and then there are the OES/redbone mixes in IA
 Rudy http://www.noahsark.org/adopt/dogs_shelter.htm Rufus http://www.noahsark.org/adopt/dogs_shelter.htm Randy http://www.noahsark.org/adopt/dogs_shelter.htm and sister Rene http://www.noahsark.org/adopt/dogs_shelter.htm |
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| They already have them listed as spay/neutered... They're only 4 weeks!?!?! When they took them in they should have shot the people who had them. Makes me ashamed to admit I grew up in Iowa... Dawn, will Minnesota adopt me? Is it too late for me? Vance |
Vance wrote: They already have them listed as spay/neutered... They're only 4 weeks!?!?! When they took them in they should have shot the people who had them. Makes me ashamed to admit I grew up in Iowa... Dawn, will Minnesota adopt me? Is it too late for me? Vance Sure we can adopt you!  Although these guys are down by Ottumwa/ Mt Pleasant...so you could try and pass this off as MO or Il ....maybe??And lets just hope this was an oops litter, that someone's coonhound was on the roam... also - another spot lists them as 1 month and 17 days...so the are over 6 weeks now...poor babies |
| Hound and sheepie? OMG! Glad I'm not over there! |
| Tell me about it!! My OES x coonhound is snoring right beside me. ARGH!!! First Opal now these pups. Fortunately it gives me warm fuzzies that when Harry passes on, there will be something to grow into my heart again. Of course anyone coming this way could put a pup into their pocket............. |
| dang they are cute |
My God I hope they are incorrect when they say they are already spayed/neutered at one month!!  That is just plain immoral, harming their chance for a healthy life.  |
| I agree. Isn't there some way to give a male dog a vasectomy while still retaining the gonads? That way they could structurally mature before they go to the chop shop if laws mandate. Sterilize a 6 week old pup? Is it possible? |
| My vet says it is beinbg done all the time & he is SO against it! Said it is way too young for the organs to have developed normally & what happens later down the road is you have a dog who dies from kindey failure at age 6 or so because the organs were never allowed to mature properly for elimination & it all falls on the kidneys to take care of it. And we won't even go into the growth plate issue............... |
| Well I thought I would give the shelter the benefit of the doubt and ask, is that just checked because they will do it at a later date. But my reply was: All spayed/neutered and ready for adoption. That is too bad. Especially after what Marilyn said about the kidneys. |
| Sad indeed. Poor pups. |
| One of our therapy dog chapter members has a little rescue beagle who was done super early. They call it a pediatric spay. PS - if one wants to come up north - my friend Mary is visiting her Army daughter at Ft Leonard Wood and will swing by on her way back to MN.  |
| There are shelters that do pediatric spays like this all the time. The first time I heard this I was just as shocked. I certainly don't condone it but from if you look at it from a shelter's point of view, there are four dogs that have zero chance of breeding vs. the possibility of four dogs producing several litters each who would also run the risk of ending up in shelters... or worse. For most high-volume shelters it's virtually impossible to screen prospective adopters as thoroughly as we'd like to think. For most shelters to keep track of adopters after the dog is adopted isn't realistic either. Guess it's a question of what the lesser of two evils is: Having an entire litter of puppies euthanized or having pediatric spayed/neutered puppies live a possibly shorter life but hopefully knowing the love of a family during that time. Visit a shelter sometime. Most do amazing things with the resources they are given and few decisions are easy ones. |
| That's is not good and so young as well. Bloody shelters some times. They do good but not good things |
Maggie McGee IV wrote: There are shelters that do pediatric spays like this all the time. The first time I heard this I was just as shocked. I certainly don't condone it but from if you look at it from a shelter's point of view, there are four dogs that have zero chance of breeding vs. the possibility of four dogs producing several litters each who would also run the risk of ending up in shelters... or worse. For most high-volume shelters it's virtually impossible to screen prospective adopters as thoroughly as we'd like to think. For most shelters to keep track of adopters after the dog is adopted isn't realistic either. Guess it's a question of what the lesser of two evils is: Having an entire litter of puppies euthanized or having pediatric spayed/neutered puppies live a possibly shorter life but hopefully knowing the love of a family during that time. Visit a shelter sometime. Most do amazing things with the resources they are given and few decisions are easy ones. Thanks Nita, my thoughts exactly! |
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