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From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison)
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Subject: Re: Re: Free Kitten - why? (Actually anecdote about neutering)
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Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 17:34:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 28 17:34:18 1984
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| And don't take it for granted that your female cat (dog) won't get
| pregnant, cats have a way of getting out when they want to, and male
| dogs have a way of getting into yards when there's a female around.

Not only that but if the owner lets their bitch in heat get loose, she
will make a beeline for the nearest compatible hound.

When I was in highschool, our chihuahua-terrier cross was the only dog
on the block which was small enough to mate with a poodle some neighbors
kept.  They refused to spay darling, and wouldn't think of keeping her
locked up in the house.  She ran all over the neighborhood causing the
dobermans and shepherds and such to get into fights.  But the best of all
was when she was let out one day, and tore over to our house, and began
bashing herself into the door.  Mother thought this was a salesperson,
and opened the door, then had to try and separate the two madly copulating
dogs.  Of course the neighbors thought it was all our fault.  (They left
off when we offered to take their precious in to the Pound the next time
she came onto our property.)

However, we ended up getting Brandy castrated to prevent future problems.
He was just as nasty and obnoxious a dog after as before.

Hutch