LOL true.
If no one can tell... this is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. There are enough unwanted pups and kittens around. To be a pet owner (note, I do not say a breeder!*) and not neuter your animal as soon as possible - is nothing but irresponsible.
* and by breeder I do not mean someone who thinks their pet neeeeeeeds to have a litter or that their children neeeeeeeed to learn about the circle of life that way. I mean someone who is seriously working to improve and propagate the particular breed.
I completely understand your pet peeve. I completely respect the fact that you were fussing at me.
Where I live, thats kind of not true. Kittens are extremely difficult to find. We have very few pet stores anymore, and they rarely sell ordinary kittens...and the human society and the animal shelter generally have very few as well.
Before I bought Mikey I went to both the animal shelter and the human society with the idea of adopting a dog, and if I had wanted a pit bull, no problem, but at the time every other dog they had was already on hold for somebody else.
I did the rounds last year as well, because I was considering getting a small dog for my granddaughter, but the same problem existed. The shelter had advertised a $4.00 adoption fee for one day only. The line was literally hundreds of people long and everyone was going away disappointed. I stuck it out but once I got in, again, virtually every dog that wasn't a pit bull was already spoken for. I realize that pit bulls have gotten a bad name, due to some rotten pet owners, but I won't risk one with a child in the house, or even children in the area, no matter how good natured a specific dog seems to be.
Its also pretty rare to see true mutts anymore, and I have always thought that mutts were better natured than purebreds.
I have one cat that I consider to be a breeder. She isn't purebred or anything like that but she is extraordinarily pretty and produces exceptionally pretty offspring. For every litter of 3-5 kittens, I could easily place 50-100. I have developed a first come, first serve policy and generally they are all gone by noon on the first day the ad appears. I have even gotten to the point where I start my ads on a Saturday to give most working people a shot at being "first come".
It wasn't like that even 10 years ago. 10 years ago there were free kittens and pups available to anyone who wanted one, and there were lots of pet stores selling non-purebreds at fairly reasonable prices. People could pick and choose. Its quite different now.
My vet honestly is anti spaying or neutering really early. If you really fuss at him he will do it at six months, but he prefers to wait until 8-9 months, or even older.
