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Whoever started this propaganda the notion of neutering dogs being good for them must be a cat or a Nazi, or maybe both.

If your dog (or cat) has not been neutered, I’m sure you’ve been nagged by Neuter Nazis the same thing over and over again: “you gotta neuter your pet.” Blah blah blah.

No offense, but do these people know what they’re saying or are they just regurgitating what their vets have told them? Or just summarizing what they’ve seen on TV or read on some website somewhere? How can these people say for certain that neutering is good for their pets?

There are plenty of people on the “Neuter Nazi” regime who tells you “Because it is” as a reason. Perfect example, this Yahoo Answers response to a question from a user whether or not he/she should neuter his pet:

I could sit here and give you a million reasons and possible situations your dog could run into, but Im only going to say that I work in a shelter, and yes, even that breed comes in a lot! You never know when your dog may get off the leash or escape and knock up another dog. Not to mention you lower the risk of cancer and other health problems when you neuter. Fixed males tend to be much easier to get along with to other fixed males as well.

What? What are these “MILLION” reasons? This is internet lady. Go ahead type away and Yahoo will gladly store your resposne for others to see and don’t you worry about Yahoo running out of hard drive space. Go ahead and tell us.

And as far as these prostate cancer reasons, there are articles that support that this is one big ball bull:

People often hear that neutering prevents prostate cancer in dogs. Neutering does have an impact on the prostate gland and avoiding future prostate concerns, but there is no evidence to prove canine prostate cancer can be prevented through neutering.

I have yet to find good, scientific, and compelling reasons to convince me that neutering is actually good for dogs. I even asked my vet if I should neuter my dogs. He says “of course.” When I asked why, he gave me the same old stuff I read online or hear on TV. When I asked if he actually has medical findings to prove this is true, of course, he didn’t.

No disprect to industry “professionals”, but I feel like a lot of the messages are just regurgitated common notions. I’m not a big believer of populist sentiment, because I like to think for myself. And according to my brain, I think neutering is quite dumb.

In fact, my brain tells me that this is quite arrogant for us to think that this is good for them. How do we know? Do dogs show signs of happiness and peace once their nuts enter the Kingdom of Nutly Heaven? Do they show their owners more love? Are they more social and gregarious with other dogs? For every owner that says yes to all these, i can find 2 or 3 more that say “no” or “not sure”.

I equate to subjecting our pets to this ruthless practice comparable to genocide of the Jews by the Nazi’s. Sure, with neutering, at least you get to live nor was it systematic like genocide. But the same principal applies (in lot smaller scale): control the population because the “masters” felt that it was in their interest to do so.

Extreme comparison? Perhaps.

One last argument I would like to say is… dogs (and cats) were designed that way for a reason. That’s the way God/nature/Allah/whatever-you-believe-in designed them. Our tinkering of the divine design is a slap to Mother Nature and her mysterious ways. How dare we think that we know the better way.

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As old as the mankind and his (or her, depending on your political correctness) domestication of animals, there have been quarrels, arguments, and even warfare that men have waged against his own kind. Of course, the man is a genius when it comes to instrumentation of physical harm and destruction, including the use of the animals around him.

As much as it is the ‘right thing’ to say that this is a form of animal abuse, I would have to refrain from pointing fingers at anyone because who’s to say what’s right or wrong in war? If men only killed men, is that any better or more fair than getting animals involved? Who’s to say. No, instead of making subjective or even political statements, I would like to point out the stupidity of using animals in something they are so foreign to: wars.

When I first researched this, I thought this was a joke. A story made by some military PR person.. or some comedy written during the times of war to lighten up the soldiers and the cilivians.

First I heard of the dolphins trained by the Navy in the past to act as kamikaze torpedos to blow up enemy ships and cut off air supply hose from enemy divers:

They are being turned into Kamikaze torpedoes, or trained to attach magnetic explosives to the bottom of enemy ships. Dolphins are also being trained in the swimmer nullification program, where a long, hollow hypodermic needle is placed over the snout of the dolphin for injecting compressed CO² into the enemy frogmen, the pressurized gas forcing the frogman’s internal organs out of his body orifices.

Right out of a sci-fi movie? Perhaps. It gets even better. The Soviets and the Germans trained dogs to act as kamikaze anti-tank bombs during WWII:

Anti-tank dogs (Russian: Собаки-истребители танков or Противотанковые собаки; German: Panzerabwehrhunde or Hundeminen, “dog-mines”), were dogs taught to carry explosives under tanks and armored vehicles where they would detonate and inflict the most damage upon the vehicle, killing the dog in the process. They were actively trained by the Soviet and Russian military forces in 1930–1996 and used in 1941–1942 against German tanks in World War II. The US military trained anti-tank dogs in 1943, but never deployed them. Dogs strapped with explosives were unsuccessfully used by terrorists in 2005 in Iraq.

This is serious stuff people. Not made up.

To me, this is dumb (more than cruel and unusual). Why go through ALL that training, treats, and pat-on-the-head just to blow up your hard earned trust? I’m no genius but doesn’t this equate to nearly zero ROI? It’s not like these animals secretly approach the enemies, drop the bomb, and safely return home to go on more missions. It’s a one time bing-bang-boom! Wouldn’t it better just to shoot a long range canon?

If dogs were so dispensable, why did the US military even bother making gas masks for dogs?

Protect them against gas attacks, so you can blow them up later?

Smart? No. Practical? No. Expensive? Yes. Just like Hummers.

If the leaders of the militaries of the world were ever to read this blog, I have a suggesti0n for a new crazy weapon that’s going to give you guys a new edge in modern warfare:

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