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proably true. I should know better than to fight faith with reason random thoughts Send a noteboard - 29/03/2011 03:15:49 AM
Then what is your reasoning for only fixing females


It seems to me to be a glaring error that any competent biology student should be able to see through. Usually when you see that there other motives at work than those stated. The rational side of me says it is simply for behavior modification and they want to decrease dog attacks and believe neutered males are less likely to bite so they throw it in with population control simply because no one calls them on it. Another possibility is I am under estimating how many partners a bitch can go through and a having few sterilized males in the mix would change nothing. I am willing admit that my knowledge of canine sexuality doesn’t extend much beyond what I seen have going on it backyards. My theory sounds good to me but I am a layman and it is very possible that I missing some key element.

The cynical side of suggest that such programs are run mostly by liberal feminist (lets be honest animal control is not a field that draws conseratives) who do not believe it is fair for the females to forced to be altered and they are treated equally they want them both to be fixed. The truly cynical side of me believes they prefer all males be castrated and had to settle for just the pets. I wouldn't listen to the cynical side if it wasn't for the fact that it is right so often.


Well if you want to control the population doesn't it make sense to fix both? Why would treating both sexes equally be a radical thing?


No it doesn't make sense to treat them equally. That has been the point I was making. I think putting human politics in animal control is radical.
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Well, we differ on this, certainly. - 28/03/2011 05:14:44 AM 1095 Views
how very 1960 of you - 28/03/2011 02:15:11 PM 900 Views
To answer... - 29/03/2011 04:09:33 AM 913 Views
This is an interesting subthread to observe.... - 28/03/2011 04:52:04 PM 964 Views
You succeeded. - 28/03/2011 08:44:30 PM 968 Views
Undoubtedly. - 29/03/2011 04:12:12 AM 908 Views
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It's ironic that I read this after I wrote that above. - 27/03/2011 11:30:06 PM 1091 Views
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Are you serious? - 28/03/2011 08:48:54 PM 832 Views
There are a few things wrong with that. - 31/03/2011 11:11:27 PM 892 Views
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It is sad but what can you do? - 28/03/2011 03:05:40 AM 971 Views
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I was with you until... - 28/03/2011 09:09:14 PM 872 Views
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Liberals are bigger fans of animal control than conservatives? - 28/03/2011 09:49:35 PM 814 Views
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WHY??? *NM* - 28/03/2011 10:08:30 PM 409 Views
Wait, no, you're right. - 28/03/2011 10:13:58 PM 885 Views
no no you were right - 29/03/2011 02:18:44 AM 877 Views
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Do you know what else is absurd? - 29/03/2011 04:09:37 AM 858 Views
A clown reading Camus? *NM* - 29/03/2011 05:31:21 AM 396 Views
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I think you just made my point - 29/03/2011 02:16:19 AM 947 Views
Eh forget it. Not worth my time. *NM* - 29/03/2011 03:10:03 AM 942 Views
proably true. I should know better than to fight faith with reason - 29/03/2011 03:15:49 AM 978 Views
I'm not here to debate doggie sex *NM* - 29/03/2011 03:15:56 AM 870 Views
that is good because from what I can tell the subject escapes you - 29/03/2011 02:34:37 PM 965 Views
Considering that it's much harder to fix females than males - 28/03/2011 10:07:47 PM 922 Views
how hard it is makes zero differience - 29/03/2011 02:25:17 AM 892 Views
I think that last bit was uncalled for. *NM* - 29/03/2011 04:15:44 AM 388 Views
not at all - 29/03/2011 01:23:03 PM 919 Views
For the uneducated of us (i.e. me) - 28/03/2011 09:40:07 PM 933 Views
Vasectomy: sterile but will still want to mate. Neutered: no mating behavior at all. *NM* - 28/03/2011 09:56:41 PM 431 Views
Someone needs to sit my dog down and explain this to him. - 28/03/2011 09:59:25 PM 846 Views
you probably had him cut to late - 29/03/2011 02:27:49 AM 911 Views

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