Before You Buy a Dog

The ten worst excuses not to spay or neuter a pet are:

1. Just one litter and then we'll have Fluffy spayed.
   (Studies show that virtually the entire pet overpopulation stems from the "just one litter mentality.)
   
   
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2. My dog doesn't run loose, so he doesn't need to be fixed.
   (Murphy's Law says otherwise.)
   
   
3. We always find homes for the kittens.
   (And that means that an equal number of kittens at the pound will be killed.)
   
   
4. I want the children to witness the miracle of birth.
   
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   It was about two AM, when beneath our .....
   (Rent a video.)
   
   
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5. My dog is so cute and unique, there should be more of her.
   (The shelters and pounds are full of cute and unique dogs, most with only a few days to live.)
   
   
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6. It's not natural.
   (There hasn't been anything "natural" about dogs since we began to develop breeds thousands of years ago.)
   
   
7. I just couldn't look my dog in the eye if I had him castrated.
   (Watch it, you're anthropomorphiizing.)
   
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