Neutering Dogs: Not the Norm Everywhere

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My dog, Ajax, is not fixed. He's my best bud, and I'm not having his 'nads cut off.

I'm very sure he hasn't sired any pups, and I'll make sure he never does.

But I'm a responsible owner. And he's not uncontrollably girl-crazy like some dogs. He's never, e.g., jumped the fence because he got a whiff of a female upwind somewhere.

Anyway, though we'll probably expand the pack beyond Ajax and Charlie at some point, and though we'd like to help out dogs at the shelter, we'll never have anything to do with VA animal shelters again. We had already lined up Charlie's adoption in WV...but the day JQ showed up to get him, we were told that some fuckwits from a VA shelter up near DC had snatched him up b/c border collie mixes are popular. And the WV shelter had made a paperwork mistake. But VA shelters require that you sign a contract saying that you'll castrate or spay pups you adopt. JQ signed the papers b/c she really had no choice...but we began plotting how to circumvent that bullshit.

   The shelter started hassling us about it, and we made their lives as miserable as possible in return. After about seven months, the pandemic hit, and they dropped it for awhile...but started calling again in about a year. I told JQ we should just ignore it and fight it in court if we had to--shelters aren't exactly rich, and we could likely outspend them...but she was torn on the issue anyway, and decided to go ahead with the operation. I still say we should have fought the sons of bitches...but that's just me...

   Anyway, I do think irresponsible people or people with difficult-to-control dogs should get them fixed...but I'll never to it to one of my dogs. Hell, canine vasectomy is a legit option now, and that's the route I'd go if I had to. There are, apparently, more complications associated with those, I'm told.