This may be a dumb question but why leave the ovaries? Is it for the hormones? Does it really matter? Laura
Sent from my iPad On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Deanna Corey <[email protected]> wrote: > I am going to spay Shuai-Li my shih tzu. I was contemplating a litter if she > turned out like I and her breeder expected but her bite is not perfect and I > am not thrilled with the male she wishes to use...we both have to agree. The > breeder assesed her last month and she was fine with the bite issue to go > ahead and breed her to Milton next heat...I am not. MIlton has done amazing > in the ring but I do not like his temperament...pretty but bratty!! > Temperament is the most important to me! She is almost a year...so i will let > her have her 2nd heat then spay leaving her ovaries in tact. That way it is > MUCH safer but still prevents pregnancies and she will be a complete adult > after her 2nd heat. > > I will be waiting with Mable as well. She is almost 5 months...I want two > heats before I decide...and again will be working with her breeder to > decide...also a spay with Ovaries in tact...no other way I would have it > done. Myrtle will not be spayed...she is just too small at 4lbs...not gonna > risk it!!! > > > Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, > > Deanna > > > > > > and > > The Dog Park Pack: > Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable, Madison and Caleb > > and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: > > Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat > > www.joys4toys.com > > > > > > > > From: Beth Michl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 2:55:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Get A Tissue / Need To Get Rid Of Your Pet? SAD :( > > I just Scheduled an appt to have Dani spayed. I did want to breed her, cause > I love having the experience of watching them be born and watch them go to > there new homes. None of my pups have ever ended up in a shelter, but with > all the puppies and dogs in shelters and being put down, I have changed my > mind. If I ever get another dog, it will be a rescue! > If I could I would resuce them all!!! > Beth > > --- On Mon, 11/29/10, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Get A Tissue / Need To Get Rid Of Your Pet? SAD :( > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 2:29 PM > > <hitarea.gif> > <hitarea.gif> > <hitarea.gif> > that's interesting, how did you know that he was allergic to anesthesia, what > were the symptoms? It would be good to for me to know. > Thanks, > > <Peggy&GirlsHeartTL2.gif> > -------Original Message------- > > From: Brea Hicks > Date: 11/29/2010 9:51:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Get A Tissue / Need To Get Rid Of Your Pet? SAD :( > > > I've always thought it would be fun to have puppies around... But I have > always thought about all the puppys and adult dogs that are in shelters and I > have always opted to fix my dogs. There was only one that I didn't because he > was allergic to the aneasisia( I think that's spelled wrong. But I had a big > genced yard with self closing gates that lucked. I had pitbulls so I have to > be extra safe > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > <3 Brea, Sweetie and Stetson <3 > On Nov 28, 2010 10:59 PM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Worst then what she wrote are the video's on U-Tube. Extremely > graphic,especially the gas chambers, showing the real cold truth. People > don't want to hear the whole cold truth. Those video's have been their for > years and it still doesn't stop the average pet owner from wanting to breed > their cute little pet. Who is to guarantee that a year or even a few years > down the road, that your pet's puppies are won't be on death row? They don't > all come from Puppy Mills! > > I just looked at DogsInDanger.com for Chi's in CA shelters, and as usual I am > sick! I gave up counting after 50! That site gives the Euth date on each > dogs picture, and believe me they do it! > > TO CHI OWNERS WHO WANT TO BREED THEIR CUTE LITTLE BABIES.....GO HAVE A LOOK > AT ALL OF THOSE FACES AND TELL ME THAT YOU CAN GUARANTEE, THAT FOR THE NEXT > 16-18 YEARS OF YOUR BRED PUPPIES, THAT THEY WON'T EVER END UP ON A EUTH LIST > ONCE YOU SELL THEM! > > I don't get it, Doesn't looking at Petfinders alone, tell people not to > breed? Doesn't the fact that their are 13,596 Chi's on that list that need > homes make a person wonder where they all came from? Doesn't 13,596 Chi's > make you want to adopt rather then buy from anyone? > > Each time a person buys a dog, whether it is from a pet shop or a private > breeder, you have just taken away the chance for one of those 13,596 chi's > from ever having a home and most of them will be put down because of it. > Again, I will remind everyone, NOT ALL THE DOGS ON PETFINDERS ARE WITH > RESCUES, THE MAJORITY OF THAT NUMBER ARE IN KILL SHELTERS! > > Let the private breeder be responsible for the next 18 years for the litters > that they create. You bring them into the world, then you should be > responsible for them for their whole life! Just the way the PM's should be > responsible for every single dog that they create. Considering the Euth rate > keeps getting worse and worse, I fail to see what the difference is between > anyone who breeds dogs, while we are killing them by the thousands every > single day.. > > Wake up America! The truth always hurts! > > ID/Micro-chip, ADOPT and Don't Breed, Don't Buy!! > > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kavi <[email protected]> > To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 12:04 am > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Get A Tissue / Need To Get Rid Of Your Pet? SAD :( > > > Found this on Craigslist of Las Vegas > > Please get a tissue before reading, or if your really sensitive, please do > not read. > This is about Dogs that die in shelters when there time is up and how it is > done. > > ********************************************************************************* > > Need to get rid or your Pet? > I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I > am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside > if you will. > First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the > "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life > drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind > about breeding and selling to people you don't even know. > That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's > not a cute little puppy anymore. So how would you feel if you knew that > there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter > it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the > dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into my shelter > are purebred dogs. > The most common excuses I hear are; "We are moving and we can't take our > dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? > Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did > you think a German Shepherd would get? "We don't have time for her". > Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! > "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? > They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding > a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog". > Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being > in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a > new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if > the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. > If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel > in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to > relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it > will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is > lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a > walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl > of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen > with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the > "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead > when you walked it through the front door. > Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or > 'well behaved' they are. > If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is > full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is > good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of > execution, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after > about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest > dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of > those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper > respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't > have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment. > Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never > witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down". > First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always > look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their > tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and > puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or > they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it > happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held > down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they > are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They will > find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink > stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. > I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the > resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all > don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air > and defecate on themselves. > When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a > large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed > waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken > to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably > won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy > another one, right? > I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out > and can't get the pictures out of your head I deal with everyday on the > way home from work. > I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be > there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you > are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. > Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you > can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are > always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there > are homes. > My point to all of this DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE! > Hate me if you want to. The truth hurts and reality is what it is. I > just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about breeding their dog, > taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that > someone will walk into my shelter and say "I saw this and it made me > want to adopt". THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT > For those of you that care--- please repost this to at least one other > craiglist in another city/state. Let's see if we can get this all around > the US and have an impact. > > ******************************************************************************* > "My Chihuahua Ricky, Is A Heartbeat At My Feet." > > Kavi's Christening N Communion Store > Children's Christening, Communion, Formal Wear + More > > http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store > > > > > > <hitarea.gif> > <hitarea.gif> > <hitarea.gif> > <hitarea.gif> > <hitarea.gif> > >
