If you know any one that own un altered pets. Have you tried educating this person and if so please commet on the results or also post what ways could you as a pet lover educate a person that owns a pet that they plan to breed...

I have a neighbor that is a cat collector. This woman has in excess of 20 cats, and most are not altered. County animal control is aware of the situation and cant do anything as long as they are provided adaquate shelter, food and water. She does feed and water them every day, and cleans litter boxes so nothing can be done. I have talked with her, animal control has talked with her to no avail. All she says is that she has no funds to have them altered, and I know that she doesnt.
Our A.C.O. is a good guy, knows and does his job so that isnt a problem. The problem is that she is a good person that happens to love cats and cant bear
the thought of taking any of them to the pound.

Where is she located.. There are programs that might be able to help get them s/n.. as long as she is willing to care for them after words..

If you would email her address.. I can check into what programs are available in your area.. If the cats were s/n and not reproducing it would not be as bad as a problem..

Sherri:
Will talk with her and see if I can get permission to forward her address.
I hope something is done as I am getting tired of her cats getting out and using my bird feeder as a source of entertainment.

A friend of mine is talking about breeding her German Rottie. I dont think the dog has ever been bred before. I keep telling her of all the horror stories of the dogs in shelters, ones rescues pull out of kill shelters, watch animal cops look at all the unwanted dogs and cats out there. I ask her if she is willing to take back a pup she sells because the owner doesn't want it anymore. I ask her also because of the breed and what people do to them how are you going to make sure its in a good home. I've emailed her the stories I've seen posted here and on other sites. I've asked her what will you do if you cant sell all the pups here at this base your only supposed to have two animals.

Kelly

You could also mention the health risk involved that could be elimated by spaying or neutering..

Here a link that can be printed
Benefits of spaying and Neutering

HEALTH BENEFITS OF
SPAYING AND NEUTERING


Some pet owners are not aware of the advantages of spaying or neutering their pet. A spayed or neutered pet does not become fat or lazy. Their metabolism may slow down abit but all you have to do to keep that trim look is cut back a little on the food. In additionto the obvious advantage of preventing unwanted pregnancies, there are health andbehavioral benefits:

1) Spaying or neutering is foolproof birth control that lasts a lifetime.

2) Spaying or neutering provides relief from such hormone driven urges as:

Aggression toward other dogs, particularly for males.
Territorialism, that is, the tendency to be overprotective of the dog's home ground.
Wanderlust, that is, the desire to escape from the yard and seek sexual adventure inthe outside world.
Dominance.
Marking territory with urine/feces.
Unwanted sexual behavior such as riding, sniffing, licking, arousal.
Frustration which occurs when the behaviors dictated by hormonal urges cause thedog to behave in a way that is undesirable to the owners.
3) Protection (either partial or complete) from such hormone-induced conditions as:

MALES

Testicular cancer
Benighn prostatic hyperplasia
Acute and chronic prostatis, prostatic abscess
Perianal gland adenomas
Orchitis (infection of the testicles)
Venereal tumors
Perineal hernia (abdominal organs bulging out of rectum)
Inguinal hernia with potential organ strangulation
FEMALES

Breast cancer
Cystic endometrial hyperplasia and pyometra
False pregnancies
Mastitis (can occur during false pregnancy)
Transmissible venereal sarcoma
Ovarian and uterine tumors
Cystic ovaries and hyperestrogenism
Chronic endometritis
Vaginal hyperplasia and prolapse
Uterine torsion or uterine prolapse

(Some material by Bonnie Wilcox DVM)

Presented as a public service by Warrenton Kennel Club