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Dogs Make Us Human
Australian Museum ^ | 3-25-2002 | Heidi De Wald

Posted on 03/26/2002 10:29:27 AM PST by blam

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To: SCDogPapa
they DON"T NEED THEM!

Being a male myself, I find that hard to accept. Nearly all of the neutered males that I have seen are fat and lazy. Like they have no hope and nothing to live for.

81 posted on 03/28/2002 7:30:05 AM PST by Calculus_of_Consent
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To: HairOfTheDog;one_particular_harbour
and taking the parts out that now have no function

Have no function!!! I beg your pardon!

82 posted on 03/28/2002 7:34:59 AM PST by Calculus_of_Consent
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To: Calculus_of_Consent
Their function is reproduction. And I guess therein lies the rub... A male dog with a vasectomy would retain the drive to think about that and nothing else, and one of the benefits of neutering the male dog is to get the brain back so maybe he will work.

We are talking about dogs here, right? - Is your own ego perhaps to closely tied with your dog's genitals? ;~D

83 posted on 03/28/2002 7:41:23 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: SCDogPapa
What have I gotten myself into here?
84 posted on 03/28/2002 7:45:12 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog;one_particular_harbour
A male dog with a vasectomy would retain the drive to think about that and nothing else, and one of the benefits of neutering the male dog is to get the brain back so maybe he will work.

I have heard the same thing said about me.

85 posted on 03/28/2002 7:45:27 AM PST by Calculus_of_Consent
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To: Calculus_of_Consent
hehehehehe. I know.
86 posted on 03/28/2002 7:47:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: one_particular_harbour; Calculus_of_Consent

Boo!
Hahahahaha

87 posted on 03/28/2002 7:50:17 AM PST by riley1992
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To: riley1992
Well that dog certainly looks happier. Not!
88 posted on 03/28/2002 7:52:15 AM PST by Calculus_of_Consent
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To: Calculus_of_Consent
No, but the woman in the pic certainly seems to be enjoying herself.
89 posted on 03/28/2002 7:53:44 AM PST by riley1992
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To: Calculus_of_Consent
Being a male myself, I find that hard to accept. Nearly all of the neutered males that I have seen are fat and lazy. Like they have no hope and nothing to live for.

You must be talking about yourself. I think my SIX males would disagree with you. Tell my oldest dog, Jim Dandy, 14yrs,, a pit/pointer mix, @ 90lbs that or Stranger, a shep/rottie mix, @ 100lbs that, I think they will disagree also.

As for myself,,I was fixed in 1975. No problems here.

90 posted on 03/28/2002 8:01:01 AM PST by SCDogPapa
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To: HairOfTheDog
Good question. Being an educator is never pain free.
91 posted on 03/28/2002 8:02:38 AM PST by SCDogPapa
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To: riley1992;xsmommy;RikaStrom;SeaDragon
No, but the woman in the pic certainly seems to be enjoying herself.

Yes she does and that's what scares me. This whole neuter you dog campaign is just to get the public used to the idea that castration is okay. Next they will be telling guys who age too unattractive to get any, that they will be much happier if they are neutered.

I’m not going to let that happen to my friend OPH.

92 posted on 03/28/2002 8:31:38 AM PST by Calculus_of_Consent
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To: Calculus_of_Consent;one_particular_harbour;hobbes1; dubyaismypresident; cholerajoe; argh; rikastrom
i can't believe the vet released this pic of xspup's neutering without asking my permission!
93 posted on 03/28/2002 8:52:56 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: riley1992
No, but the woman in the pic certainly seems to be enjoying herself.

A little bit too much. She must be some Lorena bobbit wannabe.

94 posted on 03/28/2002 8:55:03 AM PST by NeoCaveman
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To: xsmommy
How do you live with the guilt?
95 posted on 03/28/2002 9:01:18 AM PST by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident
you weren't going to do anything with those, were ya...?
96 posted on 03/28/2002 9:17:36 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: HairOfTheDog
BEAUTY LAB, HAIR!! I just love Labs.
97 posted on 03/28/2002 9:31:03 AM PST by Argh
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To: xsmommy
Step away from the scissors, lady.
98 posted on 03/28/2002 9:34:23 AM PST by NeoCaveman
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To: Calculus_of_Consent; one_particular_harbour
I’m not going to let that happen to my friend OPH.

I'm sure that will never happen to him, COC. He is aging wonderfully-the Krispy Kreme doughnuts are filling out his pretty, feminine bathrobe quite nicely and that hickabilly accent (no offense, I'm sure you sound sexy) is enough to make any woman drool. That, coupled with his love for wife beating t-shirts and sitting spread eagle on the sofa while his eyes glaze over watching S4 should be plenty good enough to keep the neuterers at bay.

99 posted on 03/28/2002 9:47:58 AM PST by riley1992
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To: Argh
Thanks! - He does look quite distinguished in that shot! (and I know what a goofy bustard he really is) that pic was taken in his prime, and now he is 14. Here is a more current pic:

With him is the rest of my unmatched muttly crew... (Not a "potent" member in the bunch) My labrador was actually un-neutered until he was seven, because he was shown. And although he did well in competition, he didn't do well enough to make his seed more valuable than better dogs that were doing the job. Before he was neutered he was a general pain to be around, much more interested in the female dogs in the field than any birds that might be there. He was neutered for his health because he was getting older... and had I understood how much nicer to be around he would become, I would have done it YEARS earlier.

The cocker mix showed up at my door, needing immediate help to survive she was so sick and starved, that was 15 years ago.

The Dal-Brador in the middle is my young dog. She was actually supposed to be a gift for a boyfriend, but I ended up keeping the dog and ditching the guy.

100 posted on 03/28/2002 9:50:59 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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