I’ve been reading about ovary sparing spaying procedures as well as vasectomies for males, instead of neutering. Females still have heat cyles but they’re shortened. Males still have sexual drive.
The hormones are srill present and the dogs feel that they should be engaging in reproductive behaviors. While these procedures may promote better physical health, are they ethically superior, if the dogs are essentially tormented by being denied an outlet for thei reproductive instincts that are not suppressed by these procedures?
The hormones are srill present and the dogs feel that they should be engaging in reproductive behaviors. While these procedures may promote better physical health, are they ethically superior, if the dogs are essentially tormented by being denied an outlet for thei reproductive instincts that are not suppressed by these procedures?