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From: jbd@duke.UUCP (Joanne B. Dugan)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Neutering Dogs
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 08:29:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 08:29:28 1985
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	When I got my dog (just a puppy then) from the local dog
	pound, they gave me the address of the "Friends of the
	Animals" (sorry, I don't have the address any more, 
	it's somewhere in New Jersey).  They (the FOA) sold me a 
	"certificate" good for having my dog neutered at a participating
	vet.  There was only one participating vet in the area
	(he was about an hour's drive away).  At the time
	(about 2 years ago), I had a large male dog and a
	medium-large female dog neutered for about $55 (for both).
	This vet's regular charge for the service would have
	been twice that amount.  
	Both dogs were about 6 months old, and had joined our
	household at about the same time.  The vet allowed me
	to bring them both in together, and he let them stay
	together, so they could "comfort" each other.
	I must add that I promised to have the female dog spayed
	when I got her from the pound, but since I got the male
	dog from a private party, I wasn't sure about having him done too.
	Now I am VERY glad that I did; he's much more attentive
	to the family since then.  They both have free run of 18 acres
	of land, and they rarely leave our property (except to visit
	dog "friends" across the way) without us. (Although some of
	their good behavior might be attributable to the obedience
	classes we attend, but that's another story.)