To Spay or not to Spay

[selzer]

You can be responsible and have intact dogs, or you can be irresponsible and have intact dogs. The same is true about having spayed/neutered dogs. Being responsible and spay/neuter really have nothing to do with each other. Unfortunately, there are many people who have married these concepts.

I think it is fine that you chose to spay/neuter your pets. I believe there are risks either way. Pregnancy for me is not a risk, because of how I manage them. But when you have a couple of pets that spend the majority of their time together, it makes it easier all around to have one or both fixed.

[Jessiewessie99]

Its just nature, sometimes we can stop it sometimes we can't

[Jessiewessie99]

Also the fact that some coyotes are getting closer to cities, which is where I live, getting our dog spayed or neutered may come in handy.

[selzer]

I live in the country where there are coyotes. I do not know what spaying or neutering has to do with that. Please explain.

It is natural, but it does not happen in a vaccume. If you have an intact bitch and an intact dog and leave them together unsupervised, yes you are likely to have a litter. If you are right there, like in a dog park, there should be no trouble recognizing what is going on in plenty of time.

[Jessiewessie99]

Originally Posted by selzer

I live in the country where there are coyotes. I do not know what spaying or neutering has to do with that. Please explain.

It is natural, but it does not happen in a vaccume. If you have an intact bitch and an intact dog and leave them together unsupervised, yes you are likely to have a litter. If you are right there, like in a dog park, there should be no trouble recognizing what is going on in plenty of time.

Even though its rare, Coyotes may breed with a intact female dog. Yes it is rare, but its mating time there is no stopping!Especially if the dogs are the same size as coyotes. My aunt lives where coyotes are popular and has had neighbors whose dogs gave birth to coydog pups.

And plus usually intact female dogs are not allowed in parks if in heat. But if your female is being humped by another male dog, the other owner may not do anything about it.

[selzer]

I wonder though if the coyote dog pups are from a coyote raised as a pet. A pack of coyotes will generally kill a dog. They may draw a dog out by a female coyote in heat, and then kill it.

I cannot imagine a bitch being bred by a wild coyote, but since I have no experience in that area, I will just have to say, wow.

[Jessiewessie99]

They were not kept as pets, plus there are loose dogs or dogs people owned but just let them roam.

I was walking with brother once and we came to this house and there was gate around the front yard and the gate to the drive way was open and laying there on the cement was a GSD. He wasn't on a leash or anything.

Thank god my brother and I turned around and walked away.

Its true, my aunt had a neighbor who had her female dog intact and took care of her dog. The dog was in the backyard, but a coyote got in and mated with her.She got her dog spayed after the litter was born. I don't remember what she did with the pups.