood. I hear the same stories all the time... "My other dog 'dissapeared' so we got this new one" When they "disappear" they are usually hit by a car or stolen or picked up by animal control and the people never go get them back-they just replace them.
Then the best part is all the constant humping going on in the streets. Then the pups roaming the streets. Friends of mine and myself pass out flyers for the "Neuter Commuter" it's a service that shows up twice a week to pick up dogs & cats and neuter/spay them and give them their rabies shot. It is $25.00 or $5.00 if you can show you are on welfare or get food stamps. (Like you really need to be getting a pet when you can't even afford to feed your family!!!)
But it's a great service and has cut down on the over-population in local shelters, which has cut down on the number of animals being euthanized.
But... they just can't find the time to get there. Or they have some other excuse.
It makes me insane!!
Not to mention walking my dogs is impossible-because the unfixed males roaming loose-especially when there are females in heat around- Poor Tyr has had a spat with a pit bull through our chain-link fence-cause the neighbor's female was in heat and at my fence visiting Tyr and a male came up behind her and started growling at Tyr - well Tyr went nuts on that dog!-Thank God for fences!!