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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