My canine watersports discussion list sent around this post this morning....
>>>http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/CA_action_center.cfm
URGENT - CA Spay/Neuter Bill to Be Amended – Continued Opposition Needed!
Assembly Bill 1634, the California bill that will require any dog or cat over the age of four months to be spayed or neutered will be revised with even more burdensome requirements. The bill still does not make any provision for animals in the state only for a short time or those who are competing in a dog show or event. It is imperative that clubs, fanciers and responsible dog owners work together to oppose this legislation. <<<
This post struck home with me because Tigerlily is scheduled to be spayed in two weeks, and although I've been thinking about it a long time, it is one of the most difficult decisions I've ever had to make! Yeah, if I lived in California, maybe I wouldn't even get to make it? Yikes! Just focusing on the decision, not on legislation that would (once again) take our decisions away from us, I'm thinking the estrus cycle is inconvenient and a hastle, and it puts my dog out of commission for at least one week every seven months, and getting her fixed will mean I won' t have to worry about that anymore. But I know if I was making the decision for myself, even though I am done having children, I think it's healthier to keep my reproductive organs around as long as possible. I know they say that dogs can get infections and cancer and that it is actually healthier to spay females, but really, that just doesn't ring true in my mind. But I know pregnancy can be very dangerous. I know of more fatal canine pregnancies than I know of fatal spayings. I hate to spay Tigerlily. But I think I am going to. I mean, I actually have it scheduled. That permanent decision.
Anyway, I don't feel like blogging much today, the things I want to write about (like pornography and behavior science, and what is pornography reinforcing?) will take me too long! Heard a great radio program on the topic of pornography and the progressive agenda, and I do think people are confused about it (duh. sex is one of the primary reinforcers, I guess if you want to train human beings to promote the war/consumerist/domination agenda, where people are dehumanized and we set aside our moral values for the sake of some other goal, pornography would be the reinforcer of choice)
Anyway, more on that later.
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